A Llanelli Chronology
The information in this section is an edited version taken from Llanelli - Birth of a Town a CdRom by William and Benita Rees
1700 to 1799
1700 The small town of Llanelli consisted of a cluster of buildings around the church dedicated to St Elli and the mansion house known as Llanelly House. There were also two ‘suburbs’, one at Seaside and the other in the Bigyn area. The main occupation of the male inhabitants was that of husbandmen, with a few sailors and colliers.
At this time the town market was held in the churchyard when the cockle stands were placed around the Old Cross, and butter was sold under an old sycamore tree where the Raby family tomb was later placed.
The Revd Lewis Nicholl was still the vicar of Llanelli.
1701 Goodig or Gwdig – situated on a hillside between Burry Port and Llanelli, overlooking the Burry Estuary – originally a four-storey house was probably rebuilt or restored. A stone bearing the inscription T.P.E. 1701 was discovered in the front wall. Goodig was a farm until the farmhouse was transformed into a small ‘Plas’ towards the end of the century.
1703 Margaret Vaughan (widow of John Vaughan who died in 1669), mother of Walter, Jemimah Anne, Mary and Margaret, died and her vast estates were left to her children
Joseph Child was born. He was the father of Henry Child who came to Llanelli as a boy to work for the Stepney family of Llanelly House.
1705 The Llanelli Estate was divided by a Deed of Partition between the co-heiresses Jemimah, Anne, Mary and Margaret Vaughan. Machynys passed to Mrs Anne Lloyd of Cwmgwili (Walter Vaughan’s sister) until she bequeathed it to her younger sister Margaret Vaughan (wife of Sir Thomas Stepney, 5th Baronet). Llanelly House also passed to Mrs Anne Lloyd of Cwmgwili, who lived at Cwmgwili with her second husband Griffith Lloyd.
1706 Mrs Anne Lloyd, who had married twice, died 1706/1707. Anne’s first husband was her kinsman Charles Vaughan and her second husband was Griffith Lloyd. Although she married twice she died without having children.
1707 Three hundred ships loaded with coal sailed from the town and the increase in coal production saw an influx of workers to the area.
1709 The vast estates built up by John Vaughan and his father Walter Vaughan in the previous century had passed to six female descendants.
Adulam, the oldest of Llanelli’s Chapels was founded. Baptisms had been carried out in the Felinfoel district long before the Chapel was established.
1710 Although the Toleration Act allowed freedom for the Non-conformists the ministers had to serve large areas and the economic conditions meant that there was little money available from the small congregations. Many Non-conformists decided to move away and nine people from Llanelli emigrated to Pennsylvania in the United States.
The Revd Benjamin Lloyd was appointed vicar of Llanelli in February 1710 and remained there until 1734. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset, as impropriators, held the tithes.
1712 Thomas Newcomen invented his steam pump, which began to revolutionise coal mining, allowing workings to be taken to greater depths.
Dorothy Vaughan, daughter of Jemimah and Richard Vaughan of Torycoed, married John Allen.
1714 Sir Thomas Stepney, 5th Baronet, renovated Llanelly House and the original lead rainwater spouts on the building (which can still be seen) bear the date 1714 and the Stepney Coat of Arms.
John Stepney (later 6th Baronet), married Elinor only child of John Lloyd of Buwchllaethwen, Llangennech.
1719 Jane, daughter of John Price of Penyfan and Goodig, married Hector Rees of Cilymaenllwyd.
1721 Penyfan was mentioned in Evan Price’s will. Evan was the only son of John Price of Penyfan and Goodig.
1724 John Lloyd of Buwchllaethwen Llangennech, died and his only child Elinor (wife of John Stepney, later 6th Baronet), inherited his estates which included Blaen Hiraeth in the Parish of Llanelli.
John Allen, JP, who was married to Dorothy Vaughan (widow of John Parker from Devon and daughter of Jemimah Vaughan of Llanelli), was one of only four Carmarthenshire Sheriffs from Llanelli and left £5 per annum to be spent on Bibles for the poor.
A writer commented that ‘Llanelli drove a pretty good trade in coals’.
Margaret Vaughan (who had married Sir Thomas Stepney, 5th Baronet), inherited family estates from her sister Anne (Vaughan) Lloyd of Cwmgwili.
1725 Thomas Stepney was born. He was the son of John Stepney and Elinor (nee Lloyd), who later became Sir Thomas Stepney 7th Baronet.
1726 Mary Vaughan, another of Walter Vaughan’s sisters died.
1727 A visitor described Llanelli as a ‘Tolerably small town’.
Evan Price died around this time and his daughter Anne who married John Thomas, Gentleman of Trecyrn, Llanwinio, eventually went to live at Goodig.
1728 Dorothy daughter of Jemimah Vaughan died.
1730 Between 1730 and 1740 Abraham Derby found an efficient way of using a coke instead of charcoal for smelting iron. Iron became available in larger quantities giving a major boost to engineering technology and the eventual development of the railway system.
The Methodist movement had begun to emerge and was said to have been introduced to Llanelli by Howell Harries, born in Trefeca, who sowed the seeds of Methodism in Wales. The butler to Sir Thomas Stepney is said to have conducted services for the staff in the kitchen of Llanelly House.
John Evans was licensed to be the curate of Llanelli.
1733 Margaret Vaughan, the fourth sister of Walter Vaughan died and her estate passed to her husband Thomas Stepney, 5th Baronet. Sir Thomas developed the town’s export trade and formed a type of harbour at Llanelly Flats.
1734 Elinor (wife of John Stepney, 6th Baronet), died at the very young age of 32 years. Elinor and John had four children, Mary, Justina Anne, Thomas Stepney junior who later became 7th Baronet, and John Vaughan Stepney who died in infancy on 7th April 1730 aged 3 years two months and 3 days.
The Revd Richard Davies was appointed vicar of Llanelli and the tithes were still held by Charles, Duke of Somerset.
1738 William Roderick was born at Myddynfych around this time. He later married Sarah Jones and they lived at Brynhafod later moving to Bradbury Hall, Llanelli.
1740 Benjamin Huntsman, a Sheffield clockmaker, invented a method of making high quality steel from carbonised wrought iron and ‘Sheffield Steel’ was the result.
1741 Revd James Pinaud followed Richard Davies as vicar of Llanelli Parish Church and lived in a thatched cottage near to where Church Street used to be. He his known to have kept meticulous records.
1742 Robert Dunn visited the town, which was described as ‘the burrough of Llanelly’
Henry Child senior was born. He later became agent to the Stepney family and a successful local businessman.
1743 Dorothy (one of Jemimah Vaughan’s daughters), widow of John Parker who had then married John Allen, died without issue.
1744 Sir Thomas Stepney, 5th Baronet, died and his son John Stepney became 6th Baronet. The 6th Baronet became a wealthy landowner by inheriting his father’s estate and through his marriage to the heiress Elinor Lloyd.
1745 All over Britain large areas of Common Land were enclosed as Private Enclosure Acts were passed to establish ownership.
1748 John Stepney, 6th Baronet, died and his son Thomas Stepney became 7th Baronet at the age of 23 and became deeply involved in Llanelli’s early industrialisation. Thomas had married the wealthy heiress Elizabeth (Elinor) Lloyd, daughter of Captain Thomas Lloyd (of Trehir & Danyrallt) and Elizabeth Vaughan (of Cwrt Derllys & Derwydd). Elinor’s mother, Elizabeth Vaughan, had married twice, firstly her kinsman John Vaughan and then Captain Thomas Lloyd. This meant that Elizabeth (Elinor) Lloyd (wife of the 7th Baronet) was heiress to Derwydd and Danyrallt.
Between 1748 and 1752 Thomas Bowen leased coal under land belonging to Sir Thomas Stepney, 7th Baronet. Bowen is known to have started mining in the Bynea area shortly after being granted the coal leases.
1749 Henry Squire, a shipwright, David Evans, an apothecary and John Beynon of Swansea Industrials showed an interest in Llanelli.
1750 Many of the Banks established from the 1750s were evolved from existing businesses and the early Llanelli Banks were no exception. The industrialists and entrepreneurs who came to town formed their own Banks and some printed their own Bank notes.
The Mansel’s of Stradey are known to have opened the first two collieries in Llanelly.
Daniel Shewen established and worked an iron furnace on the Stradey estate at Cwmddyche, later taken over by Givers and Ingman.
Sir Thomas Stepney, 7th Baronet, is known to have established a form of harbour at Llanelly Flats.
Llanelli’s coalfield began to be developed by Swansea industrialists Squire Evans and Beynon who introduced waggons and waggon ways. Other Swansea industrialists also helped to develop the town’s shipping industry.
1750 Lime had always been important but from this period it became an essential commodity as both the farming community and local industry needed it. This created business for local shipping, since the limestone was transported by boats along the Llwchwr Estuary, from Kidwelly and the Gower. The limestone was then treated in local lime kilns, which had been established on the banks of the River Llwchwr and its estuary.
1752 Chauncey Townsend, another Swansea Industrialist, showed an interest in the town. Between 1752 and 1762 Townsend was granted 99 years leases for most of the area’s coal resources which gave him a monopoly of the local coal trade.
Thomas Bowen was shipping coal by 1752.
1753 Sir Thomas Stepney, 7th Baronet, continued to develop his export interests and a cargo of salt is recorded as arriving at Llanelli from Lisbon.
1754 Charles Nevill was born. He became a button manufacturer in Birmingham and moved to Swansea to manage a copperworks before founding a copperworks at Llanelli.
A map describes Machynys Mansion House, a large double-pile edifice, prominent from the sea as ‘Machynys, Stepney Baronet’.
1755 The Marquis and Marchioness of Granby were known to be the impropriators and held the tithes of Llanelli.
1757 John Price of Penyfan and Goodig died some time after 1757 leaving his estate to his two sisters, Jane who married Hector Rees of Cilymaenllwyd, and Anne who married John Thomas of Trecyrn, Llanwinio
Exports of coal had risen to 637 tons.
A plan drawn by William Jones, surveyor, of Loughor shows Machynys House, a landmark for sailors belonging to Sir Thomas Stepney Baronet, a seat on high land, an island in Spring Tides. The house was lived in from time to time by members of the Stepney family and several portraits once adorned its walls.
Chauncey Townsend had constructed waggons and waggon ways to carry coal from Llwynhendy and Maesarddafen to his shipping places at Dafen Pill.
1758 Sir Thomas, 7th Baronet, had by inheritance and purchase become owner of three-quarters of the Vaughan family’s Llanelli Estate. He also inherited additional lands, mainly from his wife Elizabeth Eleanora (Elinor) Lloyd’s inheritance. He had become a major landowner exceeding that of Walter Vaughan before the Deed of Partition in 1705. Sir Thomas lived mainly at Danyrallt and London and employed Land Agents to oversee his many interests. One of his Agents was Henry Child who came to Llanelli at as a boy to work for the Stepney family.
Buwchllaethwen mansion was described as 65 acres and lands adjoining the mansion as being 8 acres and was known as the seat of Sir Thomas Stepney 7th Baronet. Sir Thomas did not reside at the Mansion which later passed to his son Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet.
1760 Sea travel was still the main mode of transport and plundering and looting of ships had reached epidemic proportions.
The partnership of Squire, Evans and Beynon worked their coal resources from 1749 to 1760. From 1760 Squire and Evans continued the partnership together until about 1772 when Evans continued alone.
Hector Rees of Penyfan (formerly of Cilymaenllwyd), husband of Jane Price, died. Penyfan passed to their younger son Edward Rees.
1761 Machynys, a house and grounds surrounded by water, was turned into a farm with 228 acres of land and had a Mr Morris as tenant.
The Revd James Pinaud, Vicar of Llanelli Parish Church died and a temporary curate was appointed.
1762 The parish of Llanelli was in the care of a curate named John Jones until a new vicar was appointed.
The Revd Theophilus Davies was appointed vicar of Llanelli and served the community for 25 years until his death in 1787. Samuel Morris was licensed to serve as a curate for Llanelli and the daughter churches for £10 a year.
1763 Elizabeth Thomas married sea captain John Wedge of St Ives, Cornwall, and inherited Goodig, where they settled. Their eldest son, also called John Wedge, made a chart of the Burry Estuary in 1805, lived at the family home until he died in 1853 aged 88 years.
1765 A Petition was presented to Parliament on 12th February for permission to turnpike 20 roads in Carmarthen covering 200 miles of neglected highway. As a result of this, companies known as Turnpike Trusts were formed and were given Government approval to take charge of tollgates.
The Kidwelly Turnpike Trust developed a road system from Pontardulais, through Llangennech and on to Llanelli and Carmarthen. One of the main investors in the turnpike road was Sir Thomas Stepney, 7th Baronet.
1766 Chauncey Townsend developed a major colliery at Genwen in the Bynea area.
1767 Townsend constructed a canal, known as Spitty Canal, to link his waggon way to the colliery. His shipping place was known as ‘Townsend’s Pill’.
John Stepney (later 8th Baronet), became Member of Parliament for Monmouth. He did not live at Llanelli because his interests and whole way of life was outside the town.
1768 Edward Rees died sometime after 1768 and his estate passed to his sister Jane’s children. Jane had married John Johnes of Dolau Cothi in 1758 and some of their younger children lived at Penyfan.
John Wesley preached outside The Ship Inn, which was situated close to the Parish Church. One of the town’s oldest hostelries, The Ship Inn was vacated in the 1950s and used as a store and for other temporary uses before being demolished along with other properties adjacent to the Church. John Wesley visited the town to preach on six occasions between 1768 and 1788 and a commemoration plaque is now fixed to Library Wall.
1770 James Buckley was one of 11 children born to Mark Buckley who married his namesake Alice Buckley, in Oldham. Later Buckley married Maria, daughter of Henry Child, Agent to the Stepney family of Llanelli.
1770 William Roderick from Myddynfych, Llandybie, became involved in Llanelli’s coal industry. As Agent to the Alltycadno Estate Roderick knew of the potential of the partly developed coalfield, and later persuaded local man Thomas Bowen to enter into partnership with him.
Chauncey Townsend died and left control of his business interests to his son-in-law John Smith and his possessions to his children, James, Elizabeth, Charlotte and Sarah. Elizabeth had married John Smith, Charlotte had married John Oliver Willyams and Sarah had married The Revd Thomas Biddulph.
Thomas Bowen, a local man who is thought to have constructed a canal linking with the River Dafen, was still active in the area.
The partnership of Henry Squire and David Evans continued to exploit their resources, having introduced the steam engine, waggons and waggon ways.
The Revd Thomas of Ffosyrefail, an Independent Preacher visited Llanelli and gave his first sermon. He also visited the town on a number of other occasions to preach.
1771 Henry Child junior was born. He followed his father into the brewery trade.
1772 The route of one of the two great mail coach roads between London and Milford Haven was via the ferry across the River Severn to Chepstow, Newport, Cardiff, Neath, Swansea, Pontardulais, Llangennech, Llanelli and Carmarthen, where it linked up with the inland route.
The Swansea Turnpike Road ended just below the Gwyn Hotel in Pontarddulais and the Kidwelly Trust Turnpike Road started near the Red Lion Hotel on the opposite side of the River Llwchwr Bridge from where Llanedi Parish started.
Sir Thomas Stepney, 7th Baronet, died at the age of 48 and his son John inherited his estate and became the 8th Baronet. He also inherited Machynys, which had been turned into a farm. Unlike his predecessors Sir John spent most of his time away from Llanelli and probably never visited the town.
An avenue of trees began at the shrubbery of Llanelly House and led, almost unbroken, all the way to Machynys.
From about this time David Evans (of the partnership Squire, Evans & Beynon) continued working his interests alone, Henry Squire either having left the area or died.
1773 Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet, sold his Prendergast Estate in Pembrokeshire.
1774 Colley, butler to the Stepney family left Llanelly House and the Methodist Services were carried on by another member of staff.
1775 Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet, went on diplomatic mission to Dresden as British Envoy.
William Rees, son of John Rees of Cwmddyche and Maesarddafen, was born. This William Rees (known as the Elder) became a leading figure in the 19th century social and political life of the town.
1776 Llanelly House was described as a mansion containing 26 rooms, also 4 closets, with outside dairy, stable and garden. Inside the house 22 large family portraits in gilt frames were hung in ‘The Gallery’.
1776 Joshua Wedge (younger brother of John Wedge (1765-1853) of Goodig), was born. He soon built Penyfai and his daughter Elizabeth later married James Buckley (1802-1883), a devout member of the Wesleyan Society and they both lived at Penyfai.
1779 The Kidwelly Turnpike Trust obtained Parliamentary approval in 1779 to acquire control of the road from Pemberton through Llwynhendy to Loughor. However Loughor Bridge was not built until much later and traffic had to use the ferry to cross from the Bynea side to the Swansea side of the river.
1780 Charles Nevill (junior) was born. Charles was the son of Charles Nevill (senior) and his first wife. His father was a businessman from Birmingham who later came to Llanelli and established the Copperworks.
1781 Richard Vaughan of Golden Grove died and his son John Vaughan (great great grandson of Jemimah Vaughan), inherited part of the Llanelli Estate. John Stepney held 3/4 of the Estate, William Langdon held 1/12 and Richard Vaughan held two of the original 1/12 shares held by Jemimah’s daughters Margaret and Rachell.
Although two members of the original partnership of Squire, Evans & Beynon from Swansea had either died or withdrawn after 1772 the remaining partner continued until 1781.
1782 William Hopkins operated a ferry across the River Llwchwr at the Loughor crossing point. His son, also William Hopkins, carried on the business until he died in 1827.
1783 Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet, moved to Berlin.
1784 William Yalden opened an iron foundry and smithy in the Wern district to make and repair machinery for iron works and collieries in the Llanelli area. Later a marriage linking the Yalden and Nevill families led to a business partnership lasting until 1842. Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet, returned from Berlin to Britain for a short while.
William Roderick of Myddynfych, Llandybie, married Sarah, daughter of tanner William Jones, in Llangathen Parish Church. He is said to have left Llandeilo for Llanelli with his partner Griffith Bowen. Bowen and Roderick were related by marriage.
1785 William Hopkins (ferry owner) was appointed Land Agent to Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet, and handled all his coal interests.
John Rees described a ‘butcher’ from Cwmddyche (Furnace), purchased Maesarddafen Farm from John Vaughan. The area known as Maesarddafen is now almost entirely occupied by Trostre Works. It was farmland that had probably been settled before the Norman occupation of the early 12th century. Maesarddafen was most likely part of a Welsh Maenor in the Commote of Carnwallon.
1786 John Smith controlled Chauncey Townsend’s (his father-in-law) extensive business interests. Smith worked very little coal after this time and his Yspitty Canal fell into disuse.
An Act of Parliament was passed requiring all British-built and owned vessels to be registered and suitable ports were granted the right to become Registration Ports. Certificates of Registration were issued for each vessel at the Port’s Custom House and a copy was entered in the Register of British Ships.
Richard Janion Nevill, son of Charles Nevill (senior) and Martha Janion, was born. He later came to Llanelli and managed the Copperworks.
1787 Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet, advertised part of his Llanelli estate and hoped to raise £23,000.
On 19 November the Revd Jeremiah Davies was appointed Vicar of Llanelli.
1788 Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet, retired from Parliament due to ill health.
1790 The introduction of new technology had enabled deep mining to be expanded on an unprecedented scale and coal continued to be Llanelli’s main export.
The shifting sands of the Burry Estuary continued to be a hazard to shipping and concerns were raised in Parliament about the number of vessels driven over the Burry Bar in violent storms.
Charles Nevill (senior) moved to Swansea from Birmingham to take charge of two Copperworks owned by Birmingham businessmen.
William Roderick of Myddynfych leased Brynhafod and Brynhafod Mill in Llangathen Parish.
1791 At the end of the 18th century there was what could be called ‘a mini population explosion’ as buildings sprung up in a triangle around the small Parish Church. Public houses such as the Ship Inn, the White Lion, the Falcon, the Carmarthen Arms and the Pelican all stood near the churchyard.
Charles Nevill (senior) was showing an interest in establishing business interests at Llanelli.
A sale, which included all of the Stepney Llanelli Estate, was advertised by Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet, who seems to have wanted to sever his connections with the town. The Llanelli Estate was not sold at this time but lands at Llangennech were sold to John Symmons of Paddington House, London. The Llangennech Estate was formed when John Symmons purchased lands from Sir John Stepney, Mary Martha Ann Margaret Mansel and possibly other local landowners.
1792 The first Wesleyan Chapel ‘Jerusalem’ was built at the bottom of Henry Child’s garden, which extended from his house in Thomas Street to the back of Wind Street, near the location of the lychgate of the Parish Church. Jerusalem, was originally for English speaking Wesleyans, the Welsh-speaking members held their services in a house at Seaside.
A survey map shows a thin grouping of buildings around the Parish Church, a small cluster to the southwest in the neighbourhood of Vauxhall and another southeast in the vicinity of Mill Lane and Park Street. Thomas Street began with the Falcon Inn, the first building on the left going up the hill with Custom House at the end of the block.
Further up the hill on the right and standing back from the road was a tithe barn fronted by an enclosure marked as ‘the Haggard’ which held impounded livestock collected as the tithe.
The parish tithes were still held by the Marquis of Granby as impropriator.
1793 John Givers and Thomas Ingman were known to have worked on an iron furnace and foundry on the Stradey Estate at Cwmyddyche around this time.
1794 William Roderick became directly involved in Llanelli’s developing coal industry, obtaining leases of all the coal under Bres, Wern, Bigyn Hill, Llanerch and Talsarnau districts. Roderick formed a partnership with Thomas Bowen and Bowen’s widowed daughter Margaret Griffith. Margaret later married Henry Eaton, one of the Trustees to the Burgesses of Llanelli. William Roderick, Bowen & Griffith built their harbour which later became known as Pemberton’s Dock.
1795 William Roderick and partners had commenced mining at the Bres and constructed a canal from their pit to their harbour at Seaside.
Lady Elizabeth Eleanora (Elinor) Stepney wife of Sir Thomas Stepney 7th Baronet, died. Sometime before 1795 Lady Stepney had retired to Bath.
Machynys Farm was advertised for sale and described as Machynis Mansion House and Island.
Buwchllaethwen was known as Llangennech House and the adjacent land known as Llangennech Park which covered 72 acres. The Mansion land was rented out to George Barlow, Esq, at a yearly rent of £8 and the adjacent Llangennech Park was rented to Mr Griffiths, who paid a yearly rental of £47 10s.
A wager was won stating that the population of Llanelli was less than 500 and a visitor described the town as ‘A miserable village close to the coast and fancy for nothing but a deserted seat of the Stepney family’.
South Wales was producing 90% of Britain’s copper and most of the smelting works were situated between Swansea and Neath. Copper was used for industrial components, weapons of war, church bells, coinage, domestic utensils and lining for ships. It took 18 tons of coal to produce 4 tons of copper, so coal was a very important and valuable commodity.
A new wave of Speculators, Industrialists and Developers turned their attention to Llanelli and Alexander Raby was the first of the English Industrialists to arrive.
1797 Vauxhall House was called Lady Mansel’s House and was located close to where the Rural Community Council Offices are situated today (2002).
Henry Child’s small brewhouse was no longer big enough to accommodate the town’s needs. Two fields known as Cae Swan Uchaf and Cae Swan Isaf, together with 2½ acres of potato gardens along the North bank of the River Lliedi, were leased as a site for a brewery.
John Smith died and his sons Henry and Charles did not develop their business interests, eventually selling out to George Warde of Bradfield, Berkshire and Francis and James Morgan of Whitechapel, London.
The Bres pit was flooded and William Roderick and Partners moved to the Wern where the seams were not so deep.
1798 Llanelli was described as ‘A sea port town with a good trade in coal.
Coal makes the population increase and multiply. Old cottages only have a ground floor but many new ones that daily strew this part of the country are built in better manner’
Trebeddrod was a farm forming part of the Stradey Estate and owned by the Mansel family. When Edward Joseph Shewen Mansel, 4th Baronet, died unmarried in 1798 the Baronetcy became extinct but his estate passed to his sister, Mary Martha Anne Margaret Mansel.
1798 Furnace House, later known as The Dell, was reputed to have been built by Alexander Raby, Ironmaster, who is thought to have lived there after the house was completed in the late 1790s or early 1800s.
Although Parliamentary approval was not necessary only five small canals, of very simple construction, without locks and situated close to tidal areas, appear to have been built in Llanelli during the period 1766 to 1798.
Maria, one of Henry Child’s daughters said to have been blessed by John Wesley as a child, married James Buckley (1770-1839), described as Itinerant Preacher, whom she met during his first visit to Llanelli. Throughout their married life Maria travelled with her husband but just before he retired Maria and James lived at Furnace House until she died in 1831.
1799 Mary Martha Anne Margaret Mansel married her first cousin Edward William Richard Shewen, who took the name Mansel in 1802.
Trebeddrod remained for the time being in the possession of the Mansel family of Stradey.
Henry Child, who was born in Freystrop, Haverfordwest, and had come to Llanelli at as a boy to work for the Sir John Stepney of Llanelli House, was widowed.
Carmarthenshire Dock, also known as Railway or Squire’s Dock (Squire Raby), was built.
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