Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Grave of O.M. Edwards
Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Mynwent y Pandy, Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, designated on 14 February 2008.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 14 February 2008
- Locality
- Mynwent y Pandy
- Community
- Llanuwchllyn
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.85538, -3.66838
- Cadw reference
- 87555
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 136 Bala (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located in the cemetery, on the NE side of the road in the centre of the village.
History
O.M. Edwards was born in Llanuwchllyn in 1858, and died in the village in 1920. He was a highly important and influential figure in Welsh culture and education, through his work in the publication of Welsh books and magazines, through his own writings on the history and culture of Wales, and through his campaigns to have the Welsh language taught in schools. He was Chief Inspector of Schools of the Welsh Board of Education from 1907, and served briefly as M.P. for Merioneth in 1899-1900.
Exterior
The grave is marked by a piece of commemorative structure within an enclosure defined by white quartz blocks. The memorial comprises a wreathed broken column on a rusticated block, and alongside it, the garlanded figure of a child holding a wreath and resting a hand lightly above the simple inscription which is carved on one face of the block. Both are mounded on a rusticated plinth, itself standing on a stepped base.
Reason for designation
Listed for its historical association as the grave of O.M. Edwards. Group value with the O.M. Edwards memorial gates
Nearby in the register
- O.M.Edwards Memorial GatewayCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Ivy HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- 7 Station Road (Ty'n Ddol)Domesticunder 1 mi
- 8 Station Road (Ty'n Ddol)Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.