Welsh Journals

CONTENTS Page THE STATUTE OF WALES, 1284. By Llinos Beverley Smith 127 PLACE-NAME STUDIES AND AGRARIAN COLONIZATION IN NORTH WALES. By Colin Thomas 154 THE WELSH EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE AND THE 1870 ELEMEN- TARY EDUCATION ACT. By Leighton Hargest 172 LANGUAGE CONTACT AND LANGUAGE CHANGE IN WALES, 1901-1971: A STUDY IN HISTORICAL GEOLINGUISTICS. By Colin H. Williams. 207 REVIEWS O'Sullivan, The De Excidio of Gildas: by Eric John Bromwich and Jones (eds.), Astudiaethau ar yr Hengerdd: by Nesta Lloyd Cule, Wales and Medicine: by Charles Webster Fryde, The Tyranny and Fall of Edward II: by Robin Frame Ross (ed.), Patronage, Pedigree and Power in Late Medieval England: by S. B. Chrimes Whiting, A Handful of History: by Hugh Dunthorne Roberts, Edward Lhuyd: by Gwyn Walters and Eiluned Rees Hatton, George I, Elector and King: by G. C. Gibbs Hughes, Morgan and Thomas (eds.), Gregynog: by Deian Hopkin Ellis, Hanes y Delyn yng Nghymru: by Prys Morgan Jarman, Y Sipsiwn Cymreig: by Prys Morgan Henriques, Before the Welfare State: by David Large Bradley, The Optimists: by Michael Hart Jones, Health, Wealth and Politics in Victorian Wales: by R. A. Lewis Jones, Lyulph Stanley: a Study in Educational Politics: by Gareth E. Jones Lloyd, Emrys ap Iwan: by Geraint H. Jenkins Morgan, Consensus and Disunity: by G. H. Le May Williams, Hugh Gaitskell: by Peter Stead Price, Cymru a'r Byd Modern ers 1918: by D. Gareth Evans Grant, The Parliamentary History of Glamorgan, 1542-1976: by Hywel Francis Arber-Cooke, Pages from the History of Llandovery, Vol. II: by D. Emrys Williams Short Notices Articles relating to the History of Wales published mainly in 1978: 1. Welsh History before 1660: by D. Huw Owen 2. Welsh History after 1660: by J. G. Jones