Wales glossary
Wales glossary
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CricciethTown in north Wales, home of Lloyd George. | |
Croes NaidThe most cherished relic of independent Wales, the piece of the True Cross removed by Edward I after conquest. | |
CromlechsPrehistoric stone monuments (now termed megaliths), in the eighteenth century believed to have been built by the Druids. | |
Cromwell, Oliver(1599–1658) General of the New Model Army in the Civil War and subsequently Lord Protector of England. | |
Cromwell, ThomasHenry VIII’s second great chief minister. The first was Thomas Wolsey. | |
Crown bond townshipsSee Bond hamlets. | |
CulmAnthracite coal dust or small coal. | |
CuriaThe administrative and clerical staff of a medieval state, so called because they were clergy, like the administrative staff of the papacy. | |
Curtain wallThe outermost defence of the castle. See Concentric. | |
CurtilageThe land adjoining a burgage tenement. | |