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1710 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year '''1710''' to [[Wales]] and [[Welsh people|its people]].

==Incumbents==
*[[Prince of Wales]] - ''vacant''
*[[Princess of Wales]] - ''vacant''

==Events==
*''exact dates unknown''
**[[John Wynne (industrialist)|John Wynne]] obtains permission from the bishop's court to change the name of [[Trelawnyd]] to "Newmarket", in his quest to make it a centre of the lead industry.<ref></ref>
**A committee of the House of Commons declares Sir [[Humphrey Mackworth]] guilty of "many notorious and scandalous frauds".
**A Visitation of the Archdeaconry of Carmarthen to [[Llandissilio]] finds that, out of about 120 families in the parish, 40 attend church at Easter, 20 at Whitsuntide and 20 at Christmas and notes that ''"the Minister suffers in his reputation for being addicted to drinking and swearing"''.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

==Arts and literature==

===New books===
*Henry Rowlands - ''Antiquilates Parochiales''<ref></ref>

==Births==
[[File:John Parry, harpist.jpeg|thumb|right|120px|John Parry, c.1710-1782]]
*[[16 May]] - [[William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot]], politician (died [[1782 in Wales|1782]])
*''date unknown'' - [[James Thomas (Swansea)|James Thomas]], Alderman and Portreeve of Swansea (died [[1781 in Wales|1781]])
*''probable''
**[[John Parry (harpist)|John Parry]], harpist (died [[1782 in Wales|1782]])<ref>'John Parry (c.1710–1782): Y Telynor Dall – The Blind Harper'' – by Huw Williams: Clwyd County Council (1982)</ref>
**[[Thomas Richards of Coychurch]], lexicographer (died [[1790 in Wales|1790]])<ref name=DNB></ref>

==Deaths==
*[[1 January]] - [[William Lloyd (bishop of Norwich)|William Lloyd]], bishop of Norwich, 72<ref></ref>
*[[8 July]] - Robert Davies, scholar and son-in-law of Edward Vaughan of Trawsgoed, 52<ref></ref>

==See also==
*[[1710 in Scotland]]

==References==

May 16, 2018 at 05:33PM

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