Wales glossary
Wales glossary
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 4:15 AM
Site: Open Learning
Course: Welsh history and its sources (CYMRU_1)
Glossary: Wales glossary
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Education Act 1902Act of Parliament which made Local Education Authorities of the county and county borough councils and the urban district councils the local controlling bodies for education. |
Edward IKing of England 1272–1307; conquered the principality of Gwynedd in 1282. |
Edwards, Sir Owen M.Historian, literateur, academic. Chief Inspector of the Welsh Department of the Board of Education, 1907–20. |
EifionEifionydd – a district of the Llŷn peninsula in north-west Wales. |
EisteddfodA cultural festival, predominantly of poetry and music in the Welsh language. Held locally and nationally, the eisteddfod has roots going back at least to the 12th century. Eisteddfodau were originally meetings of bards. (Welsh ‘eistedd’ – ‘to sit ’). |
EldersElected ‘middle management’ in certain nonconformist denominations especially the Presbyterians. |
Elias, JohnFamous Calvinistic Methodist preacher. Died 1841. Ministered in north Wales. |
Elis, Islwyn Ffowc(1924–2004). Presbyterian minister, novelist and Plaid Cymru activist from Wrexham. |
Ellis, TomSon of tenant farmer. Liberal MP for Merioneth from 1886. Liberal Chief Whip 1894. Highly talented Welsh leader, who died prematurely in 1896. Particularly associated with Cymru Fydd. |
EnclosuresThe fencing of common land (in Wales, mostly upland grazings) for use by individual farmers. |