Priory Hill in the 1890's
Powys County Archives
Law and Order
Thomas Price
Priory Hill in the 1890's
Powys County Archives
Thomas Price was well known in Brecon as 'Tom the Sawyer'. Although the case papers do not give an address for him, there is a Thomas Price in the 1891 census of about the same age. He lived on Priory Hill, directly across the road from the Priory.
Thomas Price's home is out of view near the bottom of the hill, on the right.
Priory Hill today
| 1891 Census | ||||||
| 14 Priory Hill, Brecon | ||||||
| Name | Position in household | Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of birth | English/Welsh speaker |
| Thomas Price | Head | M | 60 | Cabinet Maker & Upholsterer | Brecknock Brecon | English |
| Elizabeth Price | Wife | M | 63 | Pembrokeshire Tenby | English | |
| Rollo Price | Son | S | 30 | School Master | Brecknock Brecon | English |
| Frank Price | Son | S | 28 | Musician | Brecknock Brecon | English |
Price's entry in the Calendar of Prisoners
Powys County Archives
The Thomas Price involved in J J Frost v Thomas Price was 66 years old at the time of the offence, and a sawyer.
Powys County Archives
He admitted his guilt at the Quarter Sessions:
"I broke the stone that was there because the other one had been taken from there.
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