| The map shows the area
of Neath now known as Penydre from the Inn at the left ( The
Bear ) to the building top right which is the old Workhouse
, Lletty Nedd. In
this map the road is named as Llantwit Road but in other maps we see that
various sections were known by other names. In the 1881 census the enumerator
seems to have started from Lletty Nedd and worked along the houses near
the canal towards the Bear. He then started again near Lletty Nedd to enumerate
the South side of the road.
More detailed Archive maps show various "Courts" along the Canal side. Many Courts were built "back to back" and my own memories of the houses near the canal are of houses which were two storeys on the road side and three stories on the canal side. In comparing the maps to the 1881 census a pattern emerges of back to back houses with those on the street side being enumerated as Llantwit Road or Penydre and those behind as the "Courts". Below the map is a guide as to how the houses were numbered by the enumerator. Using that guide you should be able to locate the following : Llantwit Road; Union Court(A); Jenkins Court(B); Smith`s Court(C); Davies` Court(D); Morgan`s Court(E); Jones` Court(F); Strick`s Court(G); Water`s Court(H); Nant Lane(J); Sydenham Terrace(K); Orchard Terrace(L); Public Houses : The Bear; The Star & The Farmer`s Arms |
1881 Census - Enumeration
| Move left from Lletty Nedd along North side
of street
- 21 houses - Nos 26 to 46 Llantwit Road - Last 4 of these backed by Union Court - 11 houses - Nos 47 to 57 Llantwit Road - Backed by Nos 1 to 11 of Jenkins Court - 6 houses - Nos 58 to 63 Llantwit Road - Backed by Nos 1 to 4 Smiths Court + 1 to 2 Davies Court - 3 houses - Nos 64 & 65 Llantwit Road - No 26 Penydre - The Farmer`s Arms backed by Nos 1 to 3 Morgans Court - 9 houses - Nos 27 to 35 Penydre - Backed by Nos 1 to 4 Jones` Court and Nos 1 to 5 Strick`s Court - 2 houses - Nos 36 & 37 Penydre - Backed by Nos 1 & 2 Waters Court - 18 houses - Nos 38 to 55 Penydre including the Bear The enumerator then does Park Road before coming back to do the South side of Llantwit Road starting from the Lletty Nedd end. - 25 houses - Nos 25 to 1 Llantwit Road - The Star pub being No 20 - 5 houses - Nos 5 to 1 Nant Lane - up the lane by the side of the Chapel - 24 houses - Nos 25 to 2 Penydre - These houses are shown on other maps as being Sydenham Terrace (16 houses ) and Orchard Terrace ( 8 houses ) Zoar
Penydre Schoolroom at the side of Nant Lane was not built until 1884.
It was built on the site of the old East Gate Toll Gate and as this map
was drawn in 1877, it is presumably that building which is shown in the
centre of the South side.
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