Dr John Davies (c. 1567–1644) was born in Llanferres,
Denbighshire, and graduated from
Jesus College, Oxford, in 1594. In 1604 he was appointed
rector at
Mallwyd,
Gwynedd, where he served until his death in 1644. He is believed to have been the main editor and reviser of the 1620 edition of the
Welsh translation of the
Bible and the 1621 edition of the Welsh translation of the
Book of Common Prayer. The Gwynedd
Pevsner records him as having paid for the construction of three bridges in the vicinity of Mallwyd. Pont Minllyn was designed as a
packhorse bridge to assist in the transportation of goods. It consists of two arches, with a central pier in the river, constructed from stone
rubble. The bridge is no longer open to the public, having lost its roadway, and its span is now turfed, Pevsner describing the "grassy arches of marvellous delicacy".
Cadw dates the bridge to around the 1630s, Pont Minllyn is both a
Grade II listed structure and a
Scheduled monument. The bridge is now managed by the Welsh Government historic environment agency
Cadw. It is not visible from the adjacent A470 but can be seen from the adjacent footbridge and from a viewing platform to the south. ==Footnotes==