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Caerphilly man's baffling bequest
Dec 30, 2015WE Williams of Pwllypant House, Caerphilly, bequeathed a modest fortune in 1870 - not to his relatives but to the wealthy Marquis of Bute, whom he barely knew! The ...
[More]A black Madonna and baby Jesus
Dec 24, 2015If you've seen the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus portrayed on a card or in a nativity play this Christmas, they probably had porcelain skin. But both have dark brown skin in an icon which you can see inside ...
[More]Australia's first Welsh woman
Dec 12, 2015Frances Williams of Whitford, Flintshire, was the first Welsh woman to be transported to Australia. She had made the mistake of stealing some items belonging to Thomas Pennant's ...
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