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Ty Mawr is situated in the beautiful and secluded Wybrnant valley, in the parish of Penmachno
Penmachno

Penmachno is a village in the isolated upland valley of Cwm Penmachno, 4 miles south of Betws-y-Coed in the county of Conwy , north Wales.It is renowned as the home of Bishop William Morgan , who lived at Ty Mawr Wybrnant, Y Wybrnant, near the village....
, near Betws-y-Coed
Betws-y-Coed

Betws-y-Coed is a village in the Conwy valley in the county borough of Conwy , North Wales Wales. The name Betws or Bettws is generally thought to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon Old English 'bed-hus' - a house of prayer, or oratory....
 in Conwy county borough, north Wales
North Wales

File:North Wales .pngNorth Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England....
, and was the birthplace of Bishop William Morgan
William Morgan (Bible translator)

William Morgan , was Bishop of Llandaff and Bishop of St Asaph, and the translator of the first version of the whole Bible into Welsh language from Greek and Hebrew....
, first translator of the whole Bible
Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
 into Welsh
Welsh language

Welsh ]], is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, in England by some along the Welsh Marches and in the Welsh settlement in Argentina in the Chubut Valley in Argentina Patagonia....
.

It is owned by the National Trust
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales and Northern Ireland....
 and has been sensitively restored to its probable 16th century appearance. Despite its name ("big house") it is very small by today's standards, but houses some old furniture and a collection of Welsh Bibles, including William Morgan's Bible of 1588.






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Ty Mawr is situated in the beautiful and secluded Wybrnant valley, in the parish of Penmachno
Penmachno

Penmachno is a village in the isolated upland valley of Cwm Penmachno, 4 miles south of Betws-y-Coed in the county of Conwy , north Wales.It is renowned as the home of Bishop William Morgan , who lived at Ty Mawr Wybrnant, Y Wybrnant, near the village....
, near Betws-y-Coed
Betws-y-Coed

Betws-y-Coed is a village in the Conwy valley in the county borough of Conwy , North Wales Wales. The name Betws or Bettws is generally thought to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon Old English 'bed-hus' - a house of prayer, or oratory....
 in Conwy county borough, north Wales
North Wales

File:North Wales .pngNorth Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England....
, and was the birthplace of Bishop William Morgan
William Morgan (Bible translator)

William Morgan , was Bishop of Llandaff and Bishop of St Asaph, and the translator of the first version of the whole Bible into Welsh language from Greek and Hebrew....
, first translator of the whole Bible
Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
 into Welsh
Welsh language

Welsh ]], is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, in England by some along the Welsh Marches and in the Welsh settlement in Argentina in the Chubut Valley in Argentina Patagonia....
.

It is owned by the National Trust
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales and Northern Ireland....
 and has been sensitively restored to its probable 16th century appearance. Despite its name ("big house") it is very small by today's standards, but houses some old furniture and a collection of Welsh Bibles, including William Morgan's Bible of 1588. There are also other Bibles in many other languages, donated by visitors to the house from around the World.

The house is most easily reached from the village of Penmachno, 4 miles from Betws-y-coed, but can also be reached from the A470
A470 road

The A470 is a major long-distance connective spine road in Wales, running from Cardiff on the south coast to Llandudno on the north coast. It covers approximately 186 miles , over a zig-zagging route through the entirety of the country's mountainous central region, including the Brecon Beacons and much of Snowdonia National Park....
 between Betws-y-coed and Dolwyddelan
Dolwyddelan

Dolwyddelan, Welsh language : 'the meadow of Gwyddelan', is a village and Community in Conwy , north Wales, on the main A470 road between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Betws-y-Coed....
.

"Wybrnant" is the name of the valley in which the house is located, and is often tagged onto the name to distinguish it from other "Ty Mawr"s. The origins of the word "wybrnant" are not wholly known. Whilst "nant" is a small stream, "wybr" is an old word for sky or cloud. Another school of thought is that the word is derived from a corruption of "(g)wiber", meaning adder/viper. According to myth , long ago a 'gwiber' was something quite different - a huge snake that could fly, and one lived in this valley.

See also


  • Welsh Bible
    Welsh Bible

    Parts of the Bible were translated into Welsh language before the 15th century, but the first complete translation was the manuscript of Celydd Sfan, and while no exact date for its composition is known, it was in existence by 1470....


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