Welsh history and its sources: Wales glossary

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Sharelands

Open field belonging to a township or hamlet in which land is held in strips.

Sheriff

The principal royal official in English shires, introduced into Wales after the conquest.

Shonis

Shon is one Welsh version of the name John. Shonis is a slang, partly anglicised, version of the name.

Shrewsbury Drapers

Merchants at Shrewsbury who dominated much of the trade in Welsh cloth.

Siege train

The equipment required by an army to cut off all outside communication and supplies to a castle or town, so compelling surrender.

Singling roots

Taking out excess plants to allow one to grow fully.

Slate dressing

Cutting slate to suitable sizes – mainly for roof construction purposes.

Slate splitting

The process of separating slate rock into thin sheets.

Sliding scale

Way of determining miners’ wages according to the price of coal.

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.

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