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What did the Sea Captains from Dinas do with their money?

Posted on August 22, 2014 by

The first thing many of them did was to build a house and change the shape of the village. Dinas had originally been sited in the bay of Cwm yr Eglwys, where all the land was owned by large land … Continue reading →

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The hard life and death of a Master Mariner from Dinas

Posted on January 10, 2014 by

For such a small village, the number of sea captains buried in Dinas’ graveyards seems incredible. Just round the corner from Tegfan, in Ramah, is this headstone, inscribed in memory of Thomas Williams who died over a century ago on the … Continue reading →

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