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Aug 18, 2024

Quaker WW1 sacrifices

Quakers are known for their pacifism but their meeting house in Llandrindod, Powys, has a Memorial Bible inscribed with the names of 11 members of their Sunday School who died in the First World War. It also lists ...

many others who served in the war and survived. Some local Quakers were conscientious objectors during the war, and one was sent to Dartmoor Prison for refusing to join the armed forces. For more about the town's Quaker meeting house, use your smartphone to scan the HistoryPoints QR codes on the noticeboard by the entrance to the grounds. Or click here

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Porthgain's steam railway

Oct 2, 2024

Today Porthgain is a rural Pembrokeshire idyll, so walkers on the coast path may be surprised when they scan new HistoryPoints QR codes which reveal the extent of the steam railway that once served a granite quarry. Before the first steam ...

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Llanengan's isolated chimney

Sep 24, 2024

The tall chimney which stands in isolation on a hill above Llanengan, near Abersoch, may puzzle some visitors, but now you can scan HistoryPoints QR codes nearby to discover that it was built for a Victorian lead mine which had a steam-powered ...

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Walnut Tree Junction resurrected

Sep 16, 2024

Taff’s Well railway station was called Walnut Tree Junction from 1858, and now the name has been revived by a café. The southern area of Taff’s Well was known as Walnut Tree long before …

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