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Wici Cymru @wicicymru.bsky.social · Jul 13

#aydh Ar y dydd hwn yn 1734 (291 mlynedd yn ôl) – bu farw Ellis Wynne, awdur Gweledigaethau y Bardd Cwsc.

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ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · Jul 2

Honoured to address the @cambriansarch.bsky.social yesterday evening as part of their wonderful 2025 Summer Meeting on the Houses and Gardens of North Wales.

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Stately Home News @statelyhomenews.bsky.social · Jun 28

Book: The Powells of Nanteos, by Gerald Morgan, published 11 July @ylolfa.bsky.social‬. The Nanteos Mansion Hotel closed on 5 March after operating for 12 years, due to difficult economic conditions.
www.ylolfa.com/products/978...

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ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · Jun 27

Ooops, hope Sadie doesn’t see this! The ‘e’ was initially adopted by the Rhug/Bachymbyd branch to differentiate from their kin at Lleweni ‘u’

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ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · Jun 27

We’re absolutely delighted to hear that Dr Sadie Jarrett has been awarded the 2024 Francis Jones Prize for Welsh History for her first book, Gentility in Early Modern Wales: The Salusbury Family 1450-1720:

www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/dr-sadie-jar...

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ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · Jun 27

We’re absolutely delighted to hear that Dr Sadie Jarrett has been awarded the 2024 Francis Jones Prize for Welsh History for her first book, Gentility in Early Modern Wales: The Salusbury Family 1450-1720:

www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/dr-sadie-jar...

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ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · Jun 26

A lovely community engagement event at Canolfan Tregarth this evening discussing local history, landscape & environment through maps, photographs, old tools, place names, books, song, poetry, family documents, archives and memories.

A huge diolch to everyone who came along to share and discuss.

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ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · Jun 26

Huge congratulations to ISWE’s @bethanscorey.bsky.social who successfully defended her PhD thesis earlier today! Bethan’s thesis is a wonderfully expansive architectural history of St Fagans Castle, examined by Dr Ruth Larsen (Derby) & Dr Euryn Roberts (Bangor).

Llongyfarchiadau enfawr Dr Scorey!!

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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · Jun 25

"Lord has unlocked the potential of art to tell the story of Wales as a nation."

Completely agree, including how environment (fishing, mining, landscapes, industry, pollution) shaped Welsh identity - well worth a trip to #Aberystwyth to see this landmark exhibition.
#WelshArt #highlyrecommended

ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · Jun 25

New blog by @bethanscorey.bsky.social on Peter Lord’s ‘No Welsh Art’ exhibition at @librarywales.bsky.social, focusing especially on the role of the gentry as patrons for Welsh visual culture:

www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/news/no...

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · Jun 25

A new study has revealed the most beautiful walks in Wales, with a Welsh castle and garden leading the list of strong contenders from across the nation

The most beautiful walks in Wales revealed

A new study has revealed the most beautiful walks in Wales, with a Welsh castle and garden leading the list of strong contenders from across the nation. Some unexpected locations boast the most beauti...

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ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · Jun 25

New blog by @bethanscorey.bsky.social on Peter Lord’s ‘No Welsh Art’ exhibition at @librarywales.bsky.social, focusing especially on the role of the gentry as patrons for Welsh visual culture:

www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/news/no...

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UCL Early Modern Exchanges @uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social · Jun 20

📢 REGISTRATION OPEN!
Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library
9–10 Sep UCL @livesandletters.bsky.social
This symposium will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives & methodologies.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library

This 2-day symposium will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies to open up existing narratives and bodies of evidence...

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Cambrian Archaeological Association @cambriansarch.bsky.social · Jun 16

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 1632͏-3 by the manuscript copier John Jones of Gellilyfdy, Flintshire.

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Cambrian Archaeological Association @cambriansarch.bsky.social · Jun 16

Darlith Cymdeithas Hynafiaethwyr Cymru yn yr Eisteddfod (gan Ann Parry Owen) 16.30 Mercher 6ed Awst, 2025 yn Wrecsam – ymunwch â ni am ddarlith ddifyr ar y rhestrau geiriau rhyfeddol a luniodd y copïwr llawysgrifau John Jones, Gellilifdy, Sir y Fflint.

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Dr Angharad Elias @angharadelias.bsky.social · Jun 15

Gwefr prynu Beibl 'sydd mor brin â dannedd iâr' www.bbc.com/cymrufyw/ert...

Gwefr prynu Beibl 'sydd mor brin â dannedd iâr'

Mae Gerald Morgan o Aberystwyth newydd gael gafael ar Feibl Cymraeg Oliver Cromwell 1654 - Beibl

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ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · Jun 14

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.

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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · Jun 13

"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.

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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · Jun 13

"Map o Rhosllannerchrugog [Sir Ddinbych] fel yr oedd 60 mlynedd yn ôl, yn nghyd a'r tai ac enwau cyffredin y trigolion" gan John Platt

1895 BMSS/40221

Map hyfryd yn darlunio Rhosllannerchrugog fel yr oedd yn 1835, yn rhestru enwau trigolion pob tŷ ac enw pob safle busnes.

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ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · Jun 12

Sut mae Dyffryn Ogwen wedi newid? Y penwythnos yma, yng Nghanolfan Cefnfaes, Bethesda, dewch yn llu.

How has Dyffryn Ogwen changed? This weekend at Canolfan Cefnfaes, Bethesda, all welcome.

ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · Jun 10

Wonderful to be at Bangor University this evening for a special event on Tirweddau Beiblaidd | Biblical Landscapes, co-organised by our doctoral researcher Alex Ioannou with Dr Gareth Jones-Evans.

A lovely exploration of Welsh landscape through creativity, collaboration and care

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ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · Jun 6

We’ve had a wonderful couple of days at Gregynog with the ISWE doctoral & doctoral graduate community. Based right across Wales, and beyond, it’s always brilliant to bring this group together to share knowledge, expertise and experiences.

Bangor Fund supported

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ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · Jun 3

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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · Jun 3

📚 Mae ymgyrchwyr sy'n brwydro i arbed archifdy Prifysgol Bangor yn dweud eu bod wedi cael eu 'llethu' gan y gefnogaeth.

newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/28570/

Ymgyrchwyr sy'n brwydro i arbed archifdy Prifysgol Bangor wedi eu 'llethu' gan y gefnogaeth

Mae ymgyrchwyr sy'n brwydro i arbed archifdy Prifysgol Bangor yn dweud eu bod wedi cael eu 'llethu' gan y gefnogaeth gyhoeddus.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · Jun 3

Caerphilly Council has yet to receive any offers to take over the running of Llancaiach Fawr, a Freedom of Information (FOI) response has revealed

FOI response reveals no offers for operator to take over running of historic Tudor manor house

Caerphilly Council has yet to receive any offers to take over the running of Llancaiach Fawr, a Freedom of Information (FOI) response has revealed. Fifteen viewings of the former Tudor manor house had...

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · May 30

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

Review of cuts to 'vital' Bangor University archives welcomed

Dale Spridgeon, local democracy reporter News that Bangor University is to reconsider proposed cuts to its Archives and Special Collection service following significant public and political pressure h...

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