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Grave of O.M. Edwards

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.8554 / 52°51'19"N

Longitude: -3.6684 / 3°40'6"W

OS Eastings: 287759

OS Northings: 329958

OS Grid: SH877299

Mapcode National: GBR 69.S3DZ

Mapcode Global: WH67B.MHCB

Plus Code: 9C4RV84J+5M

Entry Name: Grave of O.M. Edwards

Listing Date: 14 February 2008

Last Amended: 14 February 2008

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 87555

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300087555

Location: Located in the cemetery, on the NE side of the road in the centre of the village.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Llanuwchllyn

Community: Llanuwchllyn

Locality: Mynwent y Pandy

Traditional County: Merionethshire

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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.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its historical association as the grave of O.M. Edwards. Group value with the O.M. Edwards memorial gates

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