As the Lisvane Time Line is constantly evolving we have taken the decision to publish, the work in progress, in the belief that the more people we can get to read the information, the more chance there is that additional documentation will be forthcoming. Where possible we have used official records to check the details. We have though found discrepancies in some printed information and in some cases when it relates to the construction of a building the dates vary, some showing the date planning permission was given, others when the building was completed. We would be delighted to hear from anybody with a connection to Lisvane, Glamorgan as we are recording individual‟s memories, photographs, family history etc If you have any information we would be delighted to hear from you, please contact the Secretary, Gillian Lawson (email [email protected] or telephone 02920 753868). Lisvane Time Line 537 – 1959 – A List of Incumbents and Curates for Lisvane. C14 – St Denys Parish Church, Church Rd built – Listed Building 28/1/1963. Mainly C14, restoration 1861 and 1878 at a cost of £500. 1979 North Transept and Hall Extension. 1557 – Hill Farm House – Listed Building 6/10/1977. Listing: For early bay (1557), house enlarged early C19. A small early regional farmhouse retaining much of its character including thatched roof. 1574 – Will of Phillip David Yghan, Yeoman of Lisvane 1588 - Thomas Llewelyn, of Lisvane, husbandman, slew Morgan Richard. Jury found that he did so in self defence. 1600 to late 1800 – Probate Records 1610 – Old Map of Glamorgan. 1724 – 1902 – Baptisms, St Denys Parish Church 1724 – 1902 – Burials, St Denys Parish Church 1724 – 1839 – Marriages, St Denys Parish Church Mid 1700‟s – Monumental Inscriptions, St Denys Parish Church Mid 1700‟s – Monumental Inscriptions, Lisvane Baptist Church 1728 - The Mary Lewis Charity was established when she conveyed a „Moiety of Tithes‟ in order that a salary of £5 should be paid out of the rents to a Schoolmaster, for instructing the poor children of the Parish. The tithes produces about £70 per annum and the residue of the profits to be expended in placing the children out as apprentices. 1734 - Thomas Harry of Lisvane, was found guilty of feloniously and „burglarly‟ breaking and entering the house of Edward Gronow at Lanedarn in the night time and stealing there from one gown of painted linen, one mince gown, one suit of head clothes, six knots of „Ribond‟ and other articles. 1738 - Marriage Bond - Thomas, Jenkin bachelor, carpenter, Lisvane, Glamorgan to Ford Barbarah spinster Cardiff, Glamorgan 1738 Feb 13. – NLoW 1739 - Marriage Bond - Richard, Richard, bachelor, gent, Cardiff, Glamorgan to Wilkins, Cecil spinster Cowbridge, Glamorgan 1739 Nov 13 - NLoW. 1741 – Circulating School in Lisvane – The Circulating School Movement was initiated by Rev. Griffith Jones, an Anglican clergyman, of Llanddowror. He collected subscriptions to sent out schoolmasters from his training centre in Carmarthenshire to establish schools teaching men, women and children “ to read God‟s holy word in their native British language”. The schoolmasters stayed from three to six months in each place and when they moved to a new centre they left their most able scholars to carry on locally the task of teaching others. Up to Rev Jones death in 1761 3,495 such schools had been held with an attendance of nearly 160,000 scholars. Circulating School sessions were held in Lisvane in 1741 – 2, 1742-3, 1744-5, 1753-4, 1754-5, 1745 - Marriage Bond - Ashton, William, bachelor, cordswainer, Keminster, Somerset to Thomas, Mary spinster, Cardiff , Glamorgan. 1745 July 22 - NLoW. 1746 – Marriage Bond - John, Evan bachelor, labourer, Lisvane, Glamorgan to Edward, Blainch, spinster, Lisvane Glam. 1746 May 16 - NLoW. 1758 - Alehouse Recognized - 20th September 1758 - Thomas Edward Phillip and Henry John Edwards of Lisvane. 1762 - Marriage Bond - Evans, Evan, cordwainer, widow, Cardiff to Evans, Cathrine spinster Lisvane1762 May 17-NLoW. 1766 - Marriage Bond - Evans, Evan cordwainer, Lisvane to Bowen, Mary, spinster 1766 May 26 - NLoW. 1782 – Harri Rees, came to live at Tai Mawr and the first meeting of Baptist, Methodists and Wesleyans was held in a cottage near to Ty Mawr. Soon after mixed meetings stopped and the Baptists of Lisvane continued to hold meetings in houses in Lisvane. 1787 – Will of Jane Durbrow, Spinster of Lisvane 1789 - Dderwen Deg Meeting House (Fair Oak) Land was bought to build Lisvane Baptist Chapel, Chapel Road (later renamed Rudry Road) – Listed Building 6/10/1977. 1792 - Lisvane Baptist Chapel – the two houses which stood on the site were converted to form the first Chapel. 1798 – Will of Ann Watkins, Spinster of Lisvane 1804 - Marriage Bond - Moses, John bachelor, St Johns, Cardiff, Glamorgan to Thomas Mary spinster, Lisvane, Glamorgan 1804 Feb 10 - NLoW. 1809 - Alehouse Recognized for Kibbor Hundred - the entry for Lisvane has Inn Keeper - Thomas Thomas and sureties being given by William Hedgings 1812 - Marriage Bond - Joseph, Mathew bachelor, Lisvane, Glamorgan to Thomas, Hannah spinster, St John‟s, Cardiff Glamorgan 1812 Dec 26 - NLoW. 1818 - Lisvane Baptist Chapel – Second Chapel was opened. 1822 – Marriage Bond - Howart, Abraham, bachelor, Lisvane, Glamorgan to Thomas, Mary spinster St John‟s, Cardiff Glamorgan 1822 July 20 - NLoW. 1824 – Publican in Lisvane is shown as Thomas Williams. There is also a record of Edward Walter Nell being a Brewery Manager in Lisvane from 1894 – 1897. 1831 – Lisvane Baptist Church was given its freedom from the mother church at Bethesda and a church was established in its own right, on the day of its incorporation the membership was 116. 1833 – Marriage Bond - Thomas, Samuel, bachelor, minor, Lisvane to Morgan, Elizabeth widow St Mary‟s Cardiff , Glamorgan 1833 Dec 30 - NLoW. 1840s – Small school at rear of St Denys Church (at least 1842 until 1845) 1841 Census – population 207 (www.genuki.org.uk) 1841 – Outdoor Baptistry by Fairoak (Lisvane) Baptist Church – Listed Building 6/10/1977. First record 1841 when the baptism of 52 adults were recorded. Listing: Unusual outdoor baptistery. 1844 - Tithe Schedule 1845 - Tithe Map 1848 - Plan of Woods sold by Sir Charles Morgan Bart. 1849 – Edward Jones, Overseer, Lisvane, Cardiff Poor Law Union to the Poor Law Board of the number of persons in the parish who were rated to the relief of poor for the year 1849 at the annual value of £10 and upwards and under £50; 22 persons National Archives – Catalogue Reference MH 12/16248/445. 1849 - Jane Jenkins aged 13 completed her embroidery which is still held by the National Library. 1851 Census – population 220 (www.genuki.org.uk) 1851 – The Religious Census of 1851 – A calendar of Returns relating to Wales Vol 1 1854 - Caerphilly Tunnel – Letter in the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian concerning the possibility of the construction of the Tunnel. (11th February) 1858 - Lisvane Baptist Chapel - members decided to rebuild the chapel because the foundations were becoming unsafe. This resulted in the third chapel on the site being opened later that year (October). Cause originated 1782, Site bought 1789 – two cottages converted into Chapel. Second Chapel built in 1818 costing £300. Present building 1858 costed £500. 1904 renovated by J. E. Turner at a cost of £250.00. Following planning consent in 2002 the building was converted into a dwelling 1859 – Will of Henry Rees (Father in Law of Titus Llewellyn, Tai-Mawr Farm) 1861 Census – population 226 (www.genuki.org.uk) 1860 – Bryant William, Service Record 1860 - Lisvane Reservoir – Parliamentary Authority was granted for a gravitation scheme at Lisvane. The plans included a storage reservoir and filter beds with water being taken from the Llanishen, Nant Mawr, Nant Draw, Nant Felin and Nant Dulas . Intakes were constructed on these streams and the water conveyed therefrom in lines of conduit to the storage reservoir. The pumping well and collecting culvert at Ely and the reservoir at Lisvane remained the only sources of water supply to Cardiff up to the year 1878. The contractor who built the reservoir was Mr T. A. Walker who also worked on the Seven Tunnel, London Underground and Barry Docks. 1861 – Census of Lisvane 1864 Lisvane reservoir completed (www.cardiffians.co.uk/timeline.html) 1864 - Powers were obtained for an independent railway into Cardiff from a point 9 miles north of Cardiff. This included the construction of Cefn On Tunnel which is over 1 mile in length and took nearly five years to be built. 1864 - Sale of the Llandaff House Estate by Messrs Watkins and Stephenson at the Cardiff Arms Hotel on 3rd May 1864 in 19 Lots – one of which was Two Freehold Fields in Lisvane in the occupation of Elisabeth Griffiths at the yearly rent of £4.-4s- 0d. 1866 – Work started on the building of the Caerphilly Tunnel 1867 - Contractors erect wooden huts as accommodation for additional workmen engaged to build Cefn On Tunnel. (February) 1867 - Plan of Lord Tredegar‟s Woods. 1868 – Seven men die in an accident in the tunnel construction 1870 - On Saturday 3rd December the first passenger train went through Cefn On Tunnel. 1870 - Elizabeth Edwards, Maesyfelin made two patchwork quilts which are held by St Fagans Museum. 1871 - 1st April the Cardiff Times carried the announcement of the opening of the new railway line and the station at Caerphilly. 1871 Census –population 242 (www.genuki.org.uk) 1876 - Scarlet Fever 1877 - Lisvane Baptist Church Manse was built at a cost of £300. 1879 - Lisvane Parish Church – A service was held on the 16th May 1879 to mark the reopening of the Church after major renovation work. 1880 - Disaster at Sea 24th November – The owners of the steamer Lisvane have received a telegram from the British Consul at Brest confirming the intelligence that the vessel has been wrecked off that part with the crew of 14 hands.