This is the third volume in a pioneering series of authoritative studies on the social
history of the Welsh language. It contains fourteen chapters, all written by acknowledged
experts in the field, together with many explanatory maps and figures. The volume seeks to
make a contribution to our understanding of the complex relationship between language and
community in the long nineteenth century. The linguistic geography of Wales is placed
within the context of the Celtic language family and the broader central European
experience.
The projected series on 'A Social History of the Welsh Language' - the fruits of the
second major research project of the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies of the
University of Wales - will interest and intrigue the general public as well as specialists
in the field and help readers to familiarise themselves with the history of a language
which, over the centuries, has been an integral part of the everyday life of the Welsh
people and of their sense of nationhood.
‘ . . . pioneering and increasingly awe-inspiring . . . ’ (Western Mail)
Contents
- List of Maps and Figures
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction Geraint H. Jenkins
- 1. Language Areas in North-East Wales c.1800-1911 W. T. R. Pryce
- 2. The Welsh Language in Montgomeryshire c.1800-1914 David Llewelyn Jones
- 3. Language and Community in South-West Wales c.1800-1914 Russell Davies
- 4. The Welsh Language in the Anthracite Coalfield c.1870-1914 Ioan Matthews
- 5. The Welsh Language in the Valleys of Glamorgan c.1800-1914 Philip N. Jones
- 6. The Welsh Language in Cardiff c.1800-1914 Owen John Thomas
- 7. The Welsh Language in Industrial Monmouthshire c.1800-1901 Sian Rhiannon Williams
- 8. The Welsh Language in England c.1800-1914 Emrys Jones
- 9. The Welsh Language and Welsh Identity in a Pennsylvanian Community William D. Jones
- 10. The Welsh Language in Patagonia Robert Owen Jones
- 11. A Social History and Geography of Gaelic in Scotland 1806-1901 Charles W. J. Withers
- 12. Language and Society in Nineteenth-Century Ireland Máirtín Ó Murchú
- 13. The Breton Language in the Nineteenth Century Rhisiart Hincks
- 14. Language and Society in the Nineteenth Century: Some Central-European Comparisons R.
J. W. Evans
- Index
Maps and Figures
- Migration streams into north-east Wales from neighbouring areas
- Language zones c.1810 and trends at specific locations between 1749 and 1809 or
1811
- Language zones in the mid-nineteenth century
- Major religious denominations and principal language areas in 1851
- Principal language zones c.1900 and long-term trends in ancient parish churches,
1749-c.1900
- Language of worship in new Anglican churches established from 1826 onwards, and
principal language zones c.1900
- Speakers of the Welsh language 1901, 1911, 1921
- Speakers of languages other than Welsh and/or English 1901 and 1911
- Speakers of the Welsh language in 1921
- The county of Montgomeryshire
- Linguistic patterns in Montgomeryshire according to the 1891 census
- Percentage of the population aged three and over able to speak Welsh in south-west Wales
in 1901
- The Anthracite Coalfield in 1914
- The linguistic balance in the Glamorgan Coalfield in 1901 and 1911
- Birthplace of and language spoken by adult migrants from industrial South Wales to
Ogmore and Garw 1891
- Percentage of household heads able to speak Welsh in Ogmore and valleys 1891, by
street
- Language spoken and geographical origin of household heads in the upper Ogmore
Valley in 1891
- Language spoken and geographical origin of household heads in the lower Ogmore Valley in
1891
- Language spoken and geographical origin of household heads in the upper Garw Valley
in 1891
- Language spoken and geographical origin of household heads in the lower Garw Valley
in 1891
- The borough of Cardiff and neighbouring parishes
- The linguistic boundaries delineated by E. G. Ravenstein and A. J. Ellis
- J. E. Southall’s linguistic map, based on the 1891 census
- The number of Welsh-born in census regions of England, 1851, 1881, 1911
- Welsh chapels in England recorded between 1800 and 1914 244
- The United States of America, showing the percentage of the Welsh-born population
in 1920
- The Welsh Colony of Patagonia
- The Gaelic language area defined pre-1800: the extent of the Gaidhealtachd in 1698,
1765 and 1806
- The extent of the Gaidhealtachd, by parish, in 1806
- The Gaelic-English border according to nineteenth-century German linguistic
cartographers
- The Gaelic-English border according to J. A. H. Murray (1873) and E. G. Ravenstein
(1879)
- Gaelic speaking by parish in Scotland, 1901
- Acquisition of Irish in 1801-11, based on analyses by Garret FitzGerald
- Brittany: the old dioceses, the départements and the historical boundaries of the
language
- Nationalities of the Habsburg Monarchy
- The Czech-German language border in 1918
Contributors
- Dr Russell Davies, Marketing Manager, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- Dr R. J. W. Evans, Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford
- Dr Rhisiart Hincks, Senior Lecturer, Department of Welsh, University of Wales,
Aberystwyth
- Professor Geraint H. Jenkins, Director, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh
and Celtic Studies
- Dr David Llewelyn Jones, Research Fellow, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh
and Celtic Studies
- Professor Emeritus Emrys Jones, formerly of the London School of Economics and Political
Science
- Dr Philip N. Jones, Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Hull
- Dr Robert Owen Jones, Director, Welsh Language Teaching Centre, Department of Welsh,
University of Wales, Cardiff
- Dr William D. Jones, Lecturer, School of History and Archaeology, University of Wales,
Cardiff
- Dr Ioan Matthews, Lecturer, Department of History, Trinity College, Carmarthen
- Dr Máirtín Ó Murchú, Senior Professor at the School of Celtic Studies of the Dublin
Institute for Advanced Studies
- Dr W. T. R. Pryce, Senior Lecturer in Geography and Staff Tutor, Faculty of Social
Sciences, The Open University in Wales, Cardiff, and Honorary Fellow, University of Wales
Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies
- Mr Owen John Thomas, Deputy headteacher, Gladstone Junior School, Cardiff
- Dr Sian Rhiannon Williams, Senior Lecturer in History, School of Education, University
of Wales Institute, Cardiff
- Professor Charles W. J. W
` . . . another impressive volume and another major
contribution to our understanding of the history of the Welsh language.' (Journal of
Multilingual and Multicultural Development)