Cofeb Howel Harris Memorial
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Cofeb Howel Harris Memorial
Image: © Alan Fryer Taken: 27 Jul 2007
In front of the chapel in Rhydyclafdy stands this reminder of the 18th century Methodist Revival preacher Howell Harris. The stone reads: Oddiar y garreg hon gerllaw eglwys y plwyf hwn y traddodwyd y bregeth gyntaf yn Lleyn gan Howel Harris ar ei ymweliad cyntaf a'r wlad oddeutu 2 o'r gloch dydd Llun Chwefror 2fed 1741 Ei destun ydoedd Deled dy Deyrnas From this stone, near the Church of this Parish Howel Harris preached his first sermon in Lleyn on his first visit to the area, at about 2 o'clock on Monday 2 February 1741 His text was Thy Kingdom Come The Parish Church was Llanfihangel Bachellaeth - see Image http://history.powys.org.uk/history/common/harris1.html
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