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  • The inscription at the head of this memorial reads: 'To the Glory of God. In honoured memory of the Jewish young men who served their country in the Great War. Merthyr Hebrew Congregation. (5673) 1914 - 1918 (5677).' The dates in brackets are those given by the Hebrew calendar.
Memorial to Jewish war dead, 1914-1918
Plaque in memory of Thomas Morgan, by the sculptor Joseph Edwards, 1865
  • The woman at the tombstone was sculpted by Joseph Edwards in 1860 to commemorate the grave of Lewis Morgan. He was paid £70 for the commission, although it is said that he believed it to be worth twice that.
'The woman at the tombstone', by Joseph Edwards, 1860
  • The Maiden Stone or Maen y Morwynion, a large carved stone found at Brecon Gaer Roman fort near Brecon, and now in Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery. The badly weathered carving represents a Roman citizen and his wife. This engraving was made from a drawing of the stone by R. Bloomfield as it lay in the open next to a hedge. Print produced for 'The Antiquarian & Topographical Cabinet' and published in 1809.
The Maiden stone from Brecon Gaer (Roman fort), 1809
  • Italian marble dedication to the Emperor Trajan, erected in AD 100. It is one of extremely few inscriptions of Roman Britain to be cut on marble. Specks of paint remain, indicating that the letters had been coloured in the customary red. The slab seems to have been ordered from Italy with its text ready-cut. The inscription was probably cut in AD 99, but by the time it was set up the Emperor Trajan had entered his third consulship and the consular numeral had to be changed from II to III. Delivery of the inscription may have been delayed because the seas were closed over the winter. Found during excavations in 1928, this inscription records the rebuilding of a major building or gate of the fortress in stone. The inscription reads :
Roman Trajanic marble inscription from Caerleon
  • Robert Owen Obelisk to left, Reformers' Memorial to right, Kensal Green Cemetery, London. The obelisk was erected by committee under Joseph Corfield in 1879. Refurbished under Stan Newens MEP 1997.
Robert Owen Memorial Obelisk at Kensal Green Cemetery, London, c. 1900