Welsh Heritage and Culture
Llyfrau | Books
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Historical and Hysterical - Tales of Pontardulais Public Houses
Written by locals about locals, this is a history of Pontardulais public houses with modern day anecdotes.
£6.50
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Cambrian Country - Welsh Emblems
An entertaining illustrated gazetteer portraying seventy Welsh emblems and other representational objects attributed to Wales and the Welsh, reflecting various aspects of the heritage and culture of the country and its inhabitants.
£5.75
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Celtic High Crosses of Wales
A comprehensive survey of all the Celtic crosses and decorated fragments in Wales, together with a study of the religious and cultural background, icongraphy, design and sculpture.
£5.75
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Welsh Country Cooking
A selection of traditional Welsh recipes together with brief historical background details. Black-and-white illustrations. A new edition of book first published in January 1993.
£4.50
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Rumours and Oddities from North Wales
Winged Snakes, Dragons, Monsters, Witches and Giants are but a few of the strange creatures which inhabit northern Wales.
£3.95
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Welsh Wit and Humour
A volume of Welsh wit and humour, arranged in chapters: pulpit humour of earlier days, the humour of the eight-inch nails, the humour of the Revd Stephen Jenkins, the humour of John Jones, Welsh miners' humour, linguistic oddities, rugby humour, homely humour and choir humour.
£4.75
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Welsh Ghostly Encounters
A revised and updated collection of ancient stories of the supernatural, together with some accounts of recent ghostly encounters in Wales.
£5.50
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Epic Tudor Journey, An - John Lelands' Itinerary of Northern Wales
John Leland's itinerary of northern Wales. Leland, King Henry VIII's Antiquary, made his journey across northern Wales - without maps - in one of the summers between 1536-39.
£6.50
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A Guide to Welsh Place-Names (Welsh Heritage Series:3)
The meanings and constructions of around 500 Welsh place-names together with comments on the linguistic and historical background of Welsh place-names.
£3.50
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A History of the Red Dragon (Welsh Heritage Series:4)
A highly informative and well-researched book looking at the origin and history of the national emblem of Wales.
£3.50