Welsh history and its sources: Wales glossary

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Education Act 1902

Act 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 I

King 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.

Eifion

Eifionydd – a district of the Llŷn peninsula in north-west Wales.

Eisteddfod

A cultural festival, predominantly of poetry and music in the Welsh language. Held locally and nationally, the eisteddfod has roots going back at least to the 12^th century. Eisteddfodau were originally meetings of bards. (Welsh ‘eistedd’ – ‘to sit ’).

Elders

Elected ‘middle management’ in certain nonconformist denominations especially the Presbyterians.

Elias, John

Famous Calvinistic Methodist preacher. Died 1841. Ministered in north Wales.

Elis, Islwyn Ffowc

(1924–2004). Presbyterian minister, novelist and Plaid Cymru activist from Wrexham.

Ellis, Tom

Son 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.

Enclosures

The fencing of common land (in Wales, mostly upland grazings) for use by individual farmers.

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