Wales glossary
Wales glossary
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Wesleyan MethodistsSee Methodism. | |
Wesley, John(1703–91) Leader of the Wesleyan Methodists. | |
Western VindicatorChartist newspaper published in Bath, 1839–40. | |
Wey (Weigh)Measure of coal, equal to about eight tons. | |
Wilkes, John(1727–97) Radical English politician and journalist, arrested by a general warrant for seditious libel in 1763. His case established the important principle that general warrants are illegal. | |
Wilkins, CharlesMerthyr ironmaster and historian. Wrote History of Merthyr Tydfil (1867), a source for the early history of the iron industry there. Also wrote History of the Coal Trade of Wales and History of the Iron, Steel, Tinplate and other Trades of Wales. | |
Williams, David(1738–1816). Radical political philosopher and Deist from Eglwysilan, Glamorgan; a native of the Caerphilly area of mid-Glamorgan. | |
Williams, EdwardSee Iolo Morgannwg. | |
Williams, EmlynWelsh actor and playwright. | |