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- Themes in Welsh history

Evacuees arrive in Newtown and Oswestry

The week we went to war

Seventy years ago this month, Britain went to war. How did Wales take the momentous news?

Browse themed content about Wales' history - either by selecting from the highlights below or from the menu on the left hand side.

David Lloyd George

Historic figures

Historic figures

Prince Charles

Welsh royalty

Welsh royalty

Welsh flag

The Welsh flag

The Welsh flag

Civil disobedience

Civil disobedience

Civil disobedience

Tudor rose

The Tudors

The Tudors

Miners going underground

20th century mining

20th century mining


Investiture timeline

Image of investiture timeline

Day-by-day

Take a tour of the 1969 investiture.

The Celts

Celtic cross - www.istockphoto.com

The people

Wales' story begins with tribes collectively known as the Celts.

From the archive

Newspaper headline from 1918

Flu epidemic

Doctors and patients remember the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918.

Welsh castles

Harlech Castle

Famous fortresses

Start exploring these Welsh strongholds.

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