Hi Dai It isn't so much a street but an area/farm - well known in its day (1800s) for the Leyson family of "the Hill". Locals seem to know it. It could be Hill Road. regards Lyn in Oz. _____ From: Dai & Angela Bevan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 17 August 2013 5:06 PM To: Lyn Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GLA] The Hill Neath Lyn, Can you tell us where you found the name of the street? If it was from a census it should be possible to browse the neighbouring streets to try and tie it down. There is a Hillside in Neath; Hill Road in Neath Abbey; a Hill View in Jersey Marine; and a Hill Street in Melincourt / Briton Ferry. I can find no modern street named 'The Hill'. Dai On 17/08/2013 03:27, Lyn wrote: Hi all Hoping there is someone with local knowledge who can tell me where "the Hill" is in Neath. I am trying to find it on a map and not having any luck. Does it still exist? I want to get a perspective of where various family members were. Regards Lyn In Oz.

In that case, Lyn, I doubt that it is Hill Road. That is a minor road leading from Neath Abbey being the Vicarage of Skewen St. John to Skewen, All part of Cadoxton St. John in the early 1800's, later Dyffryn Clydach parish. If you know where they are in the censuses in the 1800's then it should be possible to work from there. From memory, there was earlier correspondence on the list about a Leyson family of Cilfrew. Dai On 17/08/2013 08:43, Lyn wrote: Hi Dai It isn't so much a street but an area/farm - well known in its day (1800s) for the Leyson family of "the Hill". Locals seem to know it. It could be Hill Road. regards Lyn in Oz. _____ From: Dai & Angela Bevan [[1]mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 17 August 2013 5:06 PM To: Lyn Cc: [2][email protected] Subject: Re: [GLA] The Hill Neath Lyn, Can you tell us where you found the name of the street? If it was from a census it should be possible to browse the neighbouring streets to try and tie it down. There is a Hillside in Neath; Hill Road in Neath Abbey; a Hill View in Jersey Marine; and a Hill Street in Melincourt / Briton Ferry. I can find no modern street named 'The Hill'. Dai On 17/08/2013 03:27, Lyn wrote: Hi all Hoping there is someone with local knowledge who can tell me where "the Hill" is in Neath. I am trying to find it on a map and not having any luck. Does it still exist? I want to get a perspective of where various family members were. Regards Lyn In Oz. References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. mailto:[email protected]

Just found a reference in my notes to it being a farmhouse in the lower part of Skewen alongside the road which is those years (pre 1810) was used to travel from Birchgrove to the monastery and Neath. So it does sound like Hill Road. Lyn in Oz. _____ From: Dai & Angela Bevan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 17 August 2013 5:53 PM To: Lyn Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GLA] The Hill Neath In that case, Lyn, I doubt that it is Hill Road. That is a minor road leading from Neath Abbey being the Vicarage of Skewen St. John to Skewen, All part of Cadoxton St. John in the early 1800's, later Dyffryn Clydach parish. If you know where they are in the censuses in the 1800's then it should be possible to work from there. From memory, there was earlier correspondence on the list about a Leyson family of Cilfrew. Dai On 17/08/2013 08:43, Lyn wrote: Hi Dai It isn't so much a street but an area/farm - well known in its day (1800s) for the Leyson family of "the Hill". Locals seem to know it. It could be Hill Road. regards Lyn in Oz.

There's also a Hill House on Hill Road in Skewen/Neath Abbey according to 1876 old-maps.co.uk Modern reference point at http://tinyurl.com/lh4apj8 Robert -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lyn Sent: 17 August 2013 09:45 Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GLA] The Hill Neath Just found a reference in my notes to it being a farmhouse in the lower part of Skewen alongside the road which is those years (pre 1810) was used to travel from Birchgrove to the monastery and Neath. So it does sound like Hill Road. Lyn in Oz. _____ From: Dai & Angela Bevan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 17 August 2013 5:53 PM To: Lyn Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GLA] The Hill Neath In that case, Lyn, I doubt that it is Hill Road. That is a minor road leading from Neath Abbey being the Vicarage of Skewen St. John to Skewen, All part of Cadoxton St. John in the early 1800's, later Dyffryn Clydach parish. If you know where they are in the censuses in the 1800's then it should be possible to work from there. From memory, there was earlier correspondence on the list about a Leyson family of Cilfrew. Dai On 17/08/2013 08:43, Lyn wrote: Hi Dai It isn't so much a street but an area/farm - well known in its day (1800s) for the Leyson family of "the Hill". Locals seem to know it. It could be Hill Road. regards Lyn in Oz. -- 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

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 On 17/08/2013 09:44, Lyn wrote: > Just found a reference in my notes to it being a farmhouse in the lower part > of Skewen alongside the road which is those years (pre 1810) was used to > travel from Birchgrove to the monastery and Neath. So it does sound like > Hill Road. > > Lyn > in Oz. > > > _____ > > From: Dai & Angela Bevan [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, 17 August 2013 5:53 PM > To: Lyn > Cc:[email protected] > Subject: Re: [GLA] The Hill Neath > > > In that case, Lyn, I doubt that it is Hill Road. That is a minor road > leading from Neath Abbey being the Vicarage of Skewen St. John to Skewen, > All part of Cadoxton St. John in the early 1800's, later Dyffryn Clydach > parish. > If you know where they are in the censuses in the 1800's then it should be > possible to work from there. From memory, there was earlier correspondence > on the list about a Leyson family of Cilfrew. > > Dai > > > On 17/08/2013 08:43, Lyn wrote: > > > Hi Dai > > > > It isn't so much a street but an area/farm - well known in its day (1800s) > > for the Leyson family of "the Hill". Locals seem to know it. It could be > > Hill Road. > > > > regards > > > > Lyn > > in Oz. > > > > >

Dear Lyn, Does this help in location? 'Underneath are deposited the remains of Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth Powell of Ongur in the parish of Ystradgynlais who departed this life on 1 November 1845 aged 24. Also the above named Lewis Powell Esq. who died on 2 October 1850 aged 70 years. Also of Elizabeth, widow of the above who died 27 May 1874 aged 91 years. ##Also to the memory of James Leyson born at the Hill (or Mill) near Neath 21 August 1805, died at Ongur, Ystradgynlais 27 August 1881.## Also of Jane widow of James Leyson and eldest daughter of the above Lewis and Elizabeth Powell born 7 November 1811 died 18 June 1885. This record completes our information about this family. Source: http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewpage/llgc-id:1380216/llgc-id:138 4550/llgc-id:1384669/getText using Google. ;-)) HTH My best wishes, Jill Glamorgan Mailing List's website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lyn Sent: 17 August 2013 09:45 Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GLA] The Hill Neath Just found a reference in my notes to it being a farmhouse in the lower part of Skewen alongside the road which is those years (pre 1810) was used to travel from Birchgrove to the monastery and Neath. So it does sound like Hill Road. Lyn in Oz. _____ From: Dai & Angela Bevan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 17 August 2013 5:53 PM To: Lyn Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GLA] The Hill Neath In that case, Lyn, I doubt that it is Hill Road. That is a minor road leading from Neath Abbey being the Vicarage of Skewen St. John to Skewen, All part of Cadoxton St. John in the early 1800's, later Dyffryn Clydach parish. If you know where they are in the censuses in the 1800's then it should be possible to work from there. From memory, there was earlier correspondence on the list about a Leyson family of Cilfrew. Dai On 17/08/2013 08:43, Lyn wrote: Hi Dai It isn't so much a street but an area/farm - well known in its day (1800s) for the Leyson family of "the Hill". Locals seem to know it. It could be Hill Road. regards Lyn in Oz. -- 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