Nibley Monument - Vicky's birthday (almost) a video short for fun!
The Tyndale Monument was built in 1866 in honour of William Tyndale who was the first person to translate the New Testament of the Bible into English. He was later tried for heresey, strangled and burned at the stake...
ERECTED A.D. 1866
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF
WILLIAM TYNDALE
TRANSLATOR OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE
WHO FIRST CAUSED THE NEW TESTAMENT
TO BE PRINTED IN THE MOTHER TONGUE
OF HIS COUNTRYMEN
BORN NEAR THIS SPOT HE SUFFERED
MARTYRDOM AT VILVORDEN IN
FLANDERS ON OCT 6 1536
