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  • The memorial to Evan and James James was designed by the Welsh-born sculptor W. Goscombe John (1860-1952) and was unveiled by Lord Treowen at Ynysangharad Park before a crowd of 10,000 people in 1930. Evan James (Ieuan ap Iago, 1809-93) was a weaver and wool merchant by profession and owner of the Ancient Druid Inn at Argoed in the parish of Bedwellty, Monmouthshire. He moved to Pontypridd when his son James (Iago ap Ieuan, 1833-1902) was a young boy. Evan James and his son James are credited with composing the Welsh national anthem, 'Hen Wlad fy Nhadau' ('Land of my Fathers') in 1856. Evan was a poet and and it is believed that he wrote the words while his son James composed the tune. The song was published in the volume 'Gems of Welsh Melody' (1860) and soon became extremely popular. It is not certain when the song was first adopted as the Welsh national anthem.
Ceremony dedicating the memorial to Evan and James James, composers of the Welsh national anthem, Pontypridd, 1930
  • The memorial to Evan and James James was designed by the Welsh-born sculptor W. Goscombe John (1860-1952) and was unveiled by Lord Treowen at Ynysangharad Park before a crowd of 10,000 people in 1930. Evan James (Ieuan ap Iago, 1809-93) was a weaver and wool merchant by profession and owner of the Ancient Druid Inn at Argoed in the parish of Bedwellty, Monmouthshire. He moved to Pontypridd when his son James (Iago ap Ieuan, 1833-1902) was a young boy. Evan James and his son James are credited with composing the Welsh national anthem, 'Hen Wlad fy Nhadau' ('Land of my Fathers') in 1856. Evan was a poet and and it is believed that he wrote the words while his son James composed the tune. The song was published in the volume 'Gems of Welsh Melody' (1860) and soon became extremely popular. It is not certain when the song was first adopted as the Welsh national anthem.
Ceremony dedicating the memorial to Evan and James James, composers of the Welsh national anthem, Pontypridd, 1930
  • The plaque commemorating the site in Pontypridd where the Welsh national anthem was composed in 1856 by Evan James and James James was unveiled on 17 September 1931. Evan James (Ieuan ap Iago, 1809-93) was a weaver and wool merchant by profession and owner of the Ancient Druid Inn at Argoed in the parish of Bedwellty, Monmouthshire. He moved to Pontypridd when his son James (Iago ap Ieuan, 1833-1902) was a young boy. Evan James and his son James are credited with composing the Welsh national anthem, 'Hen Wlad fy Nhadau' ('Land of my Fathers') in 1856. Evan was a poet and and it is believed that he wrote the words while his son James composed the tune. The song was published in the volume 'Gems of Welsh Melody' (1860) and soon became extremely popular. It is not certain when the song was first adopted as the Welsh national anthem. A memorial, designed by W. Goscombe John, was erected in honour of Evan and James James in Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd, in 1930.
Unveiling of the plaque commemorating the site where the Welsh national anthem was composed, Pontypridd, 1931
  • Lord Raglan is seen here at the unveiling of the Rolls Memorial in Agincourt Square on 19th October 1911. The Memorial was designed by the sculptor William Goscombe John.
Unveiling the Rolls Memorial, Agincourt Square, Monmouth, 1911
Agincourt Square, Monmouth, with statue of Charles Rolls, c. 1912
  • This statue of the Rev. Thomas Charles (1755-1814) by William Davies (Mynorydd) was unveiled in 1872. It stands outside the Calvinistic Methodist chapel in the town of Bala. Thomas Charles was one of the most prominent leaders of the Methodist movement in Wales. He settled in Bala in 1783 and is perhaps best known for his circulating Sunday school system and his role as one of the founders of the British and Foreign Bible Society (1804). He was responsible for editing the Society's first Welsh Bible and up to his death in 1814 he published and distributed some 320,000 books to his scholars.
Statue of the Rev. Thomas Charles (1755-1814), Bala