Stories tagged "Jemima Nicholas": 3
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Remembering the 200th Anniversary of the French Invasion | Cofio 200 Pen Blwydd Glaniad y Ffrancod
Well, in the period leading up to the anniversary, our children were young. Carys was born in 1990 and Iwan in ’93. So when the possibility arose to help out with the creation of the Tapestry, my hands were full and I was, unfortunately, not able to…
Picturing the Battle of Fishguard | Portreadu Brwydr Abergwaun
On 22 February 1797, the locals in the area around Fishguard and the Pencaer Peninsula remarked that for a day in winter it was an uncommonly fine and warm morning. Little did they know that this day would be marked down in the history books less…
Fishguard's Jemimas | Jemimas Abergwaun
The story goes that during the French Invasion of Fishguard in 1797, Jemima Nicholas, a most formidable woman and cobbler, single-handedly rounded up 12 French soldiers, marched them through town and locked them up in St Mary's church. Through…