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People's Collection Wales - A Welsh National Assembly backed undertaking geared to bringing together in one place online all the strands of Welsh history, not only from those held in various Libraries and Archives but also from the memories and memorabilia of ordinary folk.
Welsh National Eisteddfod - Sundry references from various sources
Women's Archive of Wales - exists to promote the study, and to rescue and preserve the sources, of women's history in Wales
Crime and Punishment Database - at the NLW.
"Comprises data about crimes, criminals and punishments included in the gaol files of the Court of Great Sessions in Wales from 1730 until its abolition in 1830. The Court could try all types of crimes, from petty thefts to high treason."
Gathering the Jewels Aim;- To digitise over 20,000 images of cultural heritage material which is held in institutions all over Wales, and to bring those images together as part of a single Web site which will become a new national learning resource, and which will reflect and promote the extraordinary diversity and significance of materials held in Welsh libraries, museums and archives - the "jewels".
Payments to a Serving Maid. The National Library of Wales 'Treasures' series. A manuscript which sheds some light on the subject of working women's dress during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
The Hendregadredd Manuscript. The National Library of Wales 'Treasures' series. The manuscript is the earliest witness of the works of the Gogynfeirdd, the Welsh court poets who were active from the early twelfth century until the fourteenth century, and was probably copied at the Cistercian abbey of Strata Florida in Ceredigion
The Book of Taliesin. The National Library of Wales 'Treasures' series. The Book of Taliesin, dating from the second half of the fourteenth century, is one of the most famous Welsh manuscripts and contains a collection of some of the oldest poems in Welsh.
The National Anthem. The National Library of Wales 'Treasures' series. Images and audio
Welsh proverbs, by Britannia
Eisteddfod of Wales site
Welsh Cultural Traditions from Britannia.com.
The Welsh Flag A Data Wales site
The leek and daffodil - emblems of Wales. A Data Wales site
The Red Dragon A Data Wales site
Who were the Celts ? A Data Wales site
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