On Wine Street at the far end was a pub called the Angel Inn. The image shows the Angel Inn in c1886 when David Jenkins and his wife Bertha Jenkins ran it. It’s possible that the photo shows David Jenkins and his wife. Almost 100 years later the Angel Inn was being...
Llantwit Major The Cinema Years. Llantwit Major had a cinema from 1939 until 1970. Building started in 1938, as seen in the photograph taken from the top is Stallcourt Avenue. It’s position can be located , in the insert, by being just one shop away from the Lloyds...
Wartime British Restaurant in Llantwit Major. In 1940 to combat the severity of rationing, the Government set up what was known as British Restaurants. They were essentially canteens with basic nutritional meals at reasonable prices, and most importantly they were off...
Queen’s Attorney to the Council of Wales and the Marches in the 1590’s. It remained in the hands of the family until the last heiress Jane Seys married Robert Jones of Fonmon at which time its fixtures and fittings were stripped out. Jones sold the estate but...
This simple whitewashed building on the road to Eglwys nestles between the hangars and the housing. It was established in 1807 when Thomas William brought his congregation here from Burton, Aberthaw. The land had been purchased from Thomas Redwood for five shillings....
In 1830 Bethel was “ erected for the use of the Particular Baptists”. Its first minister Jabez Lawrence was a shopkeeper in the town. It is said that the opening services were conducted by Christmas Evans, the famous one-eyed Welsh preacher. View Larger...
