#WallsOnWednesday 🧱 I adore the walls of this church 😍 📍St Michael's Church • Myddfai ⛪️ #Wales #History

He had more photographs of his harp than of his family 🎶

I spent this morning writing about John Thomas, the Royal Harpist. Never in my life did I think I'd be an 'expert' on a harpist 🎶 Here are a few pages from his scrapbook 📚 #Wales #History

Following his death in 1791, the French National Assembly famously declared six days of national mourning in his honour 🇫🇷 hellohistoria.substack.com/p/a-friend-o... #Wales #History

During the dinner, Rev Dr Richard Price was presented with a French tricolour for his commitment to the liberty of France. He was a prominent supporter of the French Revolutionists and a member of the Revolution Society 📚 #Wales #History

#BastilleDay 🇫🇷 #OTD 1790 • Rev Dr Richard Price attended a dinner held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern to celebrate the first anniversary of the Revolution. #History

#StainedGlassSunday 🪟 Gorgeous reflection of the stained glass on the tomb of Bishop Thomas Hatfield (d.1381) 🌞 📍Durham Cathedral #Durham #History

A terrible video of a crayfish from today. Spectacular 🦞

I put my feet in a stream for the first time today, and then all of a sudden I met seven crayfish. Nature is gorgeous 🦞 #Wales

The verse on the gravestone reads: ​"And Grand Charity her heart inclin'd Ever prudent and of an easy mind Ready to forgive, fearful to offend Dutiful to her Husband & true to her friend With ease she finished & resigned her breath In pursuit of Heaven through ye path of Death."

Adam & Eve 🍎 This gorgeous gravestone depicts a very grumpy-looking Adam & Eve, the serpent and the fall of man 🐍 It commemorates the lives of Anne Thomas (d.1796) and her husband John (d.1808) 🪦 📍St Jerome's Church • Llangwm Uchaf ⛪️ #Wales #History

The landlord let me have a lil wander around the upstairs rooms 😍

The upper rooms of the inn often served as a makeshift mortuary for the bodies of mariners washed up at Sker ⚓️ kenfigorg.wordpress.com/history/kenf...

Prince of Wales Inn 🍺 The inn dates from the 15th century and is located in the historic Borough of Kenfig, with historical and commercial significance. Formerly Ty Newydd, it was renamed in the late 18th century after George, Prince of Wales. kenfigorg.wordpress.com/history/kenf... #Wales

#IndependenceDay 🇺🇲 In 1791, locks of both Franklin's and Price's hair were taken and fashioned into this mourning ring 💎 💍 The ring is made of gold and encrusted with diamonds 💎 The inscription reads: 'Benjamin Franklin died 17 April 1790. 'Rich'd Price D.D. Died 19 April 1791.' #Wales

#IndependenceDay 🇺🇲 Congress requested his assistance in regulating their finances, but owing to his advancing age, he declined the offer 💲 He was given honorary citizenship of the United States and an honorary Doctorate of Laws by Yale 📚 hellohistoria.substack.com/p/a-friend-o... #Wales

#IndependenceDay 🇺🇲 Rev Dr Richard Price • An influential Welsh moral philosopher and theologian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 He is best known for his influence on both the French and American Revolutions 🇫🇷 🇺🇸 hellohistoria.substack.com/p/a-friend-o... #Wales #History

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Not every patient had a postmortem, next of kin were able to refuse a postmortem, and these wishes were honoured unless there were special circumstances, i.e., the need for an inquest. #Wales #History #histmed

Pathological registers aren't for the squeamish but they are a wealth of information. They include details of the patient's death, organs, and tissue samples under the microscope. #Wales #History #histmed

Archive Musings 📚✍️🏻🔍 I spent the hottest day of the year at Glamorgan Archives looking at casenotes and pathological registers for Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum 🔍 #Wales #History #histmed

Belated #DayoftheSeafarer 🌊 Seaman's Memorial ⚓️ 📍Aberfan Cemetery This memorial commemorates the lives of seven soldiers from the Merthyr Vale detachment of the Welch Regiment’s Third Volunteer Brigade, who drowned in the Bristol Channel. www.merthyr-history.com?p=6411 #Wales #History

For the most part, the bodies were unidentifiable. They were often buried in the closest churchyard to where their body was found ⛪ The body of this gentleman was found on the shore at Rhoose in February 1866. He was buried in the nearest churchyard on the 26th of February. #Wales #History

Belated #DayoftheSeafarer 🌊 A Seafaring Man 🌊 📍 St Curig's Church • Porthkerry ⚓ This is the resting place of one of the hundreds of men, women, and children whose bodies were washed up on the shores of the Glamorgan Coast 🌊 #Wales #History

#MementoMoriMonday ☠️ 'Mors omnibus communis' 🖤 📍St Michael and All Angels Church • Llanfihangel Rogiet ⛪ #Wales #History

#WorldRefugeeDay 🫶🏻 My great-grandmother was born at the time the Belgian refugees came to the Garw Valley. She was named 'Louvain' after the city they came from. That is where my name derives from. Here's my great-grandmother 📷 #Wales #History

Belated #WorldRefugeeDay 🫶🏻 A reminder of how the people of Bridgend and Porthcawl welcomed Belgian refugees with open arms during the First World War 🇧🇪 The Glamorgan Gazette had a column written in Dutch for the refugees to be able to read news from their home country. #Wales #History

🌞 Hot Weather Reminder 🌞 If you're taking antidepressants or antipsychotics, your body might struggle to regulate heat. Stay cool, drink water, find shade 🌳 #Summer #Weather

Good Morning from my lil ray of sunshine 🌞

There's a magnet of a chicken on the fridge. I'm trying to convince my niece that it's a baby photo of my brother and that he was a chicken when he was born and has grown out of it.