Portal:Wales/Did you know
- ...that the Great Western Railway operated road motor (bus) services in England and Wales from 1903 until 1933 as it was cheaper than building new railways?
- ...that the military theories of the 18th-century Welsh soldier Henry Lloyd were studied by George Washington and George S. Patton?
- ...that Bangor Cathedral in North Wales was completed without a tower or spire because of a cracking foundation?
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[edit]- ...that in England and Wales, most common land is actually privately owned?
- ...that Penley, a small village near Wrexham in north east Wales, was home to a hospital founded on the orders of Sir Winston Churchill after World War II to care for Polish ex-servicemen?
- ...that the Great Western Railway operated road motor (bus) services in England and Wales from 1903 until 1933 as it was cheaper than building new railways?
- ...that K-Klass are a house music group from North Wales that purchased an underground bunker for use as a recording studio?
- ...that the defeat of the Welsh army in the Battle of Orewin Bridge effectively ended the independence of medieval Wales?
- ...that Welsh Nationalist terrorists planted bombs to protest against the 1969 investiture of the Prince of Wales?
- ...that British MP Peter Thomas was the first Conservative politician to serve as Secretary of State for Wales and the first Welshman to become party chairman?
- ...that the military theories of the 18th-century Welsh soldier Henry Lloyd were studied by George Washington and George S. Patton?
- ...that the film The Titfield Thunderbolt was inspired by the restoration of the narrow gauge Talyllyn Railway in Wales?
- ...that county palatines, autonomous areas ruled by a count palatine with special quasi-royal authority, were first created in the 11th-century Kingdom of England to defend the Scottish and Welsh frontiers and still formerly exist in the modern UK in County Durham, Cheshire, and Lancashire?
- ...that the judicial practice of Quarter Sessions in English and Welsh courts began in 1388 and survived until they were abolished by the Courts Act 1971?
- ...that Bangor Cathedral in North Wales was completed without a tower or spire because of a cracking foundation?
- ...that the modern Arms of the Principality of Wales are based on those borne by the 13th century Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great?
- ...that Beata Brookes, Conservative MEP for North Wales for ten years, has been nicknamed "the Celtic Iron Lady"?
- ...that harps are national musical instruments in Ireland, Wales and Paraguay?
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