Tag: Welsh language

• “My Relations Are Part of a Rich Tapestry of Welsh Heritage” — My Feature in Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine

  I’m delighted to share that my family history research has been featured in the latest issue of Who Do You Think You Are? magazine. The article, written by Claire Vaughan, explores my decades-long journey tracing my Welsh roots — from hill farmers and Calvinist ministers to a musical icon and a self-taught solicitor — all…

  antonydaviesfrsa

  04/11/2025

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  ancestry research, Antony David Davies, Arthur Owen Jones, British history, Caeadda, Calvinistic Methodists, Charles Shorto, Christ Church Oxford, Davies family, Edwardian Wales, Elinor Bennett, family, family history, family tree, Genealogy, genealogy research, heritage writing, historical biography, history, Llanwrin, magazine feature, Mid Wales history, Montgomeryshire, Oxford archives, Rural Wales, Shorto family, Shropshire history, travel, Trevor Owen Davies, Victorian Wales, Voices from the Uplands, WDYTYA, Welsh ancestry, Welsh culture, Welsh farming families, Welsh heritage, Welsh identity, Welsh language, Welsh music, Welsh Nonconformity, Who Do You Think You Are magazine

• When Firelight Forged a Nation: A Machynlleth Tribute to Owain Glyndŵr

  On a Dark Winter’s Afternoon, Everything Changed On a wind-lashed winter’s afternoon, my Uncle Glyn beckoned me closer to the hearth. His eyes glowed like ember as he whispered, “Owain Glyndŵr was born from these hills—and he swore to shield every farmer, every family.” In that flickering glow, I felt my heartbeat echo Machynlleth’s ancient…

  antonydaviesfrsa

  16/09/2025

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  Cambrian Mountains, Cymru heritage, england, fireside stories, Glyndwr Day, Machynlleth, Medieval Wales, Nation Cymru, Owain Glyndŵr, travel, uk, Wales, Wales culture, Welsh ancestry, Welsh community, Welsh folklore, Welsh heritage events, Welsh heroes, Welsh history, Welsh identity, Welsh independence, Welsh language, Welsh legends, Welsh nationalism, Welsh parliament, Welsh pride, Welsh storytelling, Welsh tourism, Welsh writers

• Keeping the flame: Why I joined the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion — and why it matters for Wales

  Wales is a nation woven together by memory and identity. Its story is told not only through the slate quarries, chapel pulpits, and small farms of our landscape, but also through the societies and institutions that have sustained Welshness far beyond our own borders. One of the most remarkable of these is the Honourable Society…

  antonydaviesfrsa

  16/07/2025

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  belonging, chapels, cultural stewardship, Cymmrodorion, Eisteddfod, family history, memory and identity, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire, National Library of Wales, Wales, Welsh culture, Welsh diaspora, Welsh identity, Welsh language