The New Cemetery Heritage Walk - by The Friends of Cathays Cemetery – Research by Ivor Lippitt Photography by Paul Jones CATHAYS CEMETERY 'NEW SECTION' CARDIFF By 1891 the population had expanded to 129,000 an increase of 110,000 on the 1851 figure. In 1896 the area between the existing cemetery and the filter beds was examined which was almost immediately obtained and opened as the new cemetery with the section north of the main drive used temporarily as allotments. The farms taken over were Wedal and Lower Wedal and a property known as The Mount. The layout of the new section moved away from the ornate design to more geometric lines. 1 SCOUT. JOHN HOWARD DAVIES 28th May 1949 Died by accident by the incoming tide at Sully Island after returning into the water to help others in difficulty. Awarded The Albert Medal and Scout association Bronze Cross. 2 BLITZ MEMORIAL Erected in 1995. the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the 2nd World War in Europe. marking particularly the resting place of those who were killed in 1941 Civilian War dead 1939-1945 in Cardiff totalled 347 3 T. ROWLAND HUGHES October 24. 1949. aged 46 years Welsh novelist. dramatist and poet. The inscription “Y Dewraf o’n Hawduron” means The Bravest of our Authors. 4 SENGHENYDD MINE DISASTER 1913 In 1913 439 miners were killed of whom nine lived in Cardiff. A cross has recently been placed by Bereavement Services where some of the men are buried. 5 CALEDONIAN SOCIETY LEGACY In 1900 James Manuel gifted a sum of money to provide "a seemly burial for the more unfortunate of our brethren". 6 NORWEGIAN SECTION Commemorates servicemen who lost their lives whilst in our country in the second world war and seamen from the first war period. 7 BLACKFOOT ANNIE William Davey. born in Tiverton Devon in 1862 went to America as an army scout and came home with a lady named Annie Gray who was born on the Blackfoot Indian reservation 8 SIR TUDOR THOMAS Specialist opthalmic surgeon knighted for his contribution to medicine in 1956 in which year he also became High Sheriff of Brecknockshire. 9 COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES The Cross of Sacrifice position was at the time placed in the most prominent location at the entrance to the cemetery from the Mortuary Chapels in Fairoak Road. Until the building of Eastern Avenue in 1968 a bridge . 10 WEDAL FARM This is located in the area alongside Eastern Avenue. It is now in use as the Bereavement Services Works Centre. 11 CHINESE SECTION Hundreds of Chinese were employed in the shipping industry at Cardiff from the early part of the twentieth century .So many that for a time people referred to Bute Street as China Town. .