Wales glossary
Wales glossary
Friday, 3 May 2024, 10:29 PM
Site: Open Learning
Course: Welsh history and its sources (CYMRU_1)
Glossary: Wales glossary
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UchelwyrThe Welsh word for gentry. |
Unemployment Assistance ActSee 1935 Demonstrations. |
Union HouseNormally refers to workhouses set up by groups or unions of parishes under the terms of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. See Poor Law. |
UnionismTrade unionism. |
Union legislationThe Acts of 1536 and 1543 whereby England and Wales were united under the law, administration and language prevailing in England. See Act of Union, First (1536) and Act of Union, Second (1543). |
UnitarianismNonconformist religious denomination rejecting the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity and, thus, denying the divinity of Christ. |
University of Wales ConstituencyIn the inter-war years the University of Wales, like other universities, had separate representation in the House of Commons, with the vote available to graduates of the University. |
Urdd Gobaith Cymru(Welsh League of Hope). Welsh-language youth movement, organising cultural and sporting activities. |