Tag: Welsh industrial history
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David Davies (1818-1890) of Llandinam
Industry, Faith, Infrastructure, and the Making of Modern Wales There are certain nineteenth-century Welshmen whose lives do more than illustrate personal success. They expose the structural transformation of a nation. David Davies of Llandinam belongs firmly in that category. Born in rural Montgomeryshire in 1818 and dying in 1890, Davies rose from sawyer and small…
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When an English City Drowned a Welsh Village: Llanwyddyn and the Making of Lake Vyrnwy
In the summer of 2018, after weeks of sustained heat, the waters of Lake Vyrnwy receded to levels rarely seen in recent decades (source 1). Along the exposed margins of the reservoir, fragments of masonry and faint outlines of foundations emerged from the silt, traces of lanes and walls briefly visible once more (source 1).…
