Charles Nevill (junior) 1780-1845
Cradled in Copper by Isobel Sadler, Headmistress of Copperworks School, shows a family tree with Charles Nevill living at New Road, but the 1841 census shows Charles Nevill aged 61 living at Field House, Box Railway (the family home). It is more than likely that the ‘New Road’ address was a reference to a new road that was being constructed through Sandy to Pwll that later became known as Hall Street and Pembrey Road, or a new road built between Greenfields and the new dock area, now known as Station Road. Before the Old Town Hall was built, the road to Pembrey was through Cwmbach and Stradey.
1780
Charles Nevill (junior) was born. His father was
Charles Nevill (senior) and his mother Sarah (nče Willets) Nevill.1
823Charles Nevill (junior) married Catherine Caroline Ward (born 1784).
1827
Charles Nevill, described as a businessman was appointed Deputy Receiver of Llanelly.
1832
According to a Tide Table of 1832, printed by David Griffiths of Thomas Street, Charles Nevill was Clerk to the Llanelly Harbour Commissioners.
1834
The Voters List of 1834 states that Charles Nevill was eligible to vote, having a house in King Square.
1835
Pigot’s South Wales Directory describes Charles Nevill as one of three local Ship Brokers, the others were George Evans and Alexander Raby junior.
Catherine Caroline Nevill, wife of Charles Nevill junior, died only 12 years after their marriage.
Obituary from The Cambrian 10 October 1835:
‘On the 5th instant at Llanelly after a short illness sustained with great resignation and Christian fortitude, Catherine Caroline, the beloved wife of Mr Charles Nevill, sincerely lamented by her relatives and friends.’
1841
Charles Nevill Junior, described as Ship Agent was living at Box Railway, Field House, his half brother
Richard Janion Nevill had moved to Llangennech Park. Charles probably handled cargoes of clay for William Chambers’ new pottery.1
845Charles Nevill Junior, elder son of the late Charles Nevill Senior and half brother to Richard Janion Nevill, died aged 64 years.
Obituary from The Cambrian, 7 November 1845:
'On 25th ult., aged 64 years, Charles Nevill, Esq., of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire.'
Re: Charles Nevill living at New Road:
It is more than probable that Charles lived at Vauxhall – a large double fronted house – with his parents until his mother died in 1821 aged 77.
His father had died in 1813 aged 60. Charles was 33 years old when his father died and it may be that he stayed at Vauxhall to look after his mother. Vauxhall was close to the ‘New Road that eventually ran from the Mansell’s Arms along Hall Street and on through Pembrey Road to Pwll.
He was 41 years old when his mother died and aged 43 when he married Catherine, the daughter of Thomas Ward. There was a farm called Soho on the Cwmbach Road (also known as Trimsaran Road, above Stradey Castle, which may have been the one time Llanelli home of Catherine’s family.
This was the road that would have been taken to Pwll before a ‘New Road’ was built along what is now Pembrey Road, through Sandy and along the seashore to Pwll.
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