Cardiganshire County History

Lists of the contents of all three volumes.

Cardiganshire County History Vol 1 – From the Earliest Times to the Coming of the Normans

Cardiganshire County History Vol 1 – From the Earliest Times to the Coming of the Normans
Published by the Ceredigion Antiquarian Society in association with The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
University of Wales Press, 2001.
ISBN: 9780708311707 (0708311709)
Format: Hardback, 285x225mm, 464 pages
Language: English
Edited by: J.L. Davies and D.P. Kirkby

A comprehensive and scholarly history of prehistoric and early Cardiganshire. This volume is illustrated with maps, line-drawings and photographic plates. It begins with the geography of the county, its flora and fauna, and traces the slow emergence of Man in prehistoric times. It reconstructs, from evidence much of which has only been recently discovered, the extent and nature of the Roman Occupation, and finally the slow emergence of the kingdom of Ceredigion, the nature of its economic and social organization and political structures. The coming of Christianity, the settlements of the Saints and their priceless heritage, are also explored. The volume ends with the coming of the Normans.
Contents:

  • The Land of Cardiganshire – D.Q. Bowen
  • Soils and Land Use – C.C. Rudeforth
  • The History of Vegetation in Cardiganshire – P.D. Moore
  • The Higher Plants and Vegetation of Cardiganshire – A.O. Charles
  • The Vertebrate Animals of Cardiganshire – W.M. Condry
  • The Lepidoptera of Cardiganshire – Adrian Fowles.
  • The Stone Age – C.H. Houlder
  • The Bronze Age – C.S. Briggs
  • The Iron Age – J.L. Davies
  • The Hillforts and Later Prehistoric Settlements – A.H.A. Hogg
  • The Roman Period – J.L. Davies
  • The Political Development of Ceredigion, c.400-1081 – D.P. Kirby
  • Early Society and Economy – R.A. Dodgshon
  • The Coming of Christianity – D.P. Kirby
  • The Saints of Cardiganshire – P.O. Riain
  • The Archaeology of Early Christianity in Cardiganshire – Heather James
  • The Early Christian Monuments – W. Gwyn Thomas

Cardiganshire County History Vol 2 – Medieval and Early Modern Cardiganshire

Cardiganshire County History Vol 2 Medieval and Early Modern Cardiganshire

Published by the Ceredigion Historical Society in association with The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
University of Wales Press.

Publication date: October 2019.
ISBN: 9781786834522
Format: Hardback, 285x225mm, 512 pages
Language: English

 

Contents

  • The Medieval Landscapes of Cardiganshire – David Austin & Jemma Bezant
  • Agriculture – Gerald Morgan
  • The Castles of Cardiganshire – D. T. Cathcart-King, Jack Spurgeon & David Browne
  • Medieval Dwellings and their Successors – Richard Suggett
  • The Medieval Church – John Reuben Davies
  • The Cistercian Houses – David Williams
  • Princes, Lords and English Monarchy: Ceredigion 1081–1197 – J. Beverley Smith
  • Lords of Ceredigion, Princes of Gwynedd and Kings of England 1197–1283 – J. Beverley Smith
  • Crown and County: An Age of Transformation and Crisis, 1283–1400 – Ralph A. Griffiths
  • Crown and County: An Age of Turmoil and Opportunity, 1400–1540 – Ralph A. Griffiths
  • The Growth of Gentry Estates – Gerald Morgan
  • Cardiganshire and the State 1540–1689 – Stephen Roberts
  • Cardiganshire in the Era of the Reformation – John Morgan-Guy
  • Education and society in early modern Cardiganshire – W. P. Griffith
  • ‘Croywiaith Ceredigion’: the Welsh language and its literature c.1060–c.1730 – Dylan Foster Evans

 Cardiganshire County History Vol 3 – Cardiganshire in Modern TimesCardiganshire County History Vol 3 - Cardiganshire in Modern Times

Published by the Ceredigion Historical Society in association with The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.
University of Wales Press
Publication date: November 1998.
ISBN: 9780708314890 (0708314899)
Format: Hardback, 285x225mm, 651 pages
Language: English
General Editor:Ieuan Gwynedd Jones
Edited by: Geraint H. Jenkins and Ieuan Gwynedd Jones

 

The third volume of the series appeared in 1998, dealing with the history of the country from the eighteenth century onwards. The twenty-six chapters may be read as individual contributions to historical scholarship, but together they trace the profound changes which took place in the social, economic, religious and political life of the county during this period.
This volume, for which the editors have brought together a team of eminent scholars, is richly illustrated with maps, line-drawings and photographic plates, and it also contains an index.
Consisting of twenty-six chapters, the volume traces the main developments in the social history of the county from the eighteenth century to the present day. The main features of the economic life of the county especially agriculture, lead mining, shipping and the tourist industry are discussed, and further chapters describe the structure of rural and urban society, the domestic and urban architecture of the county, the growth of local administration, and the course of parliamentary representation. Other chapters are devoted to the religious, educational and cultural history of the county, including music and popular culture, the Welsh language, and the cultural institutions for which the county is renowned. The chapters on the religious history of the county have, as an appendix, an invaluable inventory of Cardiganshire chapels and Sunday schools prepared by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales in association with the National Library of Wales and the University of Wales Board of Celtic Studies.
Contents:

  • The Population of Cardiganshire – J. W. Aitchison and Harold Carter
  • Agriculture and Land Occupation in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Cardiganshire – R. J. Moore-Colyer
  • The Landed Gentry of Cardiganshire – R. J. Moore-Colyer
  • The Structure of Rural Society in North Cardiganshire, 1800-1850 – Anne Kelly Knowles
  • Land and Community around the Close of the Nineteenth Century – David Jenkins
  • Cardiganshire Agriculture in the Twentieth Century: An Economic Perspective – D. I. Bateman
  • Rural Industries in Cardiganshire – J. Geraint Jenkins
  • Lead Mining in Cardiganshire – W. J. Lewis
  • Shipping and Shipbuilding – David Jenkins
  • Commercial Relations – Moelwyn I. Williams
  • The Towns of Cardiganshire, 1800-1995 – C. Roy Lewis and Sandra E. Wheatley
  • The Rural Domestic Architecture: Ffermdy, Plas a Bwthyn – Peter Smith
  • The Secular Urban Architecture in Context – Peter White
  • Tourism in Cardiganshire, 1774-1974 – R. F. Walker
  • Poor Law Administration in Cardiganshire, 1750-1948 – Alun Eirug Davies
  • Parliamentary Representation: From the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1688-1789 – P. D. G. Thomas
  • Parliamentary Representation: From the French Revolution to the Passing of the Reform Bill, 1790-1832 – Margaret M. Escott
  • Parliamentary Representation: From the First to the Third Reform Acts, 1832-1885 – Roland G. Thorne
  • Cardiganshire Politics, 1885-1974 – J. Graham Jones
  • The Cardiganshire County Council, 1889-1974 – J. Graham Jones
  • The Established Church and Dissent in Eighteenth-Century Cardiganshire – Geraint H. Jenkins
  • Church and Chapel in Cardiganshire, 1811-1914 – Ieuan Gwynedd Jones
  • Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Sunday Schools in Cardiganshire – David Percival
  • Education in Cardiganshire, 1700-1974 – W. Gareth Evans
  • The Welsh Language in Cardiganshire, 1891-1991 – J. W. Aitchison and Harold Carter
  • Music and Popular Culture – Rhidian Griffiths
  • Cultural Institutions in Cardiganshire – Gwyn Jenkins