Trecelyn was the area on the west side of Newbridge in the 1891 census and made up of a few street. Beynon street – Blaenblodau street – Torlais street – Hill street – Grove street – Ebbw view terrace – Tyllwydo Place Tramroad Place Pennar’s Gold Grove and may be a few more. Regards Mike >----Original Message---- >From: m@ilmenow.com >Date: Dec 26, 2013 9:10 >To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> >Subj: Re: [MON] Tredegar Streets > >At 00:02 26/12/2013, Sian Mackey wrote: >> I'm still hunting for 'Trecelyn' in what is now Newbridge: it was >> a street name >>with more than a hundred houses on it in 1890 (from when I have a death >>cert)...and has totally vanished by 1901 and on the earliest map I can >>find. > > >That's an interesting one because Trecelyn is the Welsh name for Newbridge. > >Hugh > > >------------------------------- >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 >

Dear Hugh and Mike, Yes, I agree with both your comments. Unfortunately, they don't solve my problem. Having untangled my brain, the dates involved are slightly later: must have been having a late night moment. Sorry! On page 70 of the 1891census Mynnyddyslwyn District 3, Blaen Blodau is one dwelling which is immediately followed by "Trecelyn no.100". There then follow over 100 houses all given as Trecelyn number whatever it is. My lot are at Trecelyn, 199 on page 92. In 1896, my ggggrandmother Catherine Hayes died and her death cert gives her place of death as about 120, Trecelyn (don't have the cert to hand). By 1901, there's no trace of "Trecelyn" in the census and even in the 1891 census, I can't find the houses numbered under 100. I have trawled and trawled through maps and census pages without success. I know it's the Welsh for Newbridge and the census route confirms that it must have been on the Blaen Blodau side of the river, but I'm baffled by the absence of numbers 1-100 and by the existence of 117 houses in 1891 which I cannot find in 1901. Usually it's the other way around. My best guess so far is that the streets in the Trecelyn area weren't given separate names until about 1900...but that is just a guess. Every now and then, I spend another few hours peering at maps and censuses, but so far without any progress! Sian > Trecelyn was the area on the west side of Newbridge in the 1891 census > and made up of a few street. Beynon street – Blaenblodau street – > Torlais street – Hill street – Grove street – Ebbw view terrace – > Tyllwydo Place Tramroad Place Pennar’s Gold Grove and may be a few > more. > Trecelyn is the Welsh name for Newbridge.