60 LLA~FRECHFA LO'l.ER. M:ONl\!OUTHSHIRE. &hools. National, L~anfrechfa Lower (mixed), for 140 children· Board, Croesyceilog (mixed & infants), for 130 children, avera(p~ attendance, 90; Wilfred Pheasey. master • but enlarged in 1893 for 170; average attendance, 90 " Railway Stations. boys & girls & 60 infants; Daniel Meiros Evans,master; Ponthir, Thomas Thompson, station master Mrs. Evans, infants' mistress Pontnewydd, John Harvey Morris, station mast~r LLANFRECHFA LOWER. Wetkins William,farmer,Glansirhowy PONTHIR. AshwlIn Charles, Bryngomer "~!ll~ams Charles, farmer, C~mheron na'ds John H. The Willows EV811il William, The Grove "llhams John, farmer, Crelgudd James Rev. Wm. Ingli (Baptist) Forster Rev. :Francis M.A. Vicarage ,CROESYCEILOG. Jontls John Michael, Derwlwyn hou9& Ha-l'lling Theodore, Whitehall Tamplin Josiah, The Firs. Mitchcll Frank Johnstone I".S.A., J.P. Dawson Mrs. The Laurels Wooding Mrs Llanfrechfa grange Wehb J. Edgar, Holly house COMMERCIAL. MOl'gan George A. Llanfrechfa house COMMEROIAL. Ed d S I f P t h He('('e Rev.Jn.(Baptist),Pontrbydyrull ' ' war s y vanus, armer, on yr eos \Yilliams George W. Llanfrechfa ho Bm an Abraham, Upper Cock P.H Francis Benjamin, shopkeeper & sub- Bowen Edmund, farmer postmaster COMMERCIAL. Bufton Hannah (Mrs.), farmer Francis James, insurance agent, Pavil."s Rol1t.miller(water),Llaneravon Day George, beer retailer Station villas Harris George, farmer J ones· William, farmer, Ashford hall H arris Thomas, farmer, Candor farm Heath Charles, boot maker !.ewis John, wheelwright Jenkins Blanche (Miss), beer retailer Hilli~r Lambert, farmer Muddy William Mansell, farmer & Jenkins· John, gun factor Rowells David, farmer reg-istrar of births & deaths, The Mordecai John A. Ponthir House P.B Jenkins Henry, Gate inn Tump Ponthir Tinplate Co. Lim. (Josiah Jones Jl)hn, farmer, Tyllwydd Rowland Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Tamplin, managing director; John Mc.:rgan John, farmer, Church farm &; post office H. Davies, sec.), tinplate manufctrs Morris Martha (Mrs.), farmer Tampliu David, shopkeeper Rir.e Annie (Mrs.), collector or I·aor Prothero 'fhos.(Mrs.), frmr.Tonypoth W&tkins John, blacksmith rates for Llanfrechfa Lower Rogers Sarah (Mrs.), Star P.H Tendol1 Philip, Lower Cock P.B Wil~iams Sarah (Mrs.),frmr. Gilwern LLANFRECHFA UPPER is a parish, and includes sub-postmistress. Letters arrive through Newport at the viHage.g. of Pontnewydd and Upper Cwm Bran, and 7· 15 & 9.50 a.m. & 2.15 p.m.; dispatched, 4.50 &; Griffithsiown, which remains in the parish for eccle- 7.45 p.m siastical purposes only, and is in the :Northern division Wall Letter Box, at Upper Owm-BraD, cleared at 6 p.m of the county, Usk hundred, Pontypool petty sessional Urban District Council. division, union and county court district, rural deaner, Council day, 2nd monday in each month, at Council room, of Ketherwent (western division), archdeaconry of Mon- Primitive Methodist school room, Pontnewydd, at 6 p.m mouth and diocese ()f LlandafI. Upper Llanfrechfll Chairman, 001. Jabez Jacob, Upper Owm-Bran village is 5 miles> from Newport and 3 south from Ponty- C1erk, lsaac Jones, 4 Park terrace, Pontypool pool. The Eastern Valleys branch of the Great Western Treasurer, William Collins, Pontypool railway from Newport to Blaenavon and Brynmawr has Medical Officer of Health, William Edward Cavanagh two stations in this parish, viz. Upper Pontynewydd and M h .... BB Ch Cwm B ,urp Y .l.U.., •• - ran Pontrhydyrun. The" LIGoca overnment Act of 1858 ' Surveyor & Sanitary Inspector, Thos. Dagger,Pontnewydd (21 and 22 Vict. c. 98) was adopted by the district, Nov. Collector. Isaac Jones, 4 Park terrace, Pontypool 1870, and it was governed by a local board. Under the provisions of the ., Local Government Act, 1894" (56 &. Places of Worship, with times of Services. 57 Vict. c. 73), the new civil parish was formed, and it Holy Tlinity,Llanfrechfa Upper, Rev.Robt.Wm.Bury San is now controlled by the Urban Distriot Council, and com- derson, vicar; 8.30 &; n a.m. &; 6.30 p.m.; daily ser- prises Llanfrechfa. Upper, Pontnewydd, Upper Cwm Bran VIce,• 9 a.m o.nd part of POl1trhydyrun. Water work.s were erected Baptist, Pontnewydd, Rev. Thomas Cocker; II a.m. & 6 in 1886 at Llanfrechfa. Upper for the supply of water to p.m.; tues. 7.15 p.m this parish, Owm Bran, L1antarnam and Pontrhydyrun. Baptist, Pontrhydyrun, Rev. John Reece j II a..m. & 6 Holy Trinity, an ecclesiastical parish. was formed June p.m.; tues. 7·30 p.m 25, 1885; the church is a building of stone, in the Gothic Baptist,UpperOwm-Bran; II a.m.& 6 p.m.; wed·7.30 p.m style, erected in 1860, and consisting of chancel, nave, Congregational, Upper Cwm-Bran, Rev. Iltyd James; south porch and a tower containing one bell: in 1890 the II a.m. & 6 p.m. ; thur8. 7.30 p.m church was considerably enlarged by the addition of a Primitive Methodist, Pontnewydd; II a.m. & 6 p.m. ; handsome north aisle containin2' five hays. at '& cost of wed. 7 p.m £680, increasing the number of sittings to 450: there is Congregational, Upper Cwm-Bran; II B.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; a memorial window to two children of the late R. wed. 7.30 p.m Edmunds esq. J.P. and a new organ, costing £250 , was School Board. added in 1886; a carved oak pulpit with memorial brass, A School Board of 7 members was formed in 18]1 for presented in 1890, by friends of the late R. Edmunds- esq. Upper Llanfrechfa The register dates from the year 1860. The living is a Boa.rd day, 1st tuesday in the month, alternately 8' perpetual curacy, gross yearly value £203, net £197. Griffith.s Town school & Upp~r Cwm-Bron school, a.t with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of LlandafI, and 7 p.m held since 1893 by the Rev. Robt. Wm. Bury Sandeorson, Clerk, H. Blythway, Pontypool Here are head quarters of No. 3 Battery of the 1St Attendance Officer, Thomas Pitley, Pontnewydd Monmouthsmre VO'lunteer Artillery, Western Division, Schools.
Royal Artillery (Position Artillery), formed in 1890. The Board, Upper Cwm-Bran (mixed). built in 1868, for 350 Drill Hall is at Griffithstown. The area of the parish is boys & girls; average attendance, 250; infants' school, 2,050 acres· of land and 12 of water; the poopulation in bui:t in 1891, for 150 children; average attendance. 1891 (which includes Griffithstown) was 4,962. The area 70; Richard Evans, master; Mrs. Evans, mistress; of the urban district is 1,786 acres; rateable value, Miss Thomas, infants' mistress £8,500 ; the population in 1891 was 2,780. National Ohurch (mixed & infants), built in 1861, with Sexton, Emanuel Cowley. master's residence, enlarged in 1893, for 320 children; UPPER CWM-BRAN is in the parish of Upper Van- average attendance, 140 boys & girls, & IIO infants; frechfa. Here is the large colliery of the Patent Nut and Hy. Chas. Chedzoy, master; Mrs. May Chedzoy, mis' Bolt Co. Limited. Railway Stations. Post, M. O. & T. 0., S. B., Express' Delivery & Annuity Pontrhydyrun, John Powell, station master & Insurance Office, Pontnewydd.-Miss Ann Edmunds, Upper Pontnewydd, Henry Price, station master • LLANFRECHFA UPPER. Jt'nkins Eliza. (Ml"SI.), TerrlJ.c~ inn, Wt'!ls William, beer retailer Sanderson Rev. Robed William Bury Pontrhydyrun terrace . Williams William Robert, grocer (vicar, & chaplain to Pontypol)l Juh>um Rosa (Mrs.), beer retailer union workhouse), The Vir.arago Monmouthshire (1st) Volunteer Brig. PONTNEWTDD. Bevan .John, farmer, Brllchiard Western Division Royal Artillery Coder Rev. Thomas (Baptist), Com- Ednnmds ·Wm.grcr.Pontrhydyrun ter {Position Artillery) (Ko. 3' Battery) ffit'l'cial street Haycock Joseph, tea dealer & provi- (Capt. D. E. Williams, commandng) Edmunqs lIrs sion merchant; also at Pontrhy Parker Geo. farmer, Pontrhydyrlln Parfit Henry J.P. Ashley house dyrun & Sebastopol Thomas ""~illiam, farmer Parfitt Henry William, Bryn Tyrion