Ystrad Meurig

Ystrad Meurig had a grammar school founded by Edward Richard (1714–1777) in about 1734. It subsequently offered pupils a course which included significant elements of classics and divinity. The school was thereby enabled to provide a basic training for many Welsh language speakers who wished to enter the ordained ministry — being one of the few establishments licensed for the purpose by the Bishop of St. David's. Later several former pupils were achieved considerable distinction within the Welsh church. This arrangement continued until the 1820s, when the existing school was finally superseded by a newly established college, which has since been transformed into the current University of…