The Chartist Rambler

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Profodd William Edwards fywyd cythryblus mewn cyfnod pan oedd bwrdeistref ganoloesol Casnewydd yn datblygu’n gyflym yn un o drefi mwyaf de-ddwyrain Cymru. Cafodd y pregethwr, y pobydd a’r llyfrwerthwr hwn ei addoli gan drigolion cymoedd sir Fynwy, fe’i carcharwyd ddwy waith am annog eraill i wrthryfela, a llosgwyd delw ohono gan rai a fu’n gefnogwyr iddo.
Adored by the people of the Monmouthshire valleys, twice gaoled for sedition, burnt in effigy by his former supporters; preacher, baker, bookseller: William Edwards had a turbulent and eventful life during a period when the decayed medieval borough of Newport, reduced to little more than a riverside village, was rapidly growing into the biggest town in South-east Wales.