Wales glossary
Wales glossary
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Camden, WilliamAn outstanding antiquary whose Britannia is an excellent description of the places he visited and is an invaluable source for the early modern historian. | |
Campbell-Bannerman, HenryLiberal MP from 1868. Prime Minister 1905–8. Gave self-government to the colonies in South Africa. | |
Campbell, MalcolmOn Pendine Sands near Carmarthen, he set a new world land-speed record on 25 September 1924 by reaching 146m.p.h. in his Sunbeam car, ‘Bluebird’. | |
Cantref/cantredAn administrative division in medieval Wales based on a notional ‘hundred townships’. | |
CaputHead or top — chief castle of a lordship. | |
Cardiff CityCardiff City football club has reached the FA Cup Final three times: in 1925 they lost 1:0 to Sheffield United; in 1927 they beat Arsenal 1:0, becoming the first club to take the FA Cup out of England; and in 2008 they lost 1:0 to Portsmouth. | |
CardisPeople who came from the former county of Cardiganshire. | |
CarucateA unit of land, usually 120 acres. | |
CatechismA set of questions and answers on the principal points of the Christian faith, printed as part of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, with many later versions by Dissenters and others. | |