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Cofeb Howel Harris Memorial

Submitted by Alan Fryer

Name	Cofeb Howel Harris Memorial
Distance	0.27 miles from Pwllheli
Description	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 this Parish Church 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 Eglwys Llanfihangel Bachellaeth http://history.powys.org.uk/history/common/harris1.html
Photographer	Alan Fryer
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