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Houses and homes in Tredegar during the 19th century A Key Stage 2 Educational Resource Pack Part 9—Teachers’ Notes, Further Activities & Sources
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Teachers’ Notes Use of the materials included in this pack as a learning resource or case study will be relevant to the following programmes of study: Wales KS2 / History Changes to people’s daily lives in the locality in the nineteenth century Wales KS3 / History Changes that happened in Wales, Britain and the wider world between 1760 and 1914 and people’s reactions to them This resource pack was produced, as the result of the generous support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and Cymal, by the Access to Heritage Project, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Bedwellty House, Morgan Street, Tredegar, NP22 3XN [Email: heritage@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk; Web: www.access2heritagebg.co.uk; Tel: 01495 355662]. Many of the activities suggested in this resource need to be undertaken by visiting Tredegar Museum, which welcomes school visits by prior arrangement. The museum is situated within Tredegar Library, The Circle, Tredegar, NP22 3PS. Visits are free of charge. Many of the visual resources used in this resource pack were kindly supplied by the Tredegar Community Archive Group who are based at Tredegar Museum. The archive contains an extensive collection of images from Tredegar’s past and can be accessed by contacting Tredegar Museum by email or by visiting the museum. [Tel: 01495-726506 or email: archiveclub@hotmail.co.uk].
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Further activities
Blaenau Gwent Local Studies Resource Centre at Tredegar library is an excellent, free resource, which is available for research. It welcomes school visits by prior arrangement. It contains an extensive library of books, journals, directories, maps, newspapers and photographs of Blaenau Gwent and, provides free access to online family history resources such as Ancestry and Findmypast, which include census, birth, marriage and burial records. Please contact Tredegar Library, The Circle, Tredegar, NP22 3PS [Tel: 01495 357869 or email: tredegar.library@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk].
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Opened in 2011 at the former steelworks site at Ebbw Vale, the Gwent Archives Service offers free research facilities and advice for teachers and schools. It contains an unrivalled and unique collection of historical records for Gwent, which are available for research; it welcomes school visits by prior arrangement. Please contact: Gwent Archives, General Offices, Steelworks Road, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 6DN [Email: enquiries@gwentarchives.gov.uk; Web: www.gwentarchives.gov.uk; Tel: 01495 353363].
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In order to compare the homes of ordinary people with those of the rich, it is recommended that you also visit Bedwellty House and Park, which is within a very short walking distance of Tredegar town library and museum. Bedwellty House, which was built in 1817, was the home of Tredegar ironmaster, Samuel Homfray. Later, it became Tredegar Council’s administrative headquarters. Recently refurbished, Bedwellty House can cater for school visits and offers children’s activities as well as a changing exhibition and events programme throughout the year. Please contact: Bedwellty House and Park, Morgan Street, Tredegar, NP22 3XN [Web: www.bedwelltyhouseandpark.co.uk; 01495-353370]
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Sources: Pages 6 & 7: from ‘The development of Tredegar’ by John B. Hilling. Gwent local history - Journal of Gwent Local History Council, No. 94 (Spring 2003), pp. 60, 65 Page 8: ‘Abercarne, Monmouthshire, 1815’ by Frances Bunsen. Newport Library collection Page 9: The Elled Patch, Beaufort, South Wales. British Geological Survey. National Museum of Wales collection Page 10: ‘Bird’s eye view of Tredegar’. Postcard c.1910. Tredegar Community Archive Group Page 11: Samuel Homfray c.1790. Private Collection. Page 12: ‘Blaen-y-cwm, Tredegar’. Postcard c.1910. Tredegar Community Archive Group Pages 13 & 14: ‘Sketch of the Tredegar Iron Works August 7th 1809’ by Richard Fothergill junior. Gwent Archives collection D1147.13 Page 15: from ‘The development of Tredegar’ by John B. Hilling. Gwent local history - Journal of Gwent Local History Council, No. 94 (Spring 2003), p. 67 Page 16: Aerial Photograph by Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales collection. Ref: 99-CS-0421 Page 17: Samuel Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary of England & Wales, 1831 Pages 20 & 21: Carpenter’s Yard Clearance Order 1936. Tredegar Community Archive Group Page 22: Queen Street (No.17), Tredegar, 1966. Tredegar Community Archive Group Pages 23 & 24: Upper Coronation Street, Tredegar, 1966. Tredegar Community Archive Group Page 25: Queen Street (No.17) [left], Howy Terrace [right], Tredegar, 1966. Tredegar Community Archive Group Page 26: The Wells (No.2) , Tredegar, 1966. Tredegar Community Archive Group
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Pages 27 to 29, 32, 39, 41 & 42: Engine Row (cottage reconstruction) at Blaenafon Ironworks, Cadw Page 30: (Extract from) Report on the Mining Districts of South Wales, H.S.Tremenheere, 1839-40 Page 31: (Extract from) Inquiry into the Employment & Condition of Children in Mines & Manufactories, 1842 Pages 37 & 38: Joseph Parry’s cottage (reconstruction) at No.4 Chapel Row, Merthyr Tydfil Page 40: ‘Rushlight holders’. Cyfarthfa Castle Museum collection Page 43: (Extract from) The Bristol Mercury (newspaper) April 15, 1865 Page 46: Carpenter’s Yard Clearance Order 1936. Tredegar Community Archive Group Pages 47 to 65: 1911 census for Carpenter’s Yard, Tredegar. National Archives Pages 68 to 72: 1881 census for Carpenter’s Yard, Tredegar. National Archives Page 75: Tredegar 1864. Artist unknown. Tredegar Community Archive Group Pages 76 to 80: 1851 census for Carpenter’s Yard, Tredegar. National Archives Pages 84 & 85: Data from www.VisionofBritain.org.uk—University of Portsmouth Pages 87 & 89: Drawings by Dewi Bowen. Pages 90 to 102: (Extracts from) ‘The condition of labour in Mid-Cardiganshire in the early 19th century’ by W.J. Lewis. Ceredigion - Journal of Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society, Vol.4, No. 4 (1963), pp. 321-335; ‘Distress and discontent in Cardiganshire 1814-1819’ by D.J.V. Jones. Ceredigion - Journal of Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society, Vol.5, No.3 (1966), pp. 280-289; ‘Cardiganshire’s rural exodus: a study of 19th century migration’ by Kathryn J. Cooper, Unpublished Ph.D thesis, University of Leicester, 2009 Page 92: Thatched roof cottage, Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa c.1885. National Library of Wales Collection, Ref: (WlAbNL)003381774 Page 102: Harvest scene—James Price. National Library of Wales Collection Ref: (WlAbNL)003381769
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Page 104: (Extract from) Report on the Mining Districts of South Wales, H.S.Tremenheere, 1839-40 Pages 105 to 107, 131: (Extracts from) Inquiry into the Employment and Condition of Children in Mines and Manufactories, 1842 Page 108: (Extract from) Report of Commission of Enquiry into the State of Education in Wales,1847 Pages 109 & 110: 3 storey houses at Beaufort Road, Sirhowy Hill, Tredegar, 1960s. Tredegar Community Archive. Page 111: Upper Mount Pleasant Street, Tredegar, 1966. Tredegar Community Archive Group. Page 113: Book of drawings of views in Cardiganshire. Welsh Primitive. c. 1840. National Library of Wales. PA6784 Page 114: (Extract from) History of Tredegar, Evan Powell, 1884. Page 123: Flat irons. Cyfarthfa Castle Museum collection Page 124: ‘Woman ironing in the kitchen, 1 October 1936’. Daily Herald. Photograph by Harold Tomlin. Science & Society Picture Library. DOMA000238 Page 126: Rendell family portrait, Tredegar Museum collection. Page 127: Children at Red Lion Square, around 1900. Tredegar Museum collection. Pages 128 & 129: William Clayton portraits, National Museum of Wales collection. Page 130: William Clayton portraits, Cyfarthfa Castle Museum collection. Page 134: ‘Miners digging for coal, South Wales, 24 June 1931’. Daily Herald. Photograph by James Jarche. Science & Society Picture Library. MIND000167 Pages 135 & 174: ‘Miner's wife washing her husband after work, June 1931’. Daily Herald. Photograph by James Jarche. Science & Society Picture Library. MINA100844 Page 136: General store, Georgetown, Tredegar. Tredegar Community Archive Group.
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Page 137: (Extract from) Report of Commission of Enquiry into the State of Education in Wales,1847 Pages 142 & 145: ‘The Appearance after death of a victim to the Indian Cholera’. Wellcome Trust Collection. Page 143: ‘How Cholera affects the body’. World Health Organisation. Page 144: Morning Chronicle, 31 October 1832 Page 146 & 161 to 167: Bedwellty Parish Burial Register 1815-1855. Gwent Archives collection. D.Pa.14.21 Page 148: Gravestone of William Thomas, Tredegar Museum collection. Page 149: (Extract from) History of Tredegar, Evan Powell, 1884; North Wales Chronicle, 22 January 1833 Page 150: Cholera at Merthyr Tydfil. Aberdare Library collection. Page 151, 153 & 159: (Extract from) History of Tredegar, Evan Powell, 1884 Page 155: 1851 census for 7 Heater’s Row, Tredegar. National Archives Page 156: (Extract from) Report of The Commissioner in the Mining Districts, 1850 Pages 157 & 158: Cholera posters, 1853 & 1856. Wellcome Trust Collection. Pages 169 to 176: ‘A day in the life of Aunt Lizzie’ by George Jenkins, Blaenau Gwent Heritage Forum. Pages 169, 170, 172, 173, 176 & 185: Tredegar Community Archive Group collection. Page 175: National Trust collection. Pages 177 to 180: (Extracts) Inquiry into the Employment & Condition of Children in Mines & Manufactories, 1842 A note on copyright: Copyright is reserved for all sources contained in this resource. Permission to reproduce, copy or publish any of the enclosed images and text in any form including digital copying and electronic formats is strictly forbidden. Application for reproduction must be made to the appropriate repository cited above. Please send any enquiries to the Access to Heritage Project at Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council.