History of WalesHanes Cymru / Tudors to IndustryY Tuduriaid a Diwydiant
1784–1864
A weaver’s daughter from Llanfihangel-y-Pennant who saved for six years to buy her own Welsh Bible.Merch gwehydd o Lanfihangel-y-Pennant a gynilodd am chwe blynedd i brynu ei Beibl Cymraeg ei hun.
In 1800 she walked to Bala to buy one from the preacher Thomas Charles. Her story helped persuade him and others to found the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1804. Her Bible is kept by the Bible Society in Cambridge.
Yn 1800 cerddodd i’r Bala i brynu un gan y pregethwr Thomas Charles. Helpodd ei stori i’w ddarbwyllo ef ac eraill i sefydlu Cymdeithas y Beibl yn 1804. Cedwir ei Beibl gan Gymdeithas y Beibl yng Nghaergrawnt.
Fifteen-year-old Mary Jones walks about 26 miles barefoot to Bala to buy a Welsh Bible. Her story helps inspire the British and Foreign Bible Society.Mae Mary Jones, 15 oed, yn cerdded tua 26 milltir yn droednoeth i’r Bala i brynu Beibl Cymraeg. Mae ei stori’n helpu i ysbrydoli Cymdeithas y Beibl.
Born at Pembroke Castle, he landed in Wales in 1485, won at Bosworth and founded the Tudor dynasty.Fe’i ganed yng Nghastell Penfro. Glaniodd yng Nghymru yn 1485, enillodd ym Mosworth a sefydlu llinach y Tuduriaid.
Translated the full Bible into Welsh in 1588. His prose became the standard for written Welsh.Cyfieithodd y Beibl cyfan i’r Gymraeg yn 1588. Daeth ei ryddiaith yn safon i’r Gymraeg ysgrifenedig.
Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, who travelled the Celtic lands and showed that their languages were related.Ceidwad Amgueddfa’r Ashmolean, a deithiodd y gwledydd Celtaidd a dangos bod eu hieithoedd yn perthyn.
His circulating schools taught a large share of the Welsh people to read, in Welsh.Dysgodd ei ysgolion cylchynol gyfran helaeth o bobl Cymru i ddarllen, a hynny yn Gymraeg.