Bridge End
Previously two small
railway cottages built to house railway workers from 1867 onwards, they would
have been solid cottages of standard construction with a living room, kitchen
and 2 small bedrooms, it is unlikely that they had indoor bathing or toilet
facilities, a tin bath in front of the fire and a privy down the garden would
have met these needs. The occupants changed quite regularly indicating the
changing face of the railways across the country and the need for mobility in
the workforce. Local residents remember residents who followed on including Mr
Archer, Viv John and Glyn and Esther Davies
Timeline
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1911No 1 Bridgend
Charles Morris, age 58, a railway Ganger, his wife Maria, age 51 and daughter Gladys, age 14
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1911No 2 Bridgend
Rees Jones age 43, a platelayer is now the tenant with his wife Catherine, age 41, his sons Thomas John, age 12 and Emlyn Lloyd, age 7 months, his daughters Gertrude Ann, age 11, and Agnes Ceinwen, age 2, and an adopted daughter Florence Mabel Herbert ,age 6 ( who bears the same surname as the previous tenant)
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1901No 1 Bridgend
David Davies, age 42, a platelayer , his wife Elizabeth, age 32, a son William, age 9, and 3 daughters; Anne age 8, Elizabeth age 6 and Gladys age 2
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1901No 2 Bridgend
1901 Thomas Herbert age 60 a platelayer is still here with his wife Elizabeth, and daughters Margaret ,age 24 and Anne age 23, both now General servants/ domestics -
1891No 1 Bridgend
William Powell age 60, a platelayer from Shropshire, his wife Mary, age 62, and daughter Elizabeth, age 19(a laundress presumably at one of the many local hotels)
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1891No 2 Bridgend
1891 Thomas Herbert age 51, a platelayer from Carmarthenshire, his wife Elizabeth, age 54, and daughter Margaret, age 14, a nurse and daughter Anne, age 13, a scholar -
1881No 1 Bridgend
James Campion platelayer, age 41, his wife Mary, age 41,, 4 daughters; Elizabeth, age 12, Julia age 9, Clara age 7,and Alice age 4. 1 son Alfred age 2 and mother-in-law Ann Prosser, age 86
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1881No 2 Bridgend
1881 William Vest a Railway labourer, age 72, his wife Margaret, aged 43, 6 children; John age 14, William age 12, Margaret age 10, Herbert age 7, Sydney age 4 and a baby daughter age 1 -
1871No 1 Bridgend
Samuel Jones a platelayer, age 26, his wife Anne, age 22, and 2 daughters, Sarah, age 5, and Mary, age 3, lived here
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1871No 2 Bridgend
1871 Thomas Evans, age 24, a platelayer, originally from Bishops Castle with his wife Mary, age 24 and daughter Mary, age 7 months.
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