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  • The house of Thomas Gunter was well-known in Abergavenny as a meeting place for Catholic worshippers during the late 17th century. At this time, Catholics were persecuted in Britain and to be associated with them could be dangerous. In 1907, whilst renovating the interior of the house, Mrs T. S. Foster came upon an attic room covered with frescos including a dramatic representation of
Gunter House, Cross Street, Abergavenny
  • On this page the author records her first visit to the Llanover Estate, and her wages when she was subsequently employed there.
Memoirs of the Llanover Estate, by Mrs Francis Jenkins (page 1 of 7)
  • Daniel Horton Davies probably attended this service during his short stay in Denmark, following his release from a prisoner of war camp in Germany.
A programme for an advent service held in Denmark, 1918 [image 1 of 4]
  • This is a notice to the people of Caernarfon from the ministers of the town regarding a day of prayer for the ending of the cholera epidemic, 20 December 1866.
Notice to the people of Caernarfon regarding a day of prayer for the ending of the cholera epidemic, 20 December 1866
  • In 1957 a memorial service was held in memory of the poet Goronwy Owen (1723-69) at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America. A plaque was also dedicated in his honour and presented by the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, Williamsburg. Goronwy Owen (Goronwy Ddu o Fôn) was born in the parish of Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf, Anglesey. He was educated at Pwllheli Free School and Friars School, Bangor, and went to Jesus College, Oxford, but left without a degree in 1745. He entered the priesthood in 1746 and spent many years as an impoverished curate in England. In 1757 he emigrated to the United States of America to take up a teaching post at William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia. His wife and infant died during the voyage. He remarried in America but his second wife and child also died, a tragedy which led Owen to seek solace in drink. However, his prodigal lifestyle eventually lost him his teaching post and in 1760 he returned to the priesthood in St Andrew's Parish, Virginia. It was there, in 1763, that he married for the third time and spent the last years of his life as a tobacco planter and vicar.
Programme of a Memorial Service for Goronwy Owen (1723-1769) held at Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America, 28 August 1957 [image 1 of 4]
  • The Rev. D. Lloyd Jones, who became a prominent member of the colonizing movement in Wales in the late 1860s, had emigrated to the Settlement in 1874 to work as a missionary among the native Patagonians. In this letter, he informs Michael D. Jones that the poor harvests have had a damaging impact on the religious life of the Settlement. It is impossible to hold more than one full service on Sunday and it will not be possible to establish a mission among the native Patagonians while so many of those who claim to be Christians live as pagans. He stresses the need for two merchant ships and the importance of securing self-government by charter.
Letter from the Rev. D. Lloyd Jones to the Rev. Michael D. Jones, 1 August 1878 [image 1 of 4]