Nantgwyllt House, 1889
Powys County Archives
Home Life
The Lewis Lloyd family
The Lewis Lloyd Family were substantial property owners around Britain, and amongst their property in Powys was Nantgwllt which stood in the Elan Valley.
Earlier in the nineteenth century, the poet Shelley had stayed in the property. He negotiated to buy it but was not successful. Nantgwyllt was eventually flooded when the Elan Valley reservoirs were built. More can be found about this on the Powys Digital History Project pages.
| 1891 Census | ||||||
| Nantgwllt House, Llansantffriad Cwmdeuddwr | ||||||
| Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | English/Welsh speaker |
| Robert Lewis Lloyd | Head | M | 55 | Barrister | Cardinganshire Llanigonmore | English |
| Mary Anne Jane Lewis Lloyd | Wife | M | 55 | Cardigan ? | English | |
| Robert Wharton Lewis Lloyd | Son | S | 25 | Articled clerk to solicitor | Cardigan Aberystwyth | English |
| James Edward Lewis Lloyd | Son | S | 20 | Radnor Cwmdauddwr | English | |
| Louisa Beatrice Lewis Lloyd | Dau | S | 23 | Radnor Cwmdauddwr | English | |
| Mary Anne Jane Lewis Lloyd | Dau | S | 19 | Breconshire Brecon | English | |
| Cecilia Joan Lewis Lloyd | Dau | S | 18 | Breconshire Brecon | English | |
| Gertrude M Constance Lewis Lloyd | Dau | S | 12 | Gloucester Cheltenham | English | |
| Charles H D Morland Lloyd | Visitor | S | 25 | Surgeon | Berkshire Abingdon | English |
| Edith Howlett Wilkinson | Visitor | S | 20 | Natal British Subject | English | |
| Annie Howlett Wilkinson | Visitor | S | 19 | ? British Subject | English | |
| Evan Roderick | Servant | S | 31 | Butler | Carmarthenshire Tally | Both |
| Eliza Anne Lloyd | Servant | S | 32 | Ladies maid | Norfolk Baildon | English |
| Laura Elinor Mitchell | Servant | S | 26 | House maid | Gloucester | English |
| Alice Leighton | Servant | S | 21 | House maid | Gloucester Pauntley | English |
| Jessie Tomkins | Servant | S | 21 | Laundry maid | Hereford Kington | English |
| Annie Davies | Servant | S | 19 | Kitchen maid | Carmarthen Cenarth | Both |
| Thomas Richard Mills | Servant | S | 17 | Footman | Radnor Nantmel | English |
| Alicia Hayes | Servant | Wid | 45 | Cook | Ireland Dublin | English |
Among the diverse papers of the Lewis Lloyd Collection, there were various handwritten notebooks containing recipes, home remedies, household hints, physic for dogs, and knitting and crochet patterns.