John I want to thank you for the perfect answer to my question. Now that I can see the location on the map I can form a much better understanding of the family associations and movements. I now have some homework to do. I most certainly appreciate your assistance. John On 9/30/07, powys-request@rootsweb.com <powys-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > > When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to > which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. > Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides > with the message subject to which you are replying. > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Pictures of: Nantyglo (MON); and Dan-y-graig Cemetery, > Swansea (GLA) (John Ball) > 2. Cornwall Farm PRITCHARD (John Steitz) > 3. Re: Cornwall Farm PRITCHARD (John Ball) > 4. Re: Brecon Assizes (Aidan Jones) > 5. Nonconformist Records online (John Ball) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:17:23 +0100 > From: "John Ball" <john@jlb2005.plus.com> > Subject: [POWYS] Pictures of: Nantyglo (MON); and Dan-y-graig > Cemetery, Swansea (GLA) > To: "Powys List" <powys@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <007201c80281$ed28a600$0201a8c0@JLBMeshPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Pictures of: Nantyglo (MON); and Dan-y-graig Cemetery, Swansea (GLA) > > > Dear Listers, > > This week's 'Retrospective Images of Wales' webpages, just uploaded onto > my > website, include: > > 1. Scenes in the former mining village of Nantyglo in the county of > Monmouthshire (seven pictures). This feature was first shown on 'Images of > Wales' in February 1999. > > 2. The extensive Victorian Dan-y-graig Cemetery in Swansea, county of > Glamorgan (eight pictures). This feature was first shown on 'Images of > Wales' in August 1998. > > As usual, these webpages will be on display for one week. > > 'Retrospective Images of Wales' is at > www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/retro/retro.htm > > While there, take the time to explore my 'Webpage Archive' and make your > own Retrospective requests. > > Kind regards, > > John > -------------------- > John Ball, Godre'r Graig, near Swansea, Wales, UK > E-mail: john@jlb2005.plus.com > 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/ > Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) mailing lists > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:30:30 -0400 > From: "John Steitz" <john.steitz@gmail.com> > Subject: [POWYS] Cornwall Farm PRITCHARD > To: POWYS@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <4fd232bf0709290430j7bde0cb4w9678b4cc9df6929@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Does anyone have information on the Cornwall Farm stated to be Llanfigan > (and a few other spellings)? I understand it is near Brecon. The David > PRITCHARD family was there circa 1841-1851. They are listed as (R)ichard > on > the 1841 Census. Thank you for any information. > John > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:18:10 +0100 > From: "John Ball" <john@jlb2005.plus.com> > Subject: Re: [POWYS] Cornwall Farm PRITCHARD > To: <powys@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <013a01c80292$cd443820$0201a8c0@JLBMeshPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > John Steitz <john.steitz@gmail.com> wrote: > Does anyone have information on the Cornwall Farm stated to be Llanfigan > (and a few other spellings)? I understand it is near Brecon. The David > PRITCHARD family was there circa 1841-1851. They are listed as (R)ichard > on > the 1841 Census. Thank you for any information. > =================== > > Dear John, > > Cornwall Farm is situated near Pencelly in the parish of Llanfigan > (Llanfeugan) about five miles southeast of the town of Brecon. It is about > three fields away from the parish church, dedicated to St Meugan - see: > www.cpat.demon.co.uk/projects/longer/churches/brecon/16850.htm > > You can call up a highly detailed (1:10,560-scale) late 19th century > (1891) > map of this area by going to the Old Maps website at www.old-maps.co.uk/ > On the main page, click on the illustration which states "Click here to > begin your search". On the search page which appears, enter 309200 and > 224300 into the co-ordinates search fields and click the GO button > alongside. > When the small map appears, click on the "Enlarge Map" icon on the > right-hand tab. A highly detailed map of the area will open in a new > window, > centred on Cornwall Farm. > > Cornwall Farm is also identified on the modern UK Ordnance Survey > 'Landranger' 1:50,000-scale map (sheet 161). You can see the relevant > 3-kilometre square section of this map at the Streetmaps website > www.streetmap.co.uk/ > In the search section near the top of the Streetmaps homepage, select the > 'OS Grid' option, enter 309200,224300 into the search field and click the > Search button. If necessary, change to the Landranger map format by > clicking > the area midway between the [+] and [-] zoom buttons at bottom right of > the > map. > You'll see Cornwall Farm identified by name in the centre square of the > map. > > The entry in the 1881 census indicates that the farm then covered 80 > acres. > > Kind regards, > > John > -------------------- > John Ball, Godre'r Graig, near Swansea, Wales, UK > E-mail: john@jlb2005.plus.com > 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/ > Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:21:10 +0100 > From: "Aidan Jones" <acjj@clara.net> > Subject: Re: [POWYS] Brecon Assizes > To: <powys@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <002501c802ac$63447380$1ac7a850@ajpc> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: powys-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > >> Behalf Of Little Warren Farm > >> Sent: 28 September 2007 08:53 > >> To: POWYS > >> Subject: [POWYS] Brecon Assizes > >> > >> Dear list > >> > >> Please can anyone tell me how I can find out about a trial in 1834 of a > >> Theophilus Rosser Jones who was given 14 years at Brecon Assizes. > >> How > >> can I find out what happened to him please? Can I access any > >> transcription > >> of the trial? > > > See > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=158. > > Record survival rates for Brecon in the early 1830s do not appear to be > good. > > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=154 > gives background information on assizes as they applied to England, but > Wales had its own Great Sessions until 1830 > http://www.llgc.org.uk/sesiwn_fawr/index_s.htm. > > AJ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:01:51 +0100 > From: "John Ball" <john@jlb2005.plus.com> > Subject: [POWYS] Nonconformist Records online > To: "Powys List" <powys@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <026101c802b2$0cd0bda0$0201a8c0@JLBMeshPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear Listers, > > A partnership between The National Archive (TNA) at Kew, and S&N Genealogy > Supplies has made available on-line indexed images of non-parochial and > nonconformist registers 1567-1840 held in RG 4 and RG 5. > > TNA holds 5,000 registers of a huge variety of nonconformist > congregations, > including Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Protestant Dissenters > (known > as 'Dr Williams Library') and Independents. There are also registers from > a > small number of Roman Catholic communities. > > Basic searching is free of charge, but there is a fee for advanced > searching > and to download images. > > A press release announcing this new resource is at: > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/14sep2007.pdf > > A guide to the relevant registers is at: > http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk/help/guide.htm > > The online search engine is at: http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk/ > > A brief trial search, for births/baptisms of 'Thomas Evans', revealed 78 > matching entries dated 1718 through to 1837. Half of the entries were from > Wales. Considering the popularity of nonconformism in Wales, could be a > really useful resource > > Kind regards, > > John > -------------------- > John Ball, Godre'r Graig, near Swansea, Wales, UK > E-mail: john@jlb2005.plus.com > 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/ > Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the POWYS list administrator, send an email to > POWYS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the POWYS mailing list, send an email to > POWYS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of POWYS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 276 > ************************************* >