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Star Cottage, Ogmore, with ford of River Ewenny in foreground, c. 1930
Aerial photograph of Pant Mawr rabbit farm, Ystradfellte, 1990
  • Henry Thomas Payne was a clergyman and antiquarian who became the rector of Llanbedr, Brecknockshire in 1759, and archdeacon of Carmarthen in 1819. He devoted his life to historical studies and this manuscript reflects his particular interest in his home county of Brecknockshire. This two volume work contains chapters on all the parishes of the deanery of the third part of Brecknockshire. In them, Payne gives us fascinating accounts of the topography, customs, language and church buildings of the parishes with sketches and pen and ink drawings. Two chapters from this book have been selected and are shown on the following pages. The first is on the parish of Llanbedr, where Henry Payne was made rector in 1793. The second is on the parish of Llanelly where Henry Payne had his first curacy. In this chapter on Llanelly, Payne gives a detailed history of the problems encountered during the building of the canal from Clydach to Llangynir. Also contained in this volume and shown on the following pages, is a table giving the average market prices of grain, beef and mutton between 1757 and 1808 at Crickhowell and Abergavenny. [Sources: D. Parry Jones, 'Henry Thomas Payne, 1759-1832', Brycheiniog, vol. 5, pp. 35-50 and B. G. Owens 'Biographia et Bibliographica: Archdeacon Henry Thomas Payne', National Library of Wales Journal, vol. IV, pp. 210-214]
'Parochial noticies of the deanery of the third part of Brecknock', by Henry Thomas Payne, 1806, page i [image 1 of 83]
Dipping sheep in the river, Anglesey
Driving pigs along Church Street, Llangefni
  • This is a report on the farms and buildings &tc belonging to the David Hughes Charity in the county of Anglesey in 1877. The report was compiled by John Roberts and was presented to J. Rice Roberts, receiver of the David Hughes Charity, on 12 June 1877. At that time, these farms and buildings were owned by the feoffees or trustees of the David Hughes Charity. The charity was set up by David Hughes, who founded the Free Grammar School at Beaumaris in 1603. Following the establishment of the school, David Hughes bought several farms in Anglesey and Caernarfonshire in order to provide a permanent endowment to his charity. Other lands were bought by the feoffees at a later date and many of these farms were still owned by the charity when the school was taken over by the county in 1895.
Report on the Farms, Buildings &tc belonging to the David Hughes Charity, in the county of Anglesey, 1877 [title page, image 1 of 38]