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Community & Civic Life
Llangunllo Primitive Methodists
Rev Rose, and Rev Jones before him, visited several members of his class or fellowship group from the Llangunllo area of Radnorshire, and made notes about them.
Four of the families appear on the 1901 census, which was most recent at the time, and some were also there for the 1891 census.
Firstly there was the Griffiths family - Richard Griffiths, his wife and their two daughters lived at Llancoch. Rev Jones notes that they "all attend our place" and that they are "kind people near the station". They did not live in the village in 1891.
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1901 Census | |||||||
Llancoch, Llangunllo | |||||||
Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Employer, Worker or own account |
Place of Birth | English/ Welsh speaker |
Richard Griffiths | Head | M | 56 | Farmer | Employer | Llanbister Rads | English |
Eliza Griffiths | Wife | M | 41 | Hereford Aymestry | English | ||
Martha Griffiths | Dau | S | 22 | Farmer's Daughter | Worker | Llangunllo Rads | English |
Eleanor Griffiths | Dau | S | 17 | Farmer's Daughter | Worker | Llangunllo Rads | English |
Elizabeth Thomas | Mother-in-law | Wid | 81 | Living on own means | Velindre Rads | English |
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The Vaughans also attended the class. They lived "up by the Vicarage" at Cloggie Farm. However in 1891 they lived in a different part of the village at Tack Barn.
1891 Census | ||||||
Tack Barn, Llangunllo | ||||||
Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | English/Welsh speaker |
William Vaughan | Head | M | 41 | Agricultural labourer | Llandewy Rads | English |
Mary Vaughan | Wife | M | 38 | Llanfihangel Radnor | English | |
Eleanor Vaughan | Dau | 11 | Scholar | Llangunllo Rads | English | |
William Vaughan | Son | 9 | Scholar | Llangunllo Rads | English | |
John Vaughan | Son | 6 | Scholar | Llangunllo Rads | English | |
Evan Vaughan | Son | 3 | Llangunllo Rads | English | ||
Annie Vaughan | Dau | 1 | Llangunllo Rads | English |
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Next to them were the Misses Lloyd and brothers at Bailey Farm.
Rev Jones comments that "father's dead, mother recently died".
He also seems to be concerned that they have become 'church' people
but that Rev Rose should call anyway. The Lloyd family are not to be found in
Llangunllo in 1891.
1901 Census | |||||||
Bailey Farm, Llangunllo | |||||||
Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Employer, Worker or own account |
Place of Birth | English/Welsh speaker |
Margaret Lloyd | Head | Wid | 56 | Farmer | Employer | Eardisley Hereford | English |
James I Lloyd | Son | S | 34 | Farmer's son | Worker | Eardisley Hereford | English |
John S Lloyd | Son | S | 24 | Farmer's son | Worker | Glascombe Rads | English |
Annie Lloyd | Dau | S | 20 | Farmer's daughter | Worker | Glascombe Rads | English |
Ada Lloyd | Dau | S | 17 | Farmer's daughter | Worker | Maesmynis Brecon | English |
Hugh C Lloyd | Son | S | 15 | Farmer's son | Worker | Maesmynis Brecon | English |
Lastly there are Mr and Mrs Tong, Mr Tong being a postman and blacksmith in the village. Rev Jones's directions are that "if you get him for company [7.35 in at Post Office] on a dark night it is as well up the dingle". In 1901 he was still living at 'Gravel', where he had been living at the earlier 1891 census.
1891 Census | ||||||
Gravel, Llangunllo | ||||||
Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | English/Welsh speaker |
John Tong | Head | M | 40 | Blacksmith | Llangunllo Rads | English |
Mary Tong | Wife | M | 40 | Heyope Rads | English | |
James Tong | Son | S | 13 | Scholar | Llangunllo Rads | English |
Margaret Tong | Dau | S | 11 | Llangunllo Rads | English | |
Sarah Tong | Dau | S | 7 | Llangunllo Rads | English | |
William Tong | Son | S | 5 | Llangunllo Rads | English |