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Diamond Jubilee Hymn Book, Halkyn Parish/Llyfr Emynau’r Jiwbilî Ddiemwnt, Plwyf Helygain

On Sunday 20th June, 1897, Queen Victoria celebrated her Diamond Jubilee Accession Day at Windsor Castle. On this day, she attended a Thanksgiving service with her family at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. Thanksgiving services were held in almost every Church and Place of Worship of every denomination in the United Kingdom. Special hymns, such as this one by the Reverend S.J. Stone, were used by all Churches and Chapels in England and Wales. This Diamond Jubilee hymn book (P/26/1/50) is from the Halkyn parish records collection and the hymn, together with the National Anthem, would have been sung in Halkyn parish church on Sunday 20th June 1897.

Ddydd Sul 20 Mehefin, 1897, bu’r Frenhines Victoria yn dathlu Jiwbilî Ddiemwnt ei Hesgyniad i’r Orsedd yng Nghastell Windsor. Ar y diwrnod hwn, aeth i wasanaeth diolchgarwch yng nghwmni ei theulu yng Nghapel Sant George, Windsor. Cynhaliwyd gwasanaethau diolchgarwch ym mron pob eglwys a man addoli drwy’r Deyrnas Unedig. Defnyddiwyd emynau arbennig, fel hwn gan y Parchedig S.J. Stone, yn eglwysi a chapeli pob enwad yng Nghymru a Lloegr. Ddaeth y llyfr emynau’r Jiwbilî Ddiemwnt hwn (P/26/1/50) o gasgliad archifau plwyf Helygain a byddai’r emyn, ynghyd â’r anthem genedlaethol, wedi cael ei chanu yn eglwys y plwyf Helygain ddydd Sul 20 Mehefin 1897.

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