Mary Jones and Her Bible - Memorial in Llanfihangel-y-Pennant

Memorial in Llanfihangel-y-Pennant

Incised on front lower part of a memorial obelisk erected over the ruin of the cottage where she lived (near north end of Pont Ty'n-y-fach) is this inscription:

ER COF AM MARI JONES

YR HON YN Y FLWYDDYN 1800,
PAN YN 16 OED A CERDDODD OR / LLE HWN I'R BALA, I YMOFYN BEIBL
GAN Y PARCH. THOMAS CHARLES, B.A.
YR AMCYLCHIAD HWN FU
YR ACHLYSUR SEFYDLIAD Y
CYMDEITHAS FEIBLAIDD
FRUTANAIDD A THRAMOR.

IN MEMORY OF MARY JONES, WHO IN
THE YEAR 1800, AT THE AGE OF 16 WALKED
FROM HERE TO BALA, TO PROCURE FROM THE
REVD. THOMAS CHARLES, B.A.
A COPY OF THE WELSH BIBLE. THIS INCIDENT
WAS THE OCCASION OF THE FORMATION OF
THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

ERECTED BY THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS OF MERIONETH Inscribed on the outer wall is 'Tyn y Ddol. Cartref Mari Jones'

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