Map of Powys showing Cantal, Llanbister
Map of Llanbister
Education
Getting to School
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Map of Powys showing Cantal, Llanbister |
Map of Llanbister |
For many children getting to school was an arduous process. Many lived on outlying farms and had to walk miles to reach their destination. Llanbister Cantal school was in a remote situation.
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"July 6th Very heavy rain. Children unable to cross the brook and hill. School not opened until the afternoon and then only 29 present." |
At Abbeycwmhir school, the headmistress returned to school after her illness and found:
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"A slight improvement in the attendance today. At the request of Mrs Phillips I went to The Groes, found the children slowly recovering but too feeble to attempt the journey to school, a distance of 2 ¼ miles." |
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| 1891 Census | ||||||
| Groise, Abbeycwmhir | ||||||
| Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | English/Welsh speaker |
| James Evans | Head | M | 34 | Estate labourer | Radnor, Llanbister | English |
| Elizabeth Evans | Wife | M | 28 | Radnor, Abbeycwmhir | English | |
| Evan Evans | Son | 9 | Scholar | Radnor, Abbeycwmhir | English | |
| Edwin Evans | Son | 7 | Scholar | Radnor, Abbeycwmhir | English | |
| Stephen Evans | Son | 5 | Scholar | Radnor, Abbeycwmhir | English | |
| George Evans | Son | 2 | Radnor, Abbeycwmhir | English | ||
| Mary E Evans | Dau | 1 | Radnor, Abbeycwmhir | English | ||
The children of the Morris family who attended Aberedw School had to walk even further to get to school, a distance of some 3 miles.
But occasionally the long journey could be hazardous, as evidenced by the sad case of 6 year old Beatrice Gough who attended Heyope School:
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"A terrible accident happened today at the crossing, over the line, to Treluggas. One of the school-children, Beatrice Gough, on returning from dinner, was caught by the express train and killed, being literally cut to pieces." |
The children were given time off to attend her funeral.
