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The earliest known item of human remains discovered in modern-day Wales is a Neanderthal jawbone, found at the Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site in the valley of the River Elwy in North Wales; it dates from about 230,000 years before present (BP) in the Lower Palaeolithic period, [1] and from then, there have been skeletal remains found of the Paleolithic Age man in multiple regions of Wales ...
In June 2008, Wales made history by becoming the first nation to be awarded Fairtrade status. [135] The pound sterling is the currency used in Wales. Numerous Welsh banks issued their own banknotes in the 19th century: the last bank to do so closed in 1908. Since then the Bank of England has had a monopoly on the issue of banknotes in Wales. [136]
The modern history of Wales starts in 1800 and continues until the present day. In the 19th century, South Wales became heavily industrialised with ironworks; this, along with the spread of coal mining to the Cynon and Rhondda valleys from the 1840s, led to an increase in population. The social effects of industrialisation resulted in armed ...
The earliest map showing Wales as a separate country from the rest of Great Britain, Cambriae Typus by Humphrey Llwyd, is published in the first modern atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [162] 1584 The first Welsh copper smelting works is established at Aberdulais [ 6 ]
The culture of Wales is distinct, with its own language, customs, festivals, music, art, cuisine, mythology, history, and politics. Wales is primarily represented by the symbol of the red Welsh Dragon , but other national emblems include the leek and the daffodil .
Map of the Roman invasion of Wales (from History of Wales) Image 11 Statue of Owain Glyndŵr ( c. 1354 or 1359 – c. 1416 ) at Cardiff City Hall Image 12 Medieval kingdoms of Wales shown within the boundaries of the present day country of Wales and not inclusive of all (from History of Wales )
The 2021 census showed Wales' population to be 3,107,500, the highest in its history. [6] In 2011, 27 per cent (837,000) of the total population of Wales were not born in Wales, [7] [8] including 636,000 people (21 per cent of the total population of Wales) who were born in England. [9]
Following the conquest of Wales by Edward I of England of 1277 to 1283, those parts of Wales retained under the direct control of the English crown, principally in the north and west of the country, were re-constituted as a new Principality of Wales and ruled either by the monarch or the monarch's heir though not formally incorporated into the ...