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Title: Handwriting **Completed thanks **
Post by: hencarrai on Wednesday 15 August 12 12:54 BST (UK)

Hi,
please can someone decipher the attached section/
This is from Bapt Record from Merthyr Tydful, 1813.
First column is Surname (Thomas), 2nd col is Abode, 3rd col is Trade.
Many thanks,
Rob

Title: Re: Handwriting
Post by: stonechat on Wednesday 15 August 12 13:07 BST (UK)

Looks like Pwllywhud
Though there could be a dot over u so maybe there is an i somewhere there

Title: Re: Handwriting
Post by: Geoff-E on Wednesday 15 August 12 13:48 BST (UK)

Occupation: Wall^r (Waller, a maker of walls)

Title: Re: Handwriting
Post by: Ruskie on Wednesday 15 August 12 14:07 BST (UK)

Occupation: Hall^er perhaps? Or perhaps not as it should be spelled Haul^er ...  ;)

Title: Re: Handwriting
Post by: Redroger on Wednesday 15 August 12 15:45 BST (UK)

With Geoff on this one, I think it is most likely "waller"

Title: Re: Handwriting
Post by: PaulStaffs on Thursday 16 August 12 06:50 BST (UK)

Malt^ster?

Title: Re: Handwriting
Post by: Redroger on Thursday 16 August 12 09:12 BST (UK)

I have a maltster a few years later, and I find it quite impossible to make maltster out of this entry. Sticking with "waller"

Title: Re: Handwriting
Post by: hencarrai on Thursday 16 August 12 11:17 BST (UK)

Thanks everyone.
I'll go with Waller.
Can't find a Pwllwhud in Glam, but I guess it was a farm.

Rob

Title: Re: Handwriting
Post by: davemc on Thursday 16 August 12 13:30 BST (UK)

The place name could be this.

PWLLHELI (Gwy) Pwllhely (1292). Meaning: WELSH pwll ‘pool' and heli ‘brine'. The personal name Helig is a less probable alternative.

Title: Re: Handwriting
Post by: hencarrai on Thursday 16 August 12 21:34 BST (UK)

Thanks Dave,
No it's not Pwhelli which is in 'the far corner' of Wales.
The bapt is in Merthyr Tydful, Glamorgan.
Pretty sure it will be a farm in Glam but can't find anything close to Pwllywhud.

Rob

Title: Re: Handwriting
Post by: MaureeninNY on Thursday 16 August 12 22:31 BST (UK)

Probably not,but this comes up in an 1841 address search:
Pwllywhead, Merthyr Tydfil

Maureen

Title: Re: Handwriting
Post by: hencarrai on Thursday 16 August 12 23:05 BST (UK)

Yes that's the place Maureen, correct spelling is (I think) Pwllywhiad. It means Ducks Pond /pool.
I found the following via google.

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/23747/pages/2799/page.pdf

Many thanks everyone for your help.
Rob