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Breconshire / Re: Photo of property
« on: Tuesday 13 September 05 16:43 BST (UK)  »
Hi Joanne,

            I can have a look, I do drive through those places ( or past the farms lol ) fairly often. It may be not fot a month or two atm because the council have closed a bridge at Tirabad which means I use another route currently......

 :)

Regards
Andy

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Breconshire / Re: Photo of property
« on: Friday 02 September 05 20:52 BST (UK)  »
Bad news I think about Silver street - It seems only 5 terraced houses remain which could date from the 1800's, on the right hand side of the photo. The telephone exchange seems to have been built in the 60/70's ahead on the rright, and on the left industrial units until the end of silver street. I will check next tiem I'm in the library, I know there are a lot of pics of brecon from the turn of the 20th century.


Better news with priory hill. I would imagine, exce[pt for some 50's housing poking out from a side street it is exactly as it would have been seen during a large part of victorian brecon. The right side has buttraced walls enclosing the cathederal, there seem to be a total of 14 houses on the left side. Off topic, I did find it interesting that some of the pavement is made up of tombstones, some full, some just pieces!!!......I don't know when the cathederal was built however.

I took 20 or 30 pics D, If you would like full size ones I can put them on a cd and post them or email you smaller files as I'm on dial up!!...pm me.



As for the other addresses, I'm still working on them.

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Breconshire / Re: Photo of property
« on: Monday 29 August 05 09:55 BST (UK)  »
Hi D,

     No problem  :)  . It may be a few days before I'm in brecon next so please be patient.

Regards

Andy

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The Lighter Side / Re: I really admire my ancestors for living without...
« on: Thursday 23 September 04 23:48 BST (UK)  »
That 'find a word' on a page when you click edit  ;D...

          nearly seriously though!! .....avocadoes  ::)

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Carmarthenshire Completed Requests / Re: CYNGHORDY HALL
« on: Thursday 23 September 04 15:32 BST (UK)  »
I expect you have found this write up on its history.....but if not go here: http://www.acadat.com/HLC/HLCTowy/area/area227.htm  . :)

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Breconshire / Re: Sanitorium in Talgarth
« on: Wednesday 22 September 04 17:27 BST (UK)  »
 :o :o

Now Then, Now Then, Hold on a minute!!!

By a sheer coincidence ( is there any such thing? ) My wife brought me back a pile of maps today and in the pile was a 1938 linen o/s 1:25,000 of Talgarth and bronllys ( pronounced bron-klis ) .
     ........ :)  The Hospital at Talgarth is signed as  'mental heath' whilst the hospital at Bronllys is signed as a 'Sanatorium'.

      Its quite possible that it would have been reffered as Talgarth....the two communities are seperated by 100m's.

a little mention "Bronllys: Bethel Chapel, Calvanistic Methodist; Bronllys Hospital Chapel (Formerly S. Wales Sanitorium); St. Mary's Church" from here: http://archives.powys.gov.uk/lsn/20.html .

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The Common Room / Re: Anyone know anything about huish Champflower Somerest
« on: Wednesday 22 September 04 15:13 BST (UK)  »
population in 1965 was 228
......................1993 was 223
.......................2000 was 240

Goes back to 1066 : http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=18589&strquery= .

 :'( unfortunatley a lot of parish records seemed to have been destroyed when a storm took off the roof.....maybe the great storm of 1703

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Breconshire / Re: Sanitorium in Talgarth
« on: Wednesday 22 September 04 14:48 BST (UK)  »
I don't know if this will work... :-\

Heres a picture looking over Talgarth with the hospital just about in view. ( ironically this pic was takne from Bronllys Hospital  :o  :)  Talgarth Hospital is just a bit higher than the church tower and just to the right of it.


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The Common Room / Re: Anyone know anything about huish Champflower Somerest
« on: Wednesday 22 September 04 14:40 BST (UK)  »
Its name means Chanflurs's Manor  ::)

Its just down the road from Clatworthy Reservoir ....

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