Grave Tales from Wales

Mary Jones 1864

So much has attached itself to Mary Jones that it is hard to disentangle myth and reality. But what is undoubtedly true is that, for a while, she was the most famous Welsh woman throughout the developing world.

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The murder of Sara Hughes 1877

It may have happened over 100 years ago but the memory of such events lies fresh in small communities. They don’t much like outsiders poking about, opening up old wounds, parading the kind of shame that a village doesn’t need, even after all these years.

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The Murders of Charles and Mary Thomas 1909

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Grave Tales from Wales 1

Gravestones from across Wales provide a remarkable window into the past. The stories they represent are about the lives of the people who still lie beneath those stones, who still lie beneath your feet, and who still have something to say.