Hi Steve Really appreciate your reply. Yes I did wonder if perhaps although it says Hamlet it was in fact a division and from what you said of Bedwellty. I now know that Bedwelly was a larger parish than Rhymney. These Welsh towns and villages sometimes cause me a lot of confusion. The information you have given was brilliant. I also have some ancestors who came from Tredegar so the directions you have shown gives me more of an idea of the relationship between Rhymney and Tredegar. Also I believe my ancestors were Chapel people so something else to research. Best Regards Rita ----- Original Message ---- From: Steve Jones <steve@origins.plus.com> To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 5 September, 2007 6:25:13 PM Subject: Re: [MON] Hamlet of the town of Rhymney Rita, Uwchlawrcoed / Uchlawrcoed seems to have covered quite a large area. In 1841 many of the enumeration districts in the Tredegar area seem to be in the Hamlet of Uwchlawrcoed, but so do parts of Rhymney, a few miles away. It was probably not a hamlet in the sense of a small village, but rather an administrative division of the large Parish of Bedwellty. An American cousin of mine has ancestors from there, and last year we made a brief visit. Going south from Rhymney High Street, the road forks left and becomes the B4256. This is Hill Street. It's quite a long street and some of the old victorian houses are still standing. There is a Chapel called Jerusalem, in what is now called Jerusalem Street. If you continue up Hill Street on the B4256, after a couple of miles you come to Tredegar. We asked several of the locals about the name Uwchlawrcoed, but it meant nothing to them. It seems to have fallen out of use altogether. I believe the correct spelling is Uwch-lawr-coed, but the first 'w' is omitted on all the Census returns I looked at. There's also an Ishlawrcoed Steve Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "rita woodcock" <ritawoodcock@yahoo.co.uk> To: <MONMOUTHSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 5:39 PM Subject: [MON] Hamlet of the town of Rhymney > Hello, > >>From the 1871 Census I can find my ancestors living in the town of Rhymney, in the Parish of Bedwellty, then there is a name of >>what I believe to be the Hamlet. I wondered if anyone could tell me its correct name, the only letters I can make out are >>something like this ??chlawicua. > Also it states they are living in Rowles and then something that looks like Square. > > Would be pleased if anyone has any ideas on this and if they know if the place is still there. Most of my welsh ancestors seemed > to have earnt their living in the Iron Works. > > Many thanks and regards > > Rita Woodock Norfolk UK ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/