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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Wales => Pembrokeshire => Topic started by: Chairlady on Monday 12 April 21 10:00 BST (UK)
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My great great grandfather was baptised in Nevern church with his brother but I cannot decipher the "abode". I am hoping that this may help me as looking for Rees in Wales is tricky! thank you to anyone able to help
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Message deleted -- unable to change the colour of the quote! However Genuki does list the places within or nearby to Nevern;
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Nevern
they are shown at the foot of the page.
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A few pages on there is Penrallt which looks similar.
That blue writing is bright ???
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Sorry Rosie - yes it was a bit bright and I have just attempted to change the colour but failed miserably. I have therefore deleted that extract altogether.
My apologies.
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Thank you Pennines I thought it was just me, I do need an eye test ;D
Having looked at it I think it could be, with a little imagination
Pen-yr-allt ddu :-\
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Possibly Pen y allt Walteriad, slightly to the east of Nevern?
Drosybont
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I think you are right Drosybont :)
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So after all that -- the likely place name wasn't on Genuki !!
The story of my life -- I think you are right also Drosybont. Well done.
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A bit late to the party and not sure if you've seen this map:
https://maps.nls.uk/view/102188034#zoom=5&lat=5654&lon=1817&layers=BT
Apologies if you've seen it but didn't see a link on the thread.
Gadget
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Thanks, Gadget, I should have included a link to the map because that's where I saw the name, but was distracted by the first of this year's osprey eggs at Dyfi and the volcanic eruption in Iceland!
Drosybont
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Pembrokeshire is the only Welsh county that I've not visited but with my Welsh roots, I knew whatever was written on the cert, it should be Pen yr allt.
;D
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it should be Pen yr allt.
Which means :-\. I am no good at the Welsh Language
I only have distant Pembrokeshire roots and I have never been there. My 4xgt grandmother escaped and came to Kent ;D ;D
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;D
Don't worry, Rosie -
I was born there, lived there for the first 18 years of my life, half of my kin spoke fluent Welsh and I had to study Welsh in school.
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Learning Welsh when young is the best way to do it. I do hope to return to Wales when life is 'normal'
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There are many of them in Wales. It just means the top/head of the wooded slope. Notice that the map has lots of tree symbol around Pen yr allt
PS - my connection is playing up - and dros y bont means over the bridge ;D
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Thank you, that does make sense :)
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Yes, apologies, 'y' instead of 'yr' was a typo. Volcano and osprey distraction, as I said.
'dros y bont' is sometimes used colloquially to mean travelling to England ie across Severn Bridge, or more generally leaving Wales for England. My situation having grown up in north Wales and now living in north east England.
Drosybont
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My situation having grown up in north Wales and now living in north east England.
Snap ;D
(no Severn Bridge when I left - via Shrewsbury )
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You wonderful people!! Thank you all so much for your invaluable help ;)
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Hello Chairlady,
Have you seen the 1846 will of John Rees of "Penrallt Walteriaid", presumably the father of the two children in the baptism register extract? You can see it on the National Library of Wales website by searching here:
https://www.library.wales/discover/library-resources/wills
Drosybont
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thank you for that Drosybont - I hadn't - and I am delighted to see it, it has opened a gap in a brick wall I've had! Can't thank you enough