TTFN for now as we are in the snow, So Best Wishes for Christmas to all our Powys FHS Listers - Dennis in RAD Powys, Wales, UK.. In a message dated 22/12/2010 22:15:02 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: To all the correspondents who have discussed LOL & <G> and even IMHO. I did not realise I would see so many diverse comments as there have been My thanks and wishing a Happy Christmas to you all :-) :-) :-) :-) Gordon =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- 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

Dear Dennis, Good to hear from you again. Recently, I've been studying some of the 'Montgomeryshire Collections' published by the Powysland Club looking for references to Griffiths families in Llanidloes and Llandinam in the early 19th century. While reading an article on Llanidloes in Volume 5 yesterday, I came across a reference to a Mr Edmund Cleaton who built the 'Glyn Factory' circa 1838. Tha factory was: "on the left bank of the Clywedog . . . on a piece of land leased from Mr Mytton of Pen-y-lan. It has been enlarged on more than one occasion, and is now [1878] one of the largest and most commodious mills in the neighbourhood, fitted up with machinery for all purposes connected with the manufacturing and finishing of flannel. A large fulling mill, and cottages for the work people are attached. It now forms part of the Welsh Flannel and Tweed Company." There are several other references to Edmund Cleaton in the pages following the above quote. He seems to have been an important man in Llanidloes in the mis 19th century. I wondered if you know about this Edmund Cleaton, and whether he is a relative of yours? The full citation for the above reference is: "A Parochial Account of Llanidloes" (Chapter 2), by Edward Hamer, in "Collections Historical and Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire - Volume 5", published by the Powysland Club, London 1872; page 39 et seq. A full set of these early Montgomeryshire Collections is held by Newtown Public Library and probably other libraries in Powys. The holdings of most Welsh libraries can be searched online through Cat Cymru - http://library.wales.org/catcymru/ -----Quote------ Cat Cymru (beta) brings together publicly accessible library catalogues from all across Wales into a single search. By entering a term in the search box you can choose to look for all kinds of material in any of the Public, Higher Education or Further Education Libraries or libraries in a particular region. ----Unquote---- But note that the Cat Cymru service will not be available over the Christmas/New Year period (from 24 December to 5 January). Kind regards and best wishes for Christmas, John -------------------- John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK E-mail: [email protected] John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/ Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ Brecknock FH Group Webmaster: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wlsbfhs/ Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists