Great Pool Hall

Great Pool Hall is a grade II* listed building

Map of Great Pool Hall Farm in 1843

Early 1900s	Early 2000s
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1561 Deeds Thomas ap John alias Taylor sold to Thomas ap Rice Howell.
1600 Deeds John ap Rees Powell Grono settled land and a water-mill on his son and heir-apparent Richard John ap Rees.
1603 Deeds Mary Powell, widow of John Powell, son of John Powell Llewellin, settled on their son William Powell all those lands purchased by John Powell from John Rees ap Howell Grono.
1619 Deeds This is when the house appears to have been built; this date with the letters I. P., for John Powell, is punched on the knocker of the back door, as well as cast in a leaden hopper under the roof, and in the hall it is in large figures in the plaster ceiling.
1661 Deeds John Powell sold to Thomas Morgan, William Jones and Richard John Powell..
1673 Bradney Thomas Powell, nephew of John Powell, the builder of Pool Hall appears in Blome's List of Gentry as 'of Pool-hale Gent'. He was the father of William Powell. His son, James, had a daughter Ann. William Powell's brother-in-law, John Tate, lived at Pool Hall until his and William's deaths.
1714 Wills John Tate, Gentleman of Poole Hall
1718 Bradney The estate and manor were let to Samuel Watkins.
1772 Wills Samuel Watkins of Pool-hall, gent.
1773 Memorials Samuel Watkins of Pool-hall, gent. died 7 Feb., aged 73.
1779 Wills John Watkins of Pool Hall, gent [younger son of Samuel Watkins].
1781 Memorials Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Watkins, died 28 Feb., aged 73.
c1787 Bradney Ann, daughter of James Powell, died without issue and left the estate to the family of a cousin, Rachel Turton. She, or her son Zouch Turton, sold Pool Hall towards the end of the eighteenth century to Richard Lee of Clytha. It passed to his daughter Mary, wife of John Jones. The property passed to one of their daughters as her marriage portion.
1801 Memorials William Watkins died 23 Apr., aged 53.
1823 Marriages Elizth Morgan, lodges as a servant at Pool Hall in this parish for over 6 months and is over 21 years of age.
1824 Memorials James James, late of great Pool Hall died 31 Jan, aged 77.
1830 Memorials Ann James the wife of James James, late of Great Poolhall died 12 Jan, aged 86.
1841 Census: Great Pool Hall
George Jones Catherine Jones Ann Jones Kate Jones James Jones Caroline Jones Sarah Jones Eliza Leeks John Embry			45 30 7 5 3 1 15 15 20	Farmer Female servant Female servant Male servant	Monmouthshire Monmouthshire Monmouthshire Monmouthshire Monmouthshire Monmouthshire Not Monmouthshire Monmouthshire Not Monmouthshire
1843 Ttithe survey George Jones was the occupier of 193 acres owned by Mrs Mary Jones.
1848 Monmouthshire Beacon Pool Hall Estate advertised for sale
1848 Deeds Great Pool Hall Farm, in the occupation (as tenant) of widow [Mary] Jones, sold to Colonel John Francis Vaughan.
1848-1851 Bradney Colonel Vaughan of Courtfield resided at Pool Hall, which he left to his younger son Reginald Vaughan.
1851 Census
Mary James William James Robert Folly	Head Son Visitor	Wid Unm Mar	56 17 40	Housekeeper Scholar	Kings Caple, Herefordshire Goodrich, Herefordshire Goodrich, Herefordshire
1861 Census
MISSING: not enumerated in either Llangattock Lingoed or Llanvetherine
1871 Census: Great Pool Farm (Llanvetherine)
David Johnson Sarah Johnson Elizabeth G. Johnson Samuel G. Johnson Robert G. Johnson David Johnson Walter Johnson Edith Johnson Edgar D. Johnson George A. Johnson Thomas Price Charles Davies Elizabeth Mason	Head Wife Daur Son Son Son Son Daur Son Son Serv Serv Serv	Mar Mar Unm Unm Unm	42 41 21 20 16 12 10 5 3 11mths 21 15 15	Farmer of 350 acres employing 2 labs & 2 boys Farmers Son Farmers Son Farmers Son Farmers Son Indoor Farm Servant Indoor Farm Servant	Clodock, Herefordshire Clodock, Herefordshire Llantillio Crossenny, Monmouthshire Llantillio Crossenny, Monmouthshire Llanvetherine, Monmouthshire Llanvetherine, Monmouthshire Llanvetherine, Monmouthshire Llanvetherine, Monmouthshire Llanvetherine, Monmouthshire Llanvetherine, Monmouthshire Presteigne, Radnorshire Abergavenny, Monmouthshire Barnsley, Yorkshire
1881 Census: Great Poolhall
Sarah Johnson Elizabeth Johnson Robert Johnson David Johnson Walter Johnson Edith Johnson Edgar Johnson George A. Johnson Tom A. Johnson Joe Williams Job Saunders Mary Morgan	Head Dau Son Son Son Dau Son Son Son Serv Serv Serv	Wid Unm Unm Unm Unm Unm Unm Unm Unm Unm Unm Unm	54 31 25 23 21 15 13 10 9 22 27 15	Farmer 350 acres Farmer's daughter Farmer's son Farmer's son Farmer's son Farmer's daughter Farmer's son Farmer's son Scholar Farm servant Farm servant General servant	Clodock, Herefordshire Llantilio Crossenny Llangattock Lingoed Llangattock Lingoed Llangattock Lingoed Llangattock Lingoed Llangattock Lingoed Llangattock Lingoed Llangattock Lingoed Hereford Llangattock Lingoed Lanfoist
1891 Census: Great Pool Farm
Elizabeth Johnson Edith Johnson Tom Johnson Edwin Nelson George Woods Emily Prosser	Head Sister Brother Serv Serv Serv	Unm Unm Unm Unm Unm Unm	40 24 19 60 12 14	Assisting farmer (employer) Garden assistant Farm servant Farm servant Servant domestic	Llandeilo Llangattock Lingoed Llangattock Lingoed London Llangattock Lingoed Blaenavon
1901 Census: Pool Hall Farm
Walter Johnson Olive Johnson Gladys Johnson Edwin W. Cole Mary J. Leaf John C. Phillips Edwin Pritchard John Owen	Head Wife Niece Visitor Serv Serv Serv Serv	Mar Mar Unm Unm Unm Unm Unm Unm	40 37 8 32 20 45 14 32	Farmer (employer) Draper Cowman Agricultural labourer Agricultural labourer	Llanvetherine Diptford, Devon Llanfihangel Grosmont Llangattock Llanddewi Rhydderch Llantilio Crossenny Oldbury, Shropshire
1911 Census: Great Pool Hall
Walter Johnson Olive Johnson Lervington Pinhey Elizabeth Pinhey Edgar Davies Albert Thomas Hancorn Amy Francesa Robertson	Head Wife Visitor Visitor Servant Servant Servant	Married Married (19yrs) Married Married (55yrs) Single Single Single	50 47 79 82 20 20 17	Farmer Retired Farmer Waggoner on Farm Cowman on Farm General Servant (Domestic)	Monmouthshire Devonshire Devonshire Monmouthshire Herefordshire Monmouthshire
1921 Census: Great Poolhall
Walter Johnson Olive Johnson Charles H. Sayer Maude Gunner John Tonge George Wilkins	Head Wife Visitor Servant Servant	Married Married Married Single Single	60y9m 56y6m 70y9m 18y3m 13y10m 70y6m	Farmer (Employer) Retired (Own account) General Domestic Servant (Great Pool Hall) Labourer General	Llanvetherine, Monmouthshire Diptford, Devonshire Dewchurch, Herefordshire Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire Llantilio Pertholey, Monmouthshire Monmouth, Monmouthshire
1939 Register: Great Pool Hall
Richard T Jeremy Florence A Jeremy Edna M Humphries William S Humphries George A Withers Plus one other		M F F M M	M M M M S	2 June 1883 6 Mch 1893 27 July 1915 8 May 1912 1 July 1920	Farm Bailiff Domestic Duties Domestic Duties Omnibus Driver General Farm Worker