Thanks Dai - perfect. The Big Hill - is probably the same as "the Hill" of older times... That is why I said locals know of it - it has rung bells before with locals but I have never actually tried to identify it on a map before. :) They mention Dyfffryn Clydach in some records which I think would encompass "the Hill"? There are, it seems, an unbelievable amount of Leysons in the Neath area all called Thomas or William and I am trying to work out the family groups. Cilfrew mentioned earlier has popped up somewhere too but I haven't asked about them - at least I don't think I have ...I periodically post bits about them as I find new things or decide to try and work on sorting them out. Will check the archives later. Regards Lyn > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dai & > Angela Bevan > Sent: Saturday, 17 August 2013 7:11 PM > To: glam > Subject: Re: [GLA] The Hill Neath > > Lyn, > Do you have the 1840 map of the area? Hill Road is not named, but > runs from near the Hope and Anchor in Neath Abbey (the East > edge of this map), crosses the railway line between Hill > House and St. John's church. > (Hill House is, I believe, the vicarage), passes Maes-y-Llan > House and ends shortly after (at Skewen incline, known > locally in my day as 'The Big Hill'). Nowadays it is known as > Drummau Rd, and Streetview shows it, with the main > Swansea-London railway line crossing it, as not much more > than a gentle incline. I used to walk up and down that hill > every day to my primary school. I should have thought of it > earlier when you said 'The Hill'! > > > Dai

Hi, Were any of your Leysons involved in coppersmelting? Mona Sent from my iPad On Aug 17, 2013, at 4:47 AM, "Lyn" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Dai - perfect. The Big Hill - is probably the same as "the Hill" of > older times... That is why I said locals know of it - it has rung bells > before with locals but I have never actually tried to identify it on a map > before. :) > > They mention Dyfffryn Clydach in some records which I think would encompass > "the Hill"? There are, it seems, an unbelievable amount of Leysons in the > Neath area all called Thomas or William and I am trying to work out the > family groups. Cilfrew mentioned earlier has popped up somewhere too but I > haven't asked about them - at least I don't think I have ...I periodically > post bits about them as I find new things or decide to try and work on > sorting them out. Will check the archives later. > > Regards > > Lyn > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dai & >> Angela Bevan >> Sent: Saturday, 17 August 2013 7:11 PM >> To: glam >> Subject: Re: [GLA] The Hill Neath >> >> Lyn, >> Do you have the 1840 map of the area? Hill Road is not named, but >> runs from near the Hope and Anchor in Neath Abbey (the East >> edge of this map), crosses the railway line between Hill >> House and St. John's church. >> (Hill House is, I believe, the vicarage), passes Maes-y-Llan >> House and ends shortly after (at Skewen incline, known >> locally in my day as 'The Big Hill'). Nowadays it is known as >> Drummau Rd, and Streetview shows it, with the main >> Swansea-London railway line crossing it, as not much more >> than a gentle incline. I used to walk up and down that hill >> every day to my primary school. I should have thought of it >> earlier when you said 'The Hill'! >> >> >> Dai > > -- > > To send to the list send to [email protected] > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > This site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/hicks.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message