Education
Christ College, Brecon
Christ College, Brecon
Powys County Archives
Christ College was founded in its modern form in 1853, although the school site had been in occupation since the thirteenth century as a Dominican friary, and then as a prebendal college with a school. When the modern public school was established, the Christ College scheme of 1855 set out that the Headmaster should be a clerk in holy orders. Although this stipulation was changed in 1880, the headmaster at the time of the 1891 census was still an ordained minister, as were all headmasters until 1956:
1891 Census | ||||||
Christ College, Brecon | ||||||
Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | English/Welsh speaker |
Matthew A Bayfield | Head | M | 38 | Clerk in Holy Orders, Headmaster of Christ College | Warwickshire Edgebaston | English |
Helen C Bayfield | Wife | M | 30 | Cheltenham | English | |
Edward M Bayfield | Son | 3 | Malvern | English | ||
Cyrille H D Bayfield | Dau | 2 | Malvern | English | ||
Amy S Young | Visitor | S | 23 | Exmouth | English |
Rev Bayfield left the school in 1895. He was an enthusiastic recruiter of new pupils for the school, and cast his net fairly widely, as can be seen from the census return for the boys boarding there at the time.
As well as Rev Bayfield there were two other teachers who lived at the school in 1891 - one in the college itself and one in the hostel. In addition they had matrons and various servants to assist them.
1891 Census | ||||||
Christ College | ||||||
Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | English/Welsh speaker |
Cecil M Horsbargh | House tutor | S | 26 | Assistant master | Ilkeston Derbyshire | English |
Elizabeth Dowding | Matron | S | 40 | Matron of school house | Somerset Hensbridge | English |
Fanny Ogelsby | Serv | S | 33 | Cook | Staffs Aldridge | English |
Emily Pritchard | Serv | S | 24 | Parlourmaid | Hereford Clehonger | English |
Alice M Dent | Serv | S | 20 | Housemaid | Worcester Malvern Link | English |
Margaret Harley | Serv | S | 31 | Nurse | Worcester Dodford | English |
Mary Barnes | Serv | S | 20 | Kitchenmaid | Gloucester Golden Valley | English |
Edith Parton | Serv | S | 19 | Housemaid | Staffs Ripton | English |
Rose Jowell | Serv | S | 17 | Housemaid | Hereford | English |
Jenny Sellers | Serv | S | 17 | Scullerymaid | Brecon | English |
Thomas Williams | Serv | S | 26 | Butler | Brecon | English |
David W Powell | Serv | S | 18 | Bootboy | Gloucester | English |
The Hostel
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Edwin S Allen | Head | S | 27 | Classical Master | Southend | English |
Lucy Hancock | Matron | S | 35 | Matron | Bucks Penn | English |
Emily Bradley | Serv | S | 21 | Cook | Radnor Presteigne | English |
Emily S Powell | Serv | S | 20 | Housemaid | Brecon | English |