History
The Society was originally founded by the brothers Lewis and Richard Morris, natives of Anglesey. The name was a form of "cyn-frodorion", meaning "earliest natives", to emphasise the place of the Welsh as heirs to the ancient Britons. In its first incarnation it was closely associated with the Welsh Charity School: this had been established in 1716 by the Honourable and Loyal Society of Antient Britons, another London Welsh society, but in the second half of the century came to be administered by the two societies in collaboration. The officers of the Cymmrodorion used the school building on Clerkenwell Green as their business address, sometimes held their meetings there, and used one of its rooms as a library. A regular and important activity was the organisation of the annual Saint David's Day dinner, held to raise funds to support the school.
The Society fell into abeyance in 1787; was revived in 1820, surviving until 1843; and was revived for a second time in 1873, on the initiative of, among others, Hugh Owen and Henry Brinley Richards. Its activities are now largely cultural and antiquarian.
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