Wales glossary
Wales glossary
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Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge (SPCK)Founded in 1698 by Thomas Bray, a Church of England minister, to publish Christian literature and promote Christian education. | |
SocinianismDerived from the names of two continental theologians who held Unitarian views (see also Unitarianism). | |
South African War | |
South Wales Miners' Federation‘The Fed’, established in 1898 to represent the interests of coal miners in south Wales. | |
SPCK | |
Speed, John(c.1552–1629) The great map-maker of the early seventeenth century. | |
Spencer Union1930s’ coal miners’ union in the English Midlands which broke away from the official old-established coalfield union. | |
SpragThe prop used to support the roof when working a seam of coal. | |
StallThe pillar and stall method of mining involved taking coal from an area, leaving a pillar of coal to support the roof. The mined area was the chamber or stall assigned to one miner to work. | |