Welsh Tombstones & Graveyards
Hey everyone!
Today’s video is about the history and traditions around tombstones and graveyards in Britain, with a special focus on Wales as always. Hopefully this helps you find some of your ancestors’ final resting places and brings some depth to your Family History research and knowledge of Welsh culture.
Check out the video here:
I’ll leave you with a funerary poem written by one of my ancestors, David Davis of Castellhywel:
Beneath this stone lies John alone,
Cordwainer, scribe, musician,
Poet sublime in blank and rhyme,
Divine and politician.
God’s foes, tho’ kings, as noxious things,
With honest soul detesting,
The ways of God till death be trod,
For heavenly joys contesting.
‘E ddaw ryw ddydd o’i rwymau’n rhydd,
Trwy ddedwydd adgyfodiad;
A gweled gawn myn Duw mewn dawn,
Ei faethu i lawn berffeithiad.
Take care!
Dai Davies
Founder of GenealCymru
M.A. Anthropology; B.A. hons. Anthropology
GenealCymru produces digital educational media at the intersections of anthropology, history, heritage, and genealogy.
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