Tag: Edward I

• Talley Abbey – Bankruptcy and Battles

  

  Hidden away in the Cothi Valley are the ruins of an abbey, but this one has a slightly different history to any of the other monasteries in Wales. Talley Abbey was founded by the White Canons, the Premonstratensians. I have to admit that I’ve never heard of this order before, but I’ll try not to…

  Paul Challinor

  August 30, 2017

  Ancient Churches, Wales

  Edward I, Lord Rhys, Owain Glyndwr, Talley Abbey

• Castell Harlech: Welsh 100 – No 20.

  

  Harlech Castle. What can I say about it? This is a real and proper castle. One we all imaged a castle should be when we were kids – young or old. Sitting on top of the crag, it seems to grow out of the rock itself, with plunging cliffs on the seaward side, making it…

  Paul Challinor

  April 8, 2015

  100 Things To Do In Wales, Wales, Welsh Castles

  Edward I, English Civil War, Harlech Castle, Men of Harlech, Owain Glyndwr