Author: Mark Rees
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 075099181X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Wales' history is packed with peculiar customs and curious characters. Here you will discover alien landscapes, ancient druids and a Victorian ghost hunter. Find out why revellers would carry a decorated horse's skull on a pole door to door at Christmastime, how an eccentric inventor hoped to defeat Hitler with his futuristic ray gun, and why a cursed wall is protected by a global corporation for fear it might destroy a town. From the folklore surrounding the red dragon on the flag, to the evolution of the song 'Sosban Fach', this compendium of weird and wonderful facts will surprise and delight even the most knowledgeable resident or visitor.
The A-Z of Curious Wales
Author: Mark Rees
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 075099181X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Wales' history is packed with peculiar customs and curious characters. Here you will discover alien landscapes, ancient druids and a Victorian ghost hunter. Find out why revellers would carry a decorated horse's skull on a pole door to door at Christmastime, how an eccentric inventor hoped to defeat Hitler with his futuristic ray gun, and why a cursed wall is protected by a global corporation for fear it might destroy a town. From the folklore surrounding the red dragon on the flag, to the evolution of the song 'Sosban Fach', this compendium of weird and wonderful facts will surprise and delight even the most knowledgeable resident or visitor.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 075099181X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Wales' history is packed with peculiar customs and curious characters. Here you will discover alien landscapes, ancient druids and a Victorian ghost hunter. Find out why revellers would carry a decorated horse's skull on a pole door to door at Christmastime, how an eccentric inventor hoped to defeat Hitler with his futuristic ray gun, and why a cursed wall is protected by a global corporation for fear it might destroy a town. From the folklore surrounding the red dragon on the flag, to the evolution of the song 'Sosban Fach', this compendium of weird and wonderful facts will surprise and delight even the most knowledgeable resident or visitor.
The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales
Author: Bernard Burke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armories
Languages : en
Pages : 1346
Book Description
The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the about 1961.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armories
Languages : en
Pages : 1346
Book Description
The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the about 1961.
The British herald, or Cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry of Great Britain & Ireland
Author: Thomas Robson (engraver.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
A General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Author: John Burke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armories
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armories
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
FCC Record
Author: United States. Federal Communications Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Telecommunication
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Telecommunication
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, from the Earliest to the Present Time
Author: Thomas Robson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Heraldry
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Heraldry
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland
Author: John Woody Papworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
A Guide to the Cathedrals of England and Wales. ... With ... Short Notes of the Chief Objects of Interest in Every Cathedral City
Author: Mackenzie Edward Charles WALCOTT
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The World Map Directory 1989
Author: Aaron Maizlish
Publisher: Benchmark Maps
ISBN: 9780929591001
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher: Benchmark Maps
ISBN: 9780929591001
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The World Map Directory 1992-1993
Author: Aaron Maizlish
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780929591087
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780929591087
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description