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Both the above schools are in the parish of Llanyblodwel and now closed since many years.
My  great grandparents and grandparents, [the male and female side] prior to 1893 were for many years teacher at both schools. Can anyone please tell me where the School Logs are held and where may I view them?
Very many many thanks for any help I may receive, Eric.

I am trying to find out more about the school at Llanyblodwel. If you have any information you can share I would be most grateful. I have a letter in my possession written by my great uncle Matthew Roberts from the schoolhouse in 1860. In the 1861 census he is listed as the schoolmaster, the sub postmaster and (I think) parish clerk and (possibly) telegraphy clerk. The letter is a very poignant one, telling of the death of his wife, Mary Anne, in childbirth. I am struggling to find out more about Matthew and Mary Anne for, even though I have more letters, there is little detail.

Brilliant - an excellent link for the map - many thanks.

AE

Please excuse my ignorance but is Charlwood Park the same as Charlwood Manor which is mentioned in the British History Online:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42953&strquery=charlwood

which is a quote from A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3

I'm fortunate in having family postcards and letters from about 1900 onwards but nothing from this earlier period in Surrey. I can remember being taken to visit relatives in the area when I was a child, but I can't remember any details; so the descriptions in these posts are of real interest to me. My mother, who now has dementia, only talks of the big (white) house with iron gates. Of course this may be a random memory of somewhere else entirely. However, I do have evidence of the family in Capel, Charlwood, Holmwood and Horley so if anyone does have more details about Charlwood I will be very interested to hear more and in particular the location of the manor if it is different to Charlwood Park.

thanks,
AE

Hi Dawn,
Unfortunately not, though a guess would be that Walter Longhurst married in Capel in 1808 could be a possible candidate.

I am trying to find out more about Richard Jordan who was Charlotte's husband and more importantly his father Charles Jordan both of whom were residents of Capel.

best wishes,
Arvon