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 Introduction

The Semantic Name Authority Repository Cymru (SNARC) was established in order to provide a central hub for name authority records relating to Wales and in the Welsh language. The dataset includes data about peoples with National Library of Wales authority records, Places with standardized names in English and Welsh, and all the data needed to describe these things, from languages and occupations to historic buildings, administrative areas, cities and countries. Based on Wikidata, but using a simplified and customized ontology, the data is presented as Linked Open Data and this makes it easier for us to define relationships between entities in our collections. All the data is bilingual and available on an Open Licence. The dataset can be explored using the search box on this page, the links below or using the API or Query Service. Our goal is to grow the dataset using data from Welsh cultural organizations, connecting our heritage in one central hub. It will also act as an important bridge between 3rd party linked open data from Wikidata and other sources, and data curated by GLAM professionals around the world.

 People

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Useful queries and data visualisations for exploring the data

Explore People

• Image Gallery of People in our collections
• Keeping up with the Joneses; all known family of people with the surname Jones
• Interactive map of birth places of people in our archives
• Graph of Welsh estates, houses and their owners
• Timeline of Aberystwyth University Alumni

Search People

• People with NLW Authority record
• NLW Images of People
• Dictionary of Welsh Biography people with Archives at NLW
• Pseudonyms and Bardic Names

Featured Family Trees (Uses Wikidata)

• Augustus John
• Charlotte Guest
• Owain Glyndwr
• Megan Lloyd George

 Places

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Useful queries and data visualisations for exploring the data

Maps and visualisations

• Simple World Map of places in the dataset
• Interactive map of Welsh place data

• NLW Images of places

• Welsh Ecclesiastical Parishes
• Map of Welsh hills and mountains

Standerdized place names

• Standardised Welsh Place Names

Historic buildings and monuments

• CADW Listed Buildings

• Coflein (RCAHMW)

• CADW Monuments

• Chapels with related archives at NLW