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Christ College,
Brecon: Census

Rugby team, Christ College, Brecon. c1885.
Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery
At the time of the 1891 census there were
73 boys boarding at Christ College in Brecon. The
head teacher, Rev M A Bayfield, and his predecessor, Rev D L Lloyd, had gone
to some lengths to recruit new pupils for the school from a wide area. The census
shows that they did come from many places, mainly from Wales, but very few from
Breconshire itself. Of the boys listed in the census who were boarding at the
School House and the Hostel in 1891, 65 were from Wales and only 8 from outside
the country; they came from Norfolk, Gloucester, Worcester, Herefordshire, Buckinghamshire,
Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Suffolk.
Christ
College, Brecon
Powys County Archives
There were 53 boys living in the school house.
1891 Census
Christ College, Brecon |
Name |
Age |
Place of Birth |
English/Welsh
speaker |
David L Davies |
17 |
Coychurch, Bridgend |
Both |
Arthur S Edmunds |
17 |
Bedwelly, Mon |
English |
Herbert C Edwards |
13 |
Aberayron, Cardigan |
Both |
John H Evans |
21 |
Wymondham, Norfolk |
English |
Charles A Evans (?) |
16 |
Hewelsfield, Gloucester |
English |
Henry R Gillespie |
14 |
Cardigan |
English |
Francis J H Grant |
13 |
Kerry, Mont |
English |
Charles E M Green |
15 |
Troedyrhiw, Merthyr |
English |
William L Harris |
16 |
Merthyr |
English |
James D Harvard |
17 |
Brymawr, Brecon |
English |
Richard D Harvard |
13 |
Brymnawr, Brecon |
Both |
John J Herbert |
15 |
Crickhowell |
English |
Arthur R Hughes |
16 |
Aberystwyth |
English |
Hugh M Hughes |
13 |
Aberystwyth |
English |
Arthur R Hughes |
16 |
Aberystwyth |
English |
Percy C P Ingram |
15 |
Newport |
English |
William C R Johns |
17 |
Llanstinion, Pembs |
Both |
Leonard M Johns |
15 |
Llanstinion, Pembs |
Both |
Lionel J Jones |
11 |
Llawarnam, Newport |
English |
William G Lace |
15 |
Cardiff |
English |
John C Lester |
15 |
Llandudno |
Both |
William D Morgan |
18 |
Llansanffraid, Cardigan |
Both |
Thomas Morgan |
20 |
Abernant Aberdare |
Both |
Henry J Morgan |
19 |
Myscymbaurn, Carmarthen |
Both |
Richard M Mullock |
16 |
Newport Mon |
English |
William D Perrott |
13 |
Treorky, Glam |
Both |
William D Morgan |
18 |
Llansanffraid, Cardigan |
Both |
Charles D Phillips |
13 |
Newport Mon |
English |
Reginald A Phillips |
14 |
Newport Mon |
English |
Charles G Phillips |
16 |
Newport Mon |
English |
James H R Powell |
17 |
Oystermouth, Swansea |
Both |
Alistair W Powell |
18 |
Oystermouth, Swansea |
Both |
William B S Powell |
11 |
Sennybridge, Brec |
English |
William B J Rees |
14 |
Newport Mon |
English |
Trevor Roberts |
14 |
Malpas Newport Mon |
English |
Charles B Steel |
15 |
Mon Blaenavon |
English |
James B Shatton |
15 |
Mon Basseby |
English |
Joseph H Stratton |
17 |
Mon Basseby |
English |
Lewis W M Thomas |
15 |
Llandyssul Cardigan |
English |
David H M Thomas |
15 |
Brecon Sennybridge |
Both |
Griffith J C Thomas |
15 |
Cardigan Llanarth |
Both |
George I Thomas |
15 |
Cardiff, Glam |
English |
Thomas I Thomas |
17 |
Sennybridge, Brecon |
Both |
Eligur J S Thomas |
14 |
Mon Victoria |
English |
Thomas J Thomas |
16 |
Mon Tredegar |
English |
John Thomas |
17 |
Nelson, Llangabon |
Both |
John B Thompson |
13 |
Worcester |
English |
Edward J R Trevor |
13 |
Beaumaris |
English |
Thomas N Trevor |
14 |
Beaumaris |
English |
Arthur J Turner |
15 |
Herefordshire, Kington |
English |
Walter M Walters |
15 |
Pontypridd, Glam |
English |
Frank E Walters |
15 |
Bangor |
Both |
Percy C Ward |
14 |
Merthyr |
English |
Henry P Williams |
15 |
Rhyl |
English |
Henry Williams |
16 |
Llanelly |
Both |
So, what sort of boy became a Christ College
scholar in 1891? Taking a random selection of boys and tracing them back to
the 1881 census, it can be seen that they were the children of the rising Victorian
professional and middle classes.
Charles Lace was the son
of Henry Leigh Lace, a Master Engineer, who lived in Cardiff. Another civil
engineer's son was Trevor Roberts of Newport.
Arthur and Hugh Hughes
of Aberystwyth were the sons of Arthur Johnson Hughes, an Aberystwyth solicitor.
The father of Charles Steel was a Land Agent
Auctioneer, Henry C Steel.
Percy Ingram of Monmouth was the son of a shipbroker, Samuel D Ingram.
John Lester's
father was Hugh Lester, a wine merchant in Llandudno.
William and Leonard Johns,
and Thomas and Edward Trevor were the sons of vicars, Revs Thomas
Johns and Trevor Thomas.
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