Wales glossary
Wales glossary
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 6:36 PM
Site: Open Learning
Course: Welsh history and its sources (CYMRU_1)
Glossary: Wales glossary
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GatehouseSee Concentric. |
GavelkindSee Cyfran. |
Geddes’ AxeThe economy measures of 1922 formulated by Sir Eric Geddes. |
Gee, Thomas(1815-1898) Denbigh-born Nonconformist preacher and publisher. |
General StrikeThe strike of all the major trade unions in May 1926. The TUC called off the strike after nine days and the miners were left to fight on alone. |
George of HanoverProtestant German prince who succeeded the childless Queen Anne as King George I in 1714. |
Giraldus Cambrensis/ Gerallt Cymro /Gerald of Wales(c.1146–1223) Archdeacon of Brecon. Undertook famous itinerary around Wales in 1188 with Bishop Baldwin to recruit soldiers for the third crusade. Resulted in one of the most important of medieval source writings, the Itinerarium Kambriae (The Journey through Wales). Great proponent of independence of see of St Davids from Canterbury. |
Gladstone, W. E.MP from 1832. Leader of the Liberal Party from 1867. Four times Prime Minister. |
Glamorganshire CanalConstructed between 1790 and 1798, from Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff, to transport iron to the sea for export. The canal was 25 miles long, with 50 locks. |
Glan-y-gors, JacJohn Jones (1766–1821), satirical poet living in London; published the views of Tom Paine in Seren tan Gwmwl (1795) and Toriad y Dydd (1797). |