Horse-drawn transport in Crickhowell
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Transport
Coach Builders
Horse-drawn transport in Crickhowell
Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery
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Powys County Archives
| 1891 Census | ||||||
| 41 Watton | ||||||
| Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | English/Welsh speaker |
| Herbert C J Rich | Head | M | 71 | Retired coachbuilder |
Corby Ionian Islands - British subject |
English |
| Herbert C J Rich | Son | M | 38 | Coachbuilder | Brecon St Mary | English |
| Emily G Rich | Daughter in law | M | 36 | Brecon St Mary | Both | |
| Jane Rich | Grandaughter | 13 | Scholar | Brecon St Mary | English | |
| Norah R Rich | Grandaughter | 11 | Scholar | Brecon St Mary | English | |
| Herbert C J Rich | Grandson | 9 | Scholar | Brecon St Mary | English | |
| Sidney C G Rich | Grandson | 7 | Scholar | Brecon St Mary | English | |
| Rose L Rich | Grandaughter | 5 | Scholar | Brecon St Mary | English | |
| Annie Bather | Servant | S | 25 | General Servant | Brecon St Mary | Both |
| Elizabeth Rogers | Servant | S | 19 | General Servant | Breconshire Llanfrynach | English |
Herbert Rich's son was also acting as junior deputy registrar of marriages for Brecon Union according to Kelly's Directory of 1895.
By the time of publication of Kelly's Directory, the father of an engine driver had set himself up as a coachbuilder. Joseph Bregazzi advertised in the Directory as:
"Bregazzi, Joseph E. (successor to the late Henry Evans), coachbuilder & wheelwright, waggonettes and phaetons, dog carts and every description of vehicle built to order; estimates given; St David's Street Llanfaes."
Another coachbuilder was William R King. King had two sons employed in the coaching business too, both as painters.
| 1891 Census | |||||||
| 13 St Michael Street, Brecon | |||||||
| Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | Disabilities | English/Welsh speaker |
| William R King | Head | M | 67 | Coachbuilder | Gloucestershire Bristol | English | |
| Mary Ann King | Wife | M | 56 | Breconshire Brecon | Deaf | English | |
| Bessie King | Dau | S | 23 | Breconshire Brecon | English | ||
| Charles King | Son | S | 17 | Coach Painter | Breconshire Brecon | English | |
| Edward King | Son | S | 15 | Coach Painter | Breconshire Brecon | English | |
| Bertram Poole | Nephew | 11 | Scholar | Herefordshire Hereford | English | ||
Wheelwright in Radnorshire
Radnorshire Museum