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  • Photographed by Geoff Charles.

Stryd Lydan barn originally stood at Penley, Flintshire.  It was built c. 1550 and was re-erected at the Welsh Folk Museum (now the Museum of Welsh Life), St. Fagans, in 1951.
Stryd Lydan barn, Welsh Folk Museum, 1 June 1951
  • Photographed by John Thomas.
Bryn-gwyn old meeting house, Abergele, 1897
  • Photographed by John Thomas.
Morgan family of Parcrhydderch, Llangeitho, c. 1885
  • A thatched cottage, with part of its roof missing, and a man standing by a rowboat.  Photographed by John Thomas.
Boat and cottage, Aberdaron, c. 1875
  • Photographed by John Thomas.
Ashton family, Trefeglwys, c. 1885
  • Photographed by John Thomas.
Tan-y-groes, Aberffraw, c. 1875