
What is recorded here
This slate commemorative plaque records: This tablet is erected by the Committee of the Happy Winter Evening Entertainments 1912 to commemorate the setting up of the First Printing Press in Wales near this spot by Isaac Carter in the year 1718 Recorded plaque organisation: Committee of the Happy Winter Evening Entertainments.
Isaac Carter established the first printing press in Wales in 1718 near this site, significantly advancing literacy and the dissemination of information in Welsh society.
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