The Writers of Wales Database

OWEN, MEURIG

Farmer, writer and freelance journalist. Born in Towyn, Abergele and educated at Denbigh and Abergele Grammar Schools. Meurig edited the local history magazine Cofio’r Cefn between 1976–96. In 1985, he wrote Hanes Capel Cefnmeiriadog with W. Morgan Davies. Meurig has written features and generated photojournalism for Wales on Sunday, Western Mail and Farming Wales. Between 1986–89, he had a weekly country column and wrote about Arts in North Wales  for the Wales on Sunday. He also produced  regular features for Farming Wales, and in 1995 wrote about Country and Farming in North Wales for the Western Mail.

Selected Publications:
Vale of Clwyd Farmers Ltd. 1910-1985: A History of the First 75 Years (Vale of Clwyd Farmers Ltd, 1986)
Tros y bont: Hanes Eglwys Falmouth Road Llundain (Eglwys Jewin, 1989)
A Grand Tour of North Wales: An Eighteenth Century Jaunt of Castles and Mansions (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2003)
Brenhines Y Bryniau (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2005)
Hedges, Sticks and Baskets (Llygad Gwalch Cyf, 2007)

Contributed to:
Ways with Hazel and Horn (co-writer) (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1996)
Gordon Wilyman: Memoirs of a Welsh Halfbreed (co-writer) (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2004)

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