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14 unusual facts about Wales


Badminton World Federation

Founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations (Canada, Denmark, England, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales), the BWF has since expanded to 176 member nations around the world.

But What Will the Neighbors Think

The song "Queen of Hearts" was first recorded in 1979 by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds for his album Repeat When Necessary.

Côr Godre'r Aran

The choir has won many awards and prizes over the years including winners of the Male-voice choir competition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales & the Llangollen International Eisteddfod.

District registry

a part of the High Court situated in various districts of England and Wales dealing with High Court family and civil business.

Ebbw Vale, Queensland

Ebbw Vale is Welsh for Head of the Valley which refers to the location of Ebbw Vale in Wales.

IRB Junior World Championship

The inaugural tournament was held in June 2008, hosted by Wales and with 16 teams participating.

John K. Edmunds

Edmunds was born in Wales, Utah to Thomas Edmunds, an immigrant from Wales, and Frieda Louise Kaestli, an immigrant from Switzerland.

Joseph Stone, Baron Stone

Joe Stone was a General Practitioner, originally from Llanelli in Wales, who after qualifying in Cardiff worked as a GP in and around Hendon.

Mam Cymru

National personification of Wales, also called Dame Wales used in cartoons, most notably by Joseph Morewood Staniforth.

Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell

He served in that position until 1987, when he was given a life peerage as Baron Crickhowell, of Pont Esgob in the Black Mountains and County of Powys.

Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action

The equivalent infrastructure and representative body for voluntary sector organisations in Wales is WCVA, in Scotland is the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, SCVO and in England is NCVO or National Council for Voluntary Organisations.

Ogof Hen Ffynhonnau

Ogof Hen Ffynhonnau (almost universally known as Poacher's Cave) lies in the Alyn Gorge, North Wales close to Ogof Hesp Alyn.

Wales, New York

Adoniram J. Warner, former US Congressman, Union Army General in American Civil War

This community lies at the south end of NY-400 on NY-16 and is the home of the The Gow School.


Aberaeron

In Wales Illustrated in a Series of Views by Henry Gastineau, published in 1810, it states: "Near the town are some remains of an ancient fortress called Castell Cadwgan, thought to have been erected by king Cadwgan, about the year 1148."

Airflight

12 March 1950 - Avro Tudor G-AKBY while operating a rugby charter, crashed on approach to RAF Llandow in Wales with 80 fatalities.

Aled Edwards

Born in Wales, Edwards moved to Canada in 1965 with his parents Undeg and Iwan Edwards.

Becca Hall

Later used as a control centre, it performed as one of the control centres for the Dinorwig hydroelectric storage facility in North Wales.

Brenhinoedd y Saeson

P survives in a single medieval manuscript:
Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS. Peniarth 20, written c.1330, probably at the Cistercian abbey of Valle Crucis (Llanegwestl).

Brighton United F.C.

Maurice Parry played for Brighton United in the 1899–00 season, before having a long career with Liverpool and making 16 appearances for Wales.

Buddleja davidii 'Corinne Tremaine'

Buddleja davidii 'Corinne Tremaine' is a cultivar raised at the The Herb Garden & Historical Plant Nursery on Anglesey, north Wales.

Cadoxton, Glamorgan

Cadoxton, Vale of Glamorgan, in the Vale of Glamorgan county borough in Wales

Charles Darbishire

Darbishire was born in London, the son of Colonel C. H. Darbishire of Plas Mawr, Penmaenmawr in North Wales.

Charmaine Dragun

Dragun was engaged to Simon Struthers (forensic pathologist with the New South Wales police, bass guitarist for Adam Said Galore and photographer), with the pair planning to marry at their joint thirtieth birthday celebrations.

Clive Lucas

The Mint - Sydney, Headquarters of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales

Deeside College

From 1974, the North East Wales Institute expanded under the vision of another prominent educator, Professor Glyn O Phillips, who took the institution forward and made it into a significant research based and practice based technological organisation which had a financial turnover equalling a great many universities close by, like Liverpool, Manchester and Bangor.

Desmond Star

He tried out his songs on live audiences, gigging in Wales with a loose band of friends, and began to attract a following when DJ Adam Walton played some of his home-recorded songs on the BBC Radio Wales new music show, The Musical Mystery Tour, for which 'The Boy Band' played a live session.

Elias Weekes

Weekes was the Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales in the second government of William Cowper between April and October 1859.

Frank Forman

Forman was not selected for the match against Wales on 28 March, but was picked for the match against Scotland on 2 April, when he played alongside Charles Wreford-Brown who was making his final appearance for the national team.

Gary McFarlane

the applicant in McFarlane v Relate Avon Ltd, a 2010 case in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales

Glan-y-Mor Comprehensive School

There was a large amount of feedback given to South West Wales Media (Publisher of South Wales Evening Post & Llanelli Star) with backing being given to the school.

Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford

In 1282, war with Wales broke out again; this time it would not be simply a punitive campaign, but a full-scale war of conquest.

James Farnell

The gold discoveries in California in 1848 led to his visiting America, and he also travelled in New Zealand before finally returning to New South Wales.

James Motley

He worked as an engineer and manager (at Tewgoed (or 'Terrgoed') Colliery at Cwmafan); then underground surveyor to William Chambers of Llanelli; and finally, at Abercrave colliery, iron works, iron mines, and limestone quarries while maintaining an active interest in natural history, especially botany (he left a herbarium at the Royal Institution of South Wales, Swansea), and folklore.

James Sommerin

Returning to Wales to be closer to his family, Sommerin joined The Crown at Whitebrook in Monmouthshire in 2000 as Sous Chef.

John B. Haberlen

Haberlen has participated as a jury member and auditor in major choral festivals worldwide, including the St. Petersburg Choral Festival, the World Choir in Cardiff, Wales; Marktoberdorf, Germany; Riva del Garda, Italy; Budapest, Hungary; Denmark and Sydney, Australia.

John Jones, Talysarn

John Jones, Talysarn (1 March 1796 - 16 August 1857), was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister, regarded as one of the greatest preachers in the history of Wales.

Johnny Jarrett

Following this removal, Patten was located by his father and the pair fled from New South Wales, to the safety of Barmah in Victoria.

Kerry Beaumont

Beaumont was previously director of music (1994-2002) at Ripon Cathedral in North Yorkshire, England and (1990-1994) at St David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Kingdoms of Elfin

The stories range across various traditional lands of Europe and beyond, including Brocéliande in Brittany, Elfhame in Scotland, Mynydd Prescelly in Wales, the Forest of Arden and Bury St. Edmunds in England, and as far away as the Peris of Persia.

Llangammarch railway station

Llangammarch railway station serves the village of Llangammarch Wells in Powys, Wales.

Monaseed

William Curry - Entrepreneur & owner of Horizon Taxis in North Wales.

Mynydd Maendy

Mynydd Maendy (translation: Maindy Mountain) is a hilltop and moorland, near Gilfach Goch, in south Wales, to the southwest of Tonyrefail.

Nathaniel P. Hill

Accordingly, he spent a portion of 1865 and 1866 in Swansea, Wales and Freiberg, Saxony studying metallurgy, and returned to the United States with a perfected method of smelting.

Newbridge Networks

The name Newbridge Networks comes from Sir Terry Matthews' home town of Newbridge in south Wales.

Penelope Wensley

Born in Toowoomba, Queensland, she was educated at Penrith High School in New South Wales, the Rosa Bassett School in London (UK), and the University of Queensland where she graduated with a first class honours degree in English and French literature.

Phil Bayton

Joining the Thornhill Cycling Club in Birmingham he won a handicap race at Hirwaun in South Wales as a 16 year old junior and a year later was part of the GB Olympic squad under Norman Sheil.

Pictures in the Dark

Singers on this single includes his girlfriend at the time, Anita Hegerland, Barry Palmer and well-known Welsh choirboy Aled Jones.

Port of Eden

In 1960 Mobil constructed a dedicated wharf, tanks and plant for small-scale petroleum imports and distribution to southern New South Wales.

Radnorshire Wildlife Trust

Radnorshire Wildlife Trust (Welsh: Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Maesyfed) is one of six wildlife trusts in Wales.

Robert d'Escourt Atkinson

Robert d'Escourt Atkinson (born April 11, 1898, Rhayader, Wales – died October 28, 1982, Bloomington, Indiana) was a British astronomer, physicist and inventor.

Sila Puafisi

He was called up to Tonga for the 2013 Autumn Internationals against Romania, France and Wales.

Simon de Burley

In 1382, Richard granted him the office of under-chamberlain of the King's household for life, and appointed him surveyor of the lands in South Wales in the King's hands during the minority of the heir of Edmund Mortimer.

Sound Space Studios

Sound Space Studios is a recording studio and rehearsal facility located in Cardiff, Wales.

Super Formation Soccer 94

Using two special codes, the player will have access to the special/hidden teams which didn't take part in the 1994 World Cup: England, Wales, Uruguay, Denmark and France.

The Royal Regiment of Canada

International commitments include: performances for the United Nations in Cyprus; the Military Musical Pageant, held at Wembley Stadium, in London, England; a command performance for the colonel-in-chief, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, in the Gardens of Buckingham Palace; and, being selected as the official band to accompany the veterans and the official party to the United Kingdom and France to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the raid on Dieppe August 19, 1942.

To’o Vaega

Vaega made his debut for Samoa against Wales on 14 June 1986, starting one of the longest international careers in modern rugby union history.

Tonga at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

He received a bye in his first match (quarterfinals), and lost to Calum Evans of Wales in the semifinals by a points difference of 23–14.

Tresco

Tresco, Elizabeth Bay, an historic residence in New South Wales, Australia.

Tunnels of Gibraltar

The formation appears to have been laid down in a tropical environment somewhat similar to the Bahamas today, and on the basis of fossil evidence an Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) age has been proposed for the Gibraltar Limestone, though in appearance it has a strong resemblance to the Carboniferous Limestone that underlies large parts of England and Wales.

WLR

Willandra Lakes Region, a World Heritage Site in New South Wales, Australia

Y Fronllwyd

Y Fronllwyd, also known as Carnedd y Filiast North Top, is a top of Carnedd y Filiast in Snowdonia, Wales forming part of the Glyderau.

Yr Elen

The etymology of the name is unclear, with the personal name "Helen" or "Eleanor" being one possibility, perhaps after Eleanor de Montfort (d. 1282), princess of Wales and wife of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd.

ZOOMQ3D

ZOOMQ3D and ZOOPT have been developed through a tri-partite collaboration between the School of Civil Engineering of the University of Birmingham, UK, the British Geological Survey and the Environment Agency of England and Wales.