PARISH REGISTER: Walton parish, Liverpool concerning Goronwy Owen who was curate there.
Date of Register 1755.
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Parish Register: Walton parish, Liverpool concerning Goronwy Owen who was curate there
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- Alternative Id.GB 221 WM/132
- Dates of Creation[late 20th cent.]
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Administrative / Biographical History
Goronwy Owen (1 Jan. 1723 - Jul. 1769) was one of the 18th century's most notable Welsh poets. He mastered the traditional bardic metres and played an important role in the literary and antiquarian movement in Wales. Born on New Year's Day, 1723, in the parish of Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf in, he lived at his ancestral home "Y Dafarn Goch". He was educated at Friars School, Bangor, and Jesus College, Oxford. In January 1746 he was ordained and served for a time as curate of St Mary's Church, Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf. As a young man, he left Anglesey for the last time, wandering to Denbighshire; to Oswestry where he was made a master at Oswestry School and curate of nearby Selattyn in 1746; he was master of the grammar school at Donnington and curate of nearby Uppington close to Shrewsbury from 1748 to 1753; he then moved to Walton, Liverpool and then to Northolt, Middlesex. In November 1757, he emigrated, together with his young family, to take a post at the College of William & Mary, Virginia. Although he did not stay in that post for long, he remained in Virginia until his death in July 1769. The town of Benllech in Anglesey named its village hall and its primary school, Ysgol Goronwy Owen, in his honour.
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Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives to catalogue in the language of the document.
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Compiled by Helen Lewis for Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goronwy_Owen_(poet)
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