@sarafoxwales
Historian & archaeologist. Formerly househistorianwales on the other side. Areas of freelance research: houses, gardens, landscapes, people. PhD candidate: 'Wales located women's writing in English & the country house.'
Near Carreg Cennen in 1815 'Surrounded by wood, this sheltered cot, with its window deeply seated in the wall, and chimney peeping through the thatch, excites notions of retirement, peace, and comfort being possessed by its humble inhabitants.'
A time capsule in Dundalk.
Yr Hen Du / The Old House in Usk a jettied and halftimbered house built before 1550.
Delighted that ISWE is going to be represented again, at the 23rd Annual Historic Houses Conference in Maynooth, by our wonderful Dr Meinir Moncrieffe, who is speaking on:
Country house confinements: the forgotten histories of a female gentry underclass
Ar gael cyn hir fel cyfrol Mynediad Agored!
Mae 'Thomas Pennant: Cysylltiadau Cymreig' gan @ffionmjones.bsky.social o'r @yganolfangeltaidd.bsky.social yn cyflwynoβr astudiaeth lawn gyntaf o'r naturiaethwr a'r teithiwr o sir y Fflint, ar gyfer cynulleidfa Gymraeg ei hiaith.
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Dr Shaun Evans, Director of the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates (ISWE), discussing Bangor Universityβs Archives and Special Collections
Alyn Giles Jones (1928-2000) Bangor University's first full-time archivist. "For him the safety of the documents in his care was paramount and he was prepared to stand up to the most senior academic colleagues in their defence". Professor A.D. Carr.
'what weβre seeing now is not a neutral rebalancing of the books. It feels like a dismantling of the humanities, a retreat from the very fields of knowledge that hold the keys to our collective future.'
News that Bangor University is to reconsider proposed cuts to its Archives and Special Collection service following significant public and political pressure has been welcomed
Caerphilly Council has yet to receive any offers to take over the running of Llancaiach Fawr, a Freedom of Information (FOI) response has revealed
Weβve had a wonderful couple of days at Gregynog with the ISWE doctoral & doctoral graduate community. Based right across Wales, and beyond, itβs always brilliant to bring this group together to share knowledge, expertise and experiences.
Bangor Fund supported
"Map of Rhos [Denbighshire] as it was 60 years ago, with the houses and common names of the inhabitants" by John Platt
1895 BMSS/40221
A charming map depicting Rhosllannerchrugog as it was in 1835, listing the names of the inhabitants of each house and the name of every business premises.
A lovely morning at Canolfan Cefnfaes, Bethesda, discussing local history, archives, landscape, placenames, farming and the future.
Funded by a Bangor University Community Engagement award.
Gwefr prynu Beibl 'sydd mor brin Γ’ dannedd iΓ’r' www.bbc.com/cymrufyw/ert...
CAA Eisteddfod Lecture 16.30 Wednesday 6th August, 2025 (by Ann Parry Owen). Join us for our annual Welsh-language lecture on the Maes at Wrexham on the fascinating word-lists created in 1632Ν-3 by the manuscript copier John Jones of Gellilyfdy, Flintshire.
@northwaleslive.bsky.social
Bangor University Archives under threat due to newly proposed cuts by the University. This would be devastating for the study of Welsh heritage and history, as well as broader global studies.
Bangor University Archives hold some of Wales' most important cultural treasures, please consider signing. chng.it/yz9x2pdkww
'Estuary Window, Spring,' (1982) What John Wonnacott is very good at and best known for, is his Panavision landscape view of Leigh-on-Sea in Essex. Questioned about why he kept a low profile as a painter, he answered 'painting is easier when youβre anonymous.'
48. (1 day late) Welsh writer Berta Ruck (1878-1978) had a 1929 novel titled The Unkissed Bride.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_R...
A Welsh Witch: A Romance of Rough Places by Allen Raine
Allen Raine, the pen name of Anne Adaliza Puddicombe, was one of the best-selling authors of the late Victorian/early Edwardian age.
A Welsh Singer: A Novel by Allen Raine
Allen Raine, the pen name of Anne Adaliza Puddicombe, was one of the best-selling authors of the late Victorian/early Edwardian age. Wales features largely in her romantic fiction, with titles like A Welsh Singer (1896) and A Welsh Witch (1902). #BookSky #BookWormSat ππ #WomenWriting #Wales
DARLITH FLYNYDDOL | ANNUAL LECTURE 2025
Dr Melvin Humphreys
POWIS CASTLE:
THE RESILIENCE OF AN ARISTOCRATIC ESTATE IN WALES - INHERITANCE, ENCLOSURE & MINING FOR LEAD
5.30pm,
Dydd Mercher, 2 Ebrill |
Wednesday, 2 April
MALT,
Prifysgol Bangor | Bangor University
Croeso i Bawb | All Welcome
#DyddLlunyMap #MapMonday
βPlan of part of Penrallt Estate. The property of James Wyatt Esq divided into lots for building neat villas and other proposed improvements by R. Williams, Frondeg.β
1841 PFA/6/167
I must admit that - up until now - I hadn't given much thought to the homes of Sir Gruffudd Llwyd, principal lieutenant/de facto ruler of much of North Wales in the first decades of the 14th century.
For modern takes on post-Conquest Gwynedd, men like Sir Gruffudd are a bit of a problem [cont.]
A wonderful day in the library at Hartsheath #Flintshire researching a fantastic collection of Welsh books.
A very appropriate way to spend World Books Day!
With huge thanks to @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social
This yearβs @cambriansarch.bsky.social Summer Meeting, organised by our good friends Jo & Andrew Davidson, looks immense!
Very pleased to be part of it!
One of the commemorative mugs presented to the schoolchildren of Corwen as part of the public celebrations accompanying the coming of age of C. H. Wynn of Rhug in 1868.
An orange was placed in each mug. Quite a treat!
A brilliant workshop at @archpbu.bsky.social this afternoon with wonderful students on the βWales and Europe in the Renaissanceβ module, looking at mss & records relating to Welsh gentry culture & inspiring some really fascinating insights & conversations.
@bangorhistory.bsky.social
#Effigy of a lady in Elizabethan costume, very sophisticated, with her baby close to her right shoulder,
Llantwit Major, St Illtud, Vale of Glamorgan, #Wales
#SundayStonework
@ystadaucymru.bsky.social Really enjoyed ISWE day conference about house histories at Penpont recently. Stories from all over Wales, different periods, but many common themesβ¦
Rhys Lewis By Daniel Owen On the cover there is a man with a cane standing in the front of a house surrounded with a brick wall, trees and mountains in the background.
Rhys Lewis is a novel by Daniel Owen, written in the Welsh language and published in 1885. Its full title is Hunangofiant Rhys Lewis, Gweinidog Bethel ("The autobiography of Rhys Lewis, minister of Bethel").It is agreed to be the first significant novel written in the Welsh language
#BookWormSat π§΅
