Wales glossary
Wales glossary
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Roberts, John BrynDied 1931. Solicitor and county court judge. Liberal, opposed Lloyd George’s coalition government. | |
Roberts, Kate(1891–1985). Welsh-language novelist from Rhosgadfan, Caernarvonshire. Wrote mainly about the quarrying districts of north Wales. | |
Roberts, Samuel (Snr)Independent minister, author. Unsuccessfully tried to found Welsh colony in Tennessee. | |
RollermanA skilled job in the tinplate industry. | |
RoodMeasure of land. | |
RoofingRipping the top or roof away and making the roof safe before mining coal. | |
Rorke’s DriftSuccessful defence by a small contingent of South Wales Borderers of a mission station in Natal, South Africa, which was attacked by 4,000–5,000 Zulu warriors in January 1879. | |
RoundheadsSupporters of Parliament in the Civil War. | |
Rubbish menQuarrymen who piled up the non-usable slate. | |
Ruins | |