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SESSION 3
Note from Last week... I came across this on this website [CLONC]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/canolbarth/papurau_bro/clonc/newyddion/mai08.shtml
Yn 1696 ceir tystiolaeth gan deithiwr fod rhyw bum milltir o Sarn Elen yn y golwg i'r byd rhwng Gwarallt ym mhlwyf Llanllwni heibio i Fwlch y Gwrdy, ysgubor Aberduar, Llwyn-crwn, Eglwys Pencarreg, trwy goed Cil-y-blaidd a thros rostir Dôl-gwm. Ceir sylw ychwanegol yn y ddogfen hefyd yn dweud bod lladron pen-ffordd wedi bod yn bla yn yr ardal benodol hon ddeng mlynedd ar hugain ynghynt.
[from Clonc, original words - Dai Thorne]
Remember the Carreg Wen Waun Lladron, on Eric's Enclosure Map of Pencarreg ?
How did I find come across this mention ?
I typed in Lladron Pencarreg into Google
and also further to last week, in the Daily Telegraph dated 16th March 2009
was this photo, and article about the 1000 year old FISH TRAPS that we tried to find last week....
[click on photo to read article, and see bigger picture]
DON'T FORGET.... Fill in Your Record Sheets
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- a title plan defining the property
- a title register where you can find out who owns the house or land,
- price paid/value stated information if sold since April 2000
- any rights of way or restrictions on the land
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For properties you are interested in, you can also download:
- all leases relating to the property (if referred to in the Register and available electronically) for £10 each
- all other documents relating to the property (if referred to in the Register and available electronically) for a total of £5
- http://www.familychest.co.uk
this has a useful document glossary http://www.familychest.co.uk/Glossary.htm
Ceredigion County Council pages are surprisingly useful on occasion when searching for photographs and information on local history matters
Local History Resources at Sir Cyngor Ceredigion
[ http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=3610 ]
This page has Bibliography of Cardiganshire [bottom of page] and some interesting links to other pages such as Photographs, articles and links to Papurau Bro, and interesting local characters and so on....
National Library - Photographs Collections
http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=2
either click on COLLECTIONS on the top menu bar, and choose photographs; or here for an interesting text introduction
Click here http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=introduction2
or here for the choice... try the POSTCARDS option
http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=collections01
This seems to go round in circles... so do try here !
http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=johnthomas
TWO useful URLS -
1 A searchable Newspaper Database, of old local papers
The Cambrian, The Western Mail, The South Wales Daily Post
http://www2.swansea.gov.uk/_info/cambrian/?Lang=eng
space for Welsh URL - HELP please.
What is the Cambrian Indexing Project?
The Cambrian Indexing Project was established some years ago at Swansea Central Library, with the aim of providing researchers with speedy access to the wealth of information contained within the newspaper's pages. Its computerised index now contains hundreds of thousands of entries relating to people connected with and events occurring in an area roughly represented by the former county of West Glamorgan and its principal centres of population of Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot.
2 Useful online Dictionary
Welsh English, English Welsh Dictionary online - UWL based project
http://www.geiriadur.net/
END OF THIS 3 SESSION
LOCAL HISTORY NEWS FLASHES !
- Ysgol y Dderi are planning a local history initiative, focussing on local schools which were in the present community area (including Sunday Schools) in Victorian times. Jen would appreciate any snippets of info, or photographs, or volunteers to inspect the photos she has - in case anyone can identify any of the children or teachers. ESPECIALLY Ysgol Sul...
- Can anyone tell me how to play BANDO ? [known to have been played in LlwynyGroes around 1840]
- Do you know anyone who knows how to play marbles properly?
- Anyone remember any skipping rhymes yng gymraeg.. ?? [I came across this Yr Hwiangerddi online]
- Please let Jen know... ( I can remember singing "Charlie Chaplin went to France... in Aber in the 1940s, but I can't remember 1840!)
BITS AND BOBS BELOW
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Hearth Tax and other mid-late 17th century matters
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/Leaflets/ri2139.htm
The Hearth Tax was introduced in England and Wales by the government of Charles II in 1662 at a time of serious fiscal emergency. the majority of the surviving documents relate to the periods when the tax was administered directly by royal officials, who returned their records to the Exchequer, namely the periods 1662-1666 and 1669-1674
By the terms of the 1662 Act, the hearth tax was payable by people whose house was worth more than 20s a year, and who contributed to local church and poor rates. As a result, the hearth tax assessments cannot be considered to provide anything approaching a comprehensive census of the population but read on....
http://home.freeuk.net/montgensoc/pages/hearth_tax.htm
The hearth tax was levied between 1662 and 1689 but most surviving records date from 1662 to 1666 and 1669 to 1674. The basic principle was to tax householders, other than the poor, for each hearth they owned. In principle, therefore, the more hearths you owned, the more you paid. The surviving hearth tax returns include lists of chargeable and not chargeable householders with a note in each case of the number of hearths each possessed. The returns therefore have some of the characteristics of a census and, in national terms, are one of the nearest things to one before the 19th century. Look at some of the examples in the page referenced above
- AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS for 1908
GENUKI
Agricultural Statistics in 1908 for the counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Glamorgan :
-- Land tax
-- Enclosures and other 18th century matters
-- Window Tax
-- Fire Insurance Records
This page updated on Saint Patricks Day 2009
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