Wales

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Countryside Council for Wales - includes useful interactive maps

The Welsh Icons site - "An Encyclopedia and Gazetteer of Wales and all Things Welsh"

The complete A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1849) by Samuel Lewis is on the British History Online site

Wales on the Web  a subject gateway to high quality websites about all aspects of Wales

Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516. The Gazetteer compiled by Dr Samantha Letters is a catalogue of markets and fairs in medieval England and Wales. This is the first comprehensive national survey.

Principal Markets and Fairs in South Wales.  Extracted from Kelly's Directory South Wales 1910, it includes entries for Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Breconshire, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Radnorshire.

A Vision of Britain Through Time. "This site contains information about your home area from the 2001 census -- and from every earlier British census back to 1801. It can present this information both as maps of the whole country and as graphs showing change over time in your area. It truly offers a Vision of Britain through time"

Countryside Council for Wales

BBC Wales - information about myths, Celts, genealogy, language, history etc etc.

Visit Wales.com - things to do and places to visit

Facts about Wales & the Welsh by Britannia

The Geoff Charles Collection The work of photojournalist Geoff Charles (1909-2002). The entire collection at the NLW consists of about 120,000 images about 15,000 can be viewed here.

The John Thomas Collection John Thomas (1838-1905) was a Welsh photographer based in Liverpool. The collection at the NLW includes some 4,500 images, mainly Welsh landscape and portraiture

Thomas Rowlandson A collection of drawings and watercolours of Welsh landscapes at the NLW by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), one of England's most talented draughtsmen and satirists Examples from the National Library of Wales's collection of Drawing volumes, including the work of Penry Williams (1802-1885). Part of the 'Treasures' series. "The bulk of the Library's collection dates from the 19th century, although there are some excellent 18th century examples..."

Images of Wales Several excellent photographs of historic buildings and attractive landscapes are available on John Ball's site.

Pictures of Wales - the Cymdeithas Madog site

Castles of Wales Jeffrey L. Thomas provides photographs and information on more than 400 castles in Wales.

The Valley Connection  A Web Directory for Wales,  includes sections for Genealogy and History links.

Facts and figures about Wales  A Data Wales site

Seven Wonders of Wales by Britannia

UK Villages     A site for each UK village with a Post Office, local links, maps [variable development]

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