Dear John Thanks for the link to the webpage. The transcribed text is clearly an introduction added by Sir Joseph Russell Bailey in 1909, since Theophilus Jones died in January 1812. I thought the Roman Catholic Chapel in Brynmawr, dedicated to St Mary, was built in 1863, rather than 1868? Perhaps I am wrong, or perhaps there is an error in the transcription? Certainly, the parish church of St Mary was built and consecrated in 1872 - not 1815! The original church was apparently constructed from light Pennant stone, with Bath stone dressings, rather than being built from Bath stone! The Merthyr, Tredegar & Abergavenny Railway opened its station at Brynmawr in September 1862 - not 1864. I imagine the facts become more precise closer to 1909, although perhaps some of the earlier details are okay, too - certainly, the description and year of the general cemetery seems correct. Best regards Clive www.secret-bottletop.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ball" <john@jlb2011.co.uk> To: "Powys List" <powys@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 8:02 AM Subject: [POWYS] More on Brynmawr BRE/MON > Dear Listers, > > Those interested in the history of Brynmawr should find the following > webpage on the GENUKI website of interest: > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/Llanelli/Brynmawr.html > > The webpage comprises a transcription (by the late Barrie Jones) of the > relevant section from "The History of Brecknockshire", first edition by > Theophilus Jones published 1809, centenary edition revised by Lord Glanusk > (Sir Joseph Russell Bailey) published 1909 onwards. > > Kind regards, > > > John > -------------------- > John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK > E-mail: john@jlb2011.co.uk > Website: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/ > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Clive, Thanks for your comments. As you suggested, GENUKI's Brynmawr transcription is from Bailey's centenary edition of Theophilus Jones's original work. The Brynmawr piece is on page 158 of Volume 3, published in 1911, a copy of which I have in my possession. St Mary's Roman Catholic Chapel was build, as you say, in 1863. The year was mistranscribed as 1868 in the GENUKI version. Bailey gives 1875 (not 1815) as the year in which St Mary's parish church was built - another transcription error on the GENUKI page. I'll correct these two errors on GENUKI asap. The other issues you've raised were correctly transcribed from the original, so the responsibility lies with Sir Joseph Bailey himself. Listers may be interested to know that Powys Library Service has several copies of the Centenary edition in their branches, and Archive CD Books published it on CD in 2001. Archives CD Books is at http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/ Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK E-mail: john@jlb2011.co.uk Website: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Clive Gardener Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 6:10 PM To: powys@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [POWYS] More on Brynmawr BRE/MON Dear John Thanks for the link to the webpage. The transcribed text is clearly an introduction added by Sir Joseph Russell Bailey in 1909, since Theophilus Jones died in January 1812. I thought the Roman Catholic Chapel in Brynmawr, dedicated to St Mary, was built in 1863, rather than 1868? Perhaps I am wrong, or perhaps there is an error in the transcription? Certainly, the parish church of St Mary was built and consecrated in 1872 - not 1815! The original church was apparently constructed from light Pennant stone, with Bath stone dressings, rather than being built from Bath stone! The Merthyr, Tredegar & Abergavenny Railway opened its station at Brynmawr in September 1862 - not 1864. I imagine the facts become more precise closer to 1909, although perhaps some of the earlier details are okay, too - certainly, the description and year of the general cemetery seems correct. Best regards Clive www.secret-bottletop.com