1840s in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1840–1849 to Wales and its people.
Events
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- Anne Beale — Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry (1849)[1]
- John Hughes — The Self-Searcher (1848)[2]
- John Jenkins — National Education (1848)
- Samuel Lewis — Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1849)[3]
- John Lloyd
- Poems (1847)
- The English Country Gentleman (1849)
- Richard Williams Morgan — Maynooth and St. Asaph (1848)
- Edward Parry — Railway Companion from Chester to Holyhead (1848)
- Thomas Stephens — The Literature of the Kymry (1849)[4]
Welsh language
- Robert Elis (Cynddelw) — Yr Adgyfodiad (1849)[5]
- Morris Williams (Nicander)
Music
- Rosser Beynon — Telyn Seion (1845)
- John Ambrose Lloyd — Y Ganaan Glyd (1845)
- Rowland Prichard — Cyfaill y Cantorion (The Singer's Friend) (1844)
- Robert Herbert Williams — Alawydd Trefriw (1848)
References
- ^ William Williams. "Beale, Anne (1816-1900), writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ Daniel Williams. "Hughes, John (1787-1860), archdeacon, Evangelical cleric, and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Lewis, Samuel (1849). "A Topographical Dictionary of Wales" (vol. I & II) (4th ed.). British History Online. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ Stephens, Thomas (1876). Evans, Sylvan (ed.). The Literature of the Kymry (2nd ed.). London: Longmans, Green, & Co.
- ^ "Ellis, Robert (1808 - 1881), Calvinistic Methodist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ a b Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. "Williams, Morris (Nicander; 1809-1874), cleric and man of letters". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2025.