成人快手

Themes F-K

Last updated: 09 April 2008

Family history Guide to tracing family trees.
The 'Fed' South Wales Miners' Federation (SWMF)
Flander-Wales Migration 12th century Fleming communities in south Pembrokeshire.

Genealogy Guide to tracing family trees.
Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales) Cleric and scholar whose chronicles shaped perceptions of Wales for centuries.
Y Gododdin Poem attributed to Aneirin (late 6th century).
Y Gogynfeirdd Name for courtly Welsh bards or poets of the 12th to early 14th centuries.
Gold mining Dolaucothi mine in Carmarthenshire was seized upon by the Romans for its gold resources.
Gorsedd of the Bards Society of poets, writers, musicians, artists and individuals who have made a notable contribution to the Welsh nation.
Government of Wales Act (1998) Act to ensure that the National Assembly treats the Welsh and the English languages equally.
Great Orme copper mines Mines dating back 4,000 years to the Bronze Age.
Greenham Common RAF base in Berkshire where a Women's Peace Camp was established to protest against nuclear weapons being sited on the base.
Griffith Jones 18th century minister who organised circulating schools in Carmarthenshire.
Gwenllian Morgan Wales' first female mayor.
Gwyneth Morgan Daughter of Courtenay Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar. She was found dead aged 29 in the River Thames.
Gwynfor Evans Welsh politician and the first Member of Parliament to represent Plaid Cymru at Westminster.

Harald Hardrada King of Norway 1045-66, invaded England in 1066 but was killed in battle by King Harold II's army at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
Harold Godwinson Also known as Harold II. Widely regarded as the last Anglo-Saxon King of England before the Norman Conquest.
Hedd Wyn Merionethshire farmer and Welsh language poet of World War I.
Henry IV Took the English crown from Richard II, beginning the Lancastrian dynasty.
Henry V Born at Monmouth, Wales, he reigned as King of England from 1413 to 1422.
Henry VI The only child of Henry V and Catherine of Valois.
Henry VII Also known as Henry Tudor - the first Tudor king.
Henry VIII Infamous Tudor monarch responsible for passing the Acts of Union of 1536 and 1543 that legally incorporated Wales into England and banned Welsh monoglot speakers from public office.
Henry Scudamore Sheriff of Herefordshire married to Owain Glyndwr's daughter Alys.
House of Lancaster Branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet one of the opposing factions involved in the Wars of the Roses.
House of York Branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet.
Hywel Dda / Law of Wales Codified between 942 and 950, when Hywel Dda (Hywel the Good) was king of most of Wales.
Phil Carradice blogs on Hywel Dda and his laws and reforms, laid down in the mid-10th century.

Iestyn ap Gwrgant Last ruler of the Welsh kingdom of Morgannwg.
Immigration Wales' population has regularly shifted and changed over the ages.
Industrial Revolution The industrial revolution saw massive migration into Wales.
Iolo Morganwg Responsible for the establishment of the Gorsedd of the Bards
Ireland-Wales migration The Irish began arriving in Wales in the 1840s.
Italy-Wales migration In the wake of the industrial revolution, Italian people settled in Wales to create businesses and services for new workers.
Ivor Novello Blog on this remarkable Welsh man who was an accomplished composer, singer and actor.

Jasper Tudor (Earl of Pembroke) Half-brother to King Henry VI.
John Dee History blog on 16th century mathematician, teacher of navigation, astrologer, astronomer, an alchemist and, by all accounts, a magician too.
John of Gaunt Member of the House of Plantagenet.
John Price Wrote Yn Y Lhyvr Hwnn 'In This Book' which was the first book printed in Welsh.