Wales glossary
Wales glossary
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Education Act 1902Act of Parliament which made Local Education Authorities of the county and county borough councils and the urban district councils the local controlling bodies for education. | |
Edward IKing of England 1272–1307; conquered the principality of Gwynedd in 1282. | |
Edwards, Sir Owen M.Historian, literateur, academic. Chief Inspector of the Welsh Department of the Board of Education, 1907–20. | |
EifionEifionydd – a district of the Llŷn peninsula in north-west Wales. | |
EldersElected ‘middle management’ in certain nonconformist denominations especially the Presbyterians. | |
Elias, JohnFamous Calvinistic Methodist preacher. Died 1841. Ministered in north Wales. | |
Elis, Islwyn Ffowc(1924–2004). Presbyterian minister, novelist and Plaid Cymru activist from Wrexham. | |
Ellis, TomSon of tenant farmer. Liberal MP for Merioneth from 1886. Liberal Chief Whip 1894. Highly talented Welsh leader, who died prematurely in 1896. Particularly associated with Cymru Fydd. | |
EnclosuresThe fencing of common land (in Wales, mostly upland grazings) for use by individual farmers. | |
EncroachmentThe process by which land was taken over bit by bit by neighbouring landowners. | |
EnglishriesAreas in Wales which had been settled by the English, as opposed to ‘Welshries’. | |
EnlightenmentEighteenth-century philosophical movement stressing the importance of reason as against received authority and tradition, especially in religious masters. The century is often called the ‘Age of Reason’. | |
EntrepôtA centre, usually a port, for the collection, storage, shipment and distribution of goods. | |
EscheatLands which reverted to the lord of the manor by, for example, right of wardship (administration of the land of minors). | |
Established ChurchThe Anglican Church (The Church of England). See Disestablishment. | |
Evans, Caradoc(1878–1945). Cardiganshire novelist. | |
Evans, ChristmasOne of the most famous of Welsh preachers. Died 1838. Baptist. Native of Cardiganshire. Ministered in north and south Wales. Known for his vivid, imaginative sermons. | |
Evans, E. Herber(1836–96) Draper’s assistant who became one of the great Welsh pulpit orators and principal of the Bala-Bangor College. | |
Evans, Gwynfor(1912–2005). Lawyer, politician and writer who became the first Plaid Cymru MP after winning a by-election in Carmarthen in 1966. | |
Evans, Revd Evan(1731–88) Important Welsh poet and scholar, known as Ieuan Fardd or Ieuan Brydydd Hir. | |
Evans, Theophilus(1693–1767) Cardiganshire Anglican minister, writer and strong opponent of Methodism. In 1716 he published Drych y Prif Oesoedd (Mirror of the Early Ages). | |
ExchequerThe Crown’s principal financial department, a term applied to similar functions in the lordships. | |
ExcommunicationExclusion from the sacrament of the Church. | |
ExtentsSurveys of land, in this instance for the purpose of exacting rents. | |
EyreCircuit court held by justices. | |