Welsh History Podcast
Welsh History Podcast tells the story of Wales from the early stone age to present day.
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July 14, 2025 • 41 mins
150 people were convinced to leave all they knew to move to a new land many thousands of miles away only to find out that Patagonia in Argentina was not as it had been described. Along the way we address the treatment of local indigenous groups who were inhabiting that area.
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July 7, 2025 • 34 mins
In the final episode of the series we talk about the changes in archeology of ancient Iron Age Britain.
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June 30, 2025 • 26 mins
How did modern nationalism arrive in Wales and why did it influence Europe post Napoleonic Wars. And how was a towering figure from the Next century a driver of the movement.
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June 23, 2025 • 39 mins
How did I get to doing a history podcast and why did I start podcasting in the first place. Come find out.
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June 16, 2025 • 40 mins
Today we are talking about the establishment of Rugby and its influence on Wales including some of the teams and their stars of the 1870s and 1880s.
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June 9, 2025 • 38 mins
People from the Mediterranean gives a glimpse of what is going on in Iron Age Britain just before the major invasion of the Romans.
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June 2, 2025 • 33 mins
We return our focus on the communities of Wales, today we are talking about the industrialization of Newport and how it grew from a sleepy village to bustling city.
Photo of Bridge Street viewed from near the London City & Midland Bank premises. From
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales digital collection.
http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4785859
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May 26, 2025 • 40 mins
So I start out saying this isn't particularly Welsh but actually, this ends up pretty Welsh.
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May 19, 2025 • 31 mins
After the disaster that was the Crimean War the British government finally takes on the reforms of the army and Wales was an important part of those reforms.
Photo from the collection of the UK National Army Museum - Transvaal War, South Africa (1880-1881).
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May 12, 2025 • 36 mins
Turning to more common everyday items we discuss pottery and textiles and how they defined Iron Age Britain.
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May 4, 2025 • 49 mins
Swansea’s origins stretch back over a thousand years. But in the Victorian industrial boom it becomes the centre of copper production across the world.
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April 28, 2025 • 41 mins
When you share a bed with an elephant, no matter how nice, you are going to notice when they move.
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April 21, 2025 • 35 mins
In today's episode, we explore the intense rivalry between two prominent figures of Victorian Cardiff: John Batchelor, a passionate Liberal politician and businessman, and John Crichton-Stuart, the 3rd Marquess of Bute in the midst of the rise of Cardiff in the Victorian period.
Thumbnail Photo By National Media Museum from UK -
'The Bute Docks, With Shipping'Uploaded by mrjohncummings, No restrictions, https://commons.wikimedia....
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April 14, 2025 • 37 mins
From the Highlands to the shores of the Isle of Whyte, from the coasts of East Anglia to the edge of the Llyn Peninsula, lived the tribes of Britain who dominated the landscape until the arrival of the Romans under Claudius in the 1st Century CE.
British Iron Age Coins
By Geni - photo by user:geni,
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April 7, 2025 • 34 mins
Emigration creates issues with demographic and population changes across Wales, no more so than the county of Ceredigion which saw serious depopulation during the mid to late 1800s.
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March 31, 2025 • 52 mins
Recently I have had feedback that seems to see the podcast veering into modern politics, so I thought I would take a minute to address it as well as why we broach these ideas.
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March 24, 2025 • 29 mins
As the Victorian period picked up literal steam inventors, scientists and innovators were changing how we viewed the world around us.
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March 17, 2025 • 37 mins
Over time artisans across Britain created a art that used the Celtic style but in a very British fashion that may have represented ritual, design choice or status.
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March 3, 2025 • 28 mins
A Welsh industrialist's English wife changes the course of Welsh history with her care for the poor and labour as well as her desire to learn Welsh language and culture.
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February 24, 2025 • 45 mins
My journey to learning Welsh, and why it is important to remember the language and its significance to my life.
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