Peregrine was a fisherman, like his father and his grandfather before him, a hard workingman used to the harsh life of working the nets...

Rowland Lee was born in 1487, two years after the Battle of Bosworth. Originally from Northumberland, he was educated at Cambridge,...

In the early 1800s Montgomery was a thriving market town. A plaque on Broad Street tells us that in 1840 over 50 tradesmen were based in...

I belong to a writer's group in Llandovery whose ages range from seventeen to even older than me - and I'm a fossil. Last year the group,...

When in 1549, John Wynn was King Edward VI’s standard bearer the king rewarded him with a gift of Bardsey Island. In the 17th Century,...

In the 19th Century, gothic revival architecture was the height of fashion. The new Houses of Parliament were built in the gothic style...

In 1702, a new crown treasury department was established, the Salt Office. A tax on salt had existed since 1644 but an expensive war with...

Fluellen: "If your Majesty is remembered of it, the Welshmen did good service in a garden where leeks did grow, wearing leeks in their...

In 1803 a Royal Naval Officer named William Harries visited the tiny hamlet of Llangynnwr in Carmarthenshire. With him were several burly...

After the Romans departed, Wales split into small kingdoms. One of them was the kingdom of Seisyllwg. Ruled from Dinefwr (Llandeilo),...

Rhuddlan castle was a fine palace. Inside the castle there were great state rooms where a petty king and his family lived, protected by...

Strangers travelling along a minor road south west of Mostyn are surprised to find themselves driving under a house. The structure, known...

The Salt Smugglers of Mawddach​ "The only thing worse than a smuggler is the excise man who tries to catch him!" Dr. Samuel Johnson 1709...

Gwrtheyrn was a British King who lived in Kent during the 5th Century. He was a timid man and his kingdom was weak. He employed...

The gravestone was leaning against the wall of the church. I walked over and read the inscription, 'Watkin Watkins, Farmer, Departed this...

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, a battle which changed the course of European history, deposed an emperor and...

The practice of erecting a memorial to a loved one is common enough but when William Jones’ wife Elizabeth died in 1787 he felt that...

Elisedd ap Gwylog was a 1st Century King of Powys and a descendant of Brochweil Ysgithrog, so named because of his fang like teeth and...

The A4069 is a narrow country road that snakes its way over the Black Mountain from Llangadog to Brynamman. A good surface, hairpin bends...

Talacre Lighthouse.​ Where the supernatural rule and strange things happen. From early times the River Dee has been a major trade route....