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A brief account of the Chartist March on Newport in 1839 and William Price,s involvement in it. For more links on this topic go here.

Picture of William Price
In this photograph ( taken in 1892 ) he appears with Robert Anderson, the man who lit his crematin pyre. Anderson was apparently the official hangman for the County of Carmarthenshire. The link is to the excellent 'Gathering The Jewels' website which contains other William Price related material.

British Medical Journal
"A very unusual man - The First Legal Cremation"

The Age.com
"Druid Doc With a Bee in His Bonnet"

Welsh Icons
William Price on the Welsh Icons site.