Menai Woods Memorial, Bangor
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Menai Woods Memorial, Bangor
Image: © Meirion Taken: 13 Jan 2012
This pair of slate tablets are to be found near the Bangor-side entrance to Menai Woods, just off Holyhead Road in Upper Bangor. There is a Welsh and English tablet. The tablets read: COED MENAI ANRHEG CORONI 1953 Trosglwyddwyd rhyddfraint y tir lle mae'r coed hyn i Ddinas Bangor gan SYR MICHAEL DUFF Y Faenol I ddathlu Coroni EI Mawrhydi Y FRENHINES ELIZABETH II are Fehefin yr 2 fed,1953. Dadorchuddiwyd y Dabled hon gan ei Deilyngdod y Maer, Yr Henadur HUGH J. JONES. Y.H. Hydref 1953. MENAI WOODS CORONATION GIFT 1953 The freehold of the land occupied by these woods was conveyed to the City of Bangor by SIR MICHAEL DUFF of Vaynol Park To commemorate the coronation of Her Majesty QUEEN ELIZABETH II on the 2nd June, 1953. This tablet was unveiled by His Worship the Mayor of Bangor Alderman HUGH J. JONES. J.P. October 1953. Menai woods is a narrow strip of woodland running parallel to Holyhead Road. There is a narrow footpath that winds it way through the woods. There is an entrance on the Bangor-side (where the tablets are) and near the Normal College.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.227584
Longitude
-4.139949