ListOfEventsInMerthyr'sHistory

Chronological List of events in the History of Merthyr Tydfil

Compiled by Thomas Hier

47		Roman fort at Penydarren park
48		Roman fort at Penydarren park
49		Roman fort at Penydarren park
1100		Evidence of a bloomery at Morlais castle		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1140		Iestyn ap Gwrgant establishes Waun Market on Tor Van		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1254		First Documentary evidence of Saint Tydfil's Parish church	A valour ecclesiastics , a valuation of church property of that year	Merthyr Historian Vol. Three by Owain Jones
1270		listed as a Parish also in A History of the Church in the Parish of Dowlais by Hiw Williams		History of Caersalem
1272		Becomes a parish see 1282		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1282		Morlais castle built by Gilbert de Clare ( The Red ) site is 1250 ft above sea level
1282		Llewelyn ap Griffith died in his lifetime Parish listed as 1 of the 6 parishes of Senghenydd		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1286		Morlais Castle building started by Earl Gilbert		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1286		In Vaynor the Church destroyed in the battle with Gilbert de Clare & Humphrey de Bohun of Brecon . Battle known as Maes-y-faenor in the barons wars	( E. Bowen gives date as 1291 ) Morlais castle taken over by Edward 1
1541		Records show town a Parish		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1555		A casting with the kings arms & the initials E K and this date found, in a house opposite the site of the Plymouth Iron works		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1583		Thomas Morley an Iron master had a furnace in the area of Quakers Yard		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1586		Thomas Morley builds Iron forge & also built them at Castllau
1593		A Bartholomew Thomas a Iron Master sued for a debt of £20 by a Anthony Oakley & later a debt by him to a Edward Prichard for 40 marks		Industry Before the Industrial Revolution Vol. 1 by William Rees
1625		A forge existed on land owned by Sir Edward Lewis		Industry Before the Industrial Revolution Vol. 1 by William Rees
1640		Dissenters move from Blaencannid to Cwmglo	On chapel plaque " Cwmglo Pen-y Rheol -y Gerrig . Abercanaid "	History of Hen dy Cwrdd by Tom Lewis
1642		Dissenters start to worship in Blaencannaid & Penheolgerrig	Moved later to Cwmyglo 1/2 a mile away, later they built a chapel	Elwyn Bowen
1644		Dissenters start to worship in Cwmyglo & Penheolgerrig		Elwyn Bowen
1650		Date for the establishment of a Quaker community in the lower part of the parish Quakers Yard		Town Leaflet
1656		Quakers come to area		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1662		John Jones clerk to the Parish infiltrated meeting in Blaincanid and names Dissenters	24 arrested and set to CARMARTHEN Goal	The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1665		Quakers buy land in Rhydygrig became known as Quakers yard		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1668		Vavasour Powell preaches to 1000 in Church yard the Vicar George Jones has him arrested	he died in jail 17/10.1670	History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1688		A David Richards ordained in area a Dissident Minster		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 by Glanmore Williams
1689		Dissenters lease land from Capt. D.Jenkins & build chapel at Cwmglo	Wilkins states 1690 & minister Henry Maurice	History of Hen dy Cwrdd by Tom Lewis
1689		Hensol Estate granted 60 year lease to build Chapel at Cwmglo all dissenters worshipped together	Two main groups Calvinists & Armenians	Merthyr Historian Volume 5 by Martin Snead
1696	24-Oct	Dowlais Area" Lady Pembroke leases land to William Edward of Eglwyns Silan for 77 years for coal & lime		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1696		In the Parish at places called Tyle Dowlais , Twynyvan adjoining on the east to Fynon Gwenllin & the highway from the Heath Market to the Village of Kelligare on the North to a place called Dowlais Chapter 16		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1700		Population approximately 700 while England & Wales had reached 5.5 million		Merthyr Historian Volume 5 J. Gross
1704		Saint Tydfil's register starts		Kelly's directory of 1884
1717		Court house built probably on existing site		Glamorgan historian
1720		Reports of a bank
1724		Visited by Daniel Defore
1738	01-Jul	Tabot & M.Richards lease to W. Lewis Abernant y gwenithdyr	in 1772 lease transferred to T.Thomas who on 10/03/1777 assigned it to Bacon & Brownrigg	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1738		Madam Bridget Bevan circulating school in town		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1741		The lease of 1723 to William Morgan passed to son Thomas Morgan		Gelligaer & Merthyr Common by Judith Jones
1747		Richard Rees & Armenians leave Cwmglo where all dissenters worshiped together & build at Hen-dy-Cwrdd ( The old Meeting Place )	The 1851 religious census ( 2 [29]) gives them as Unitarians	History of Hen dy Cwrdd by Tom Lewis
1749		Hen Dy Cerdd in Cefn appoint Hatheren Davies start of Unitarianism and dominant until 1877		History of Hen dy Cwrdd by Tom Lewis
1749		Claims it was formed ,but that some members were dissatisfied with D.Davies teaching & considered independence	members left & met in room behind Crown inn	Zoar Chapel by Angharad Lewis
1749		Hen Dy Cwrdd built by some Cwmyglo members from Aberdare		History of Hen dy Cwrdd by Tom Lewis
1751		Lease at Cwmyglo expires members build Ynysgau chapel first minister last at Cmwyglo	The religious Census 1851 ( 2:22 ) does not give date of build Informant then was Morgan Jones deacon	History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1751		In T.F.Clarke's Guide to town printed in 1848 gives the date of Ynysgau build as 1789	The religious Census 1851 ( 2:22 ) does not give date of build Informant then was Morgan Jones deacon	History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1755		States that B.H.Malkin writes that Bacon leases land in area 8 x 4 miles for 99 years	That he then set up works ( see Wilkins 1763 )	Industrial South Wales Essays in Welsh Economic History by L.B. Namer
1756		Dowlais iron works started ( T.E.Clarke gives date 1753 in Gellifaelog dingle to produce pig iron only )	The last part of these works closed in 1977 229 years. GKN history gives the date 1759 as the starting date
1756		T.Lewis, Llanishen & T. Pride Bristol £750 e. /T. Pride, Waterford .J. Curtis & N.Webb . Bristol £500 ea.	R. Jenkins Cardiff J.Jones Bristol I.Wilkinson Denbighshire , E. Blakeway Shrewsbury £250 each	Earl B. Thomas
1756		Wilkinson allowed the use of his blowing Machine		Earl B. Thomas
1757	19-Sep	Thomas Lewis(3/16),Thomas Price(1/8),Richard Jenkins(1/16),Thomas Harris(1/8), John Curtis (1/8) +	Nathaniel Webb(1/8)"John Jones (1/16),Isaac Wilkinson(1/16) & Edward Blackeway(1/16) form £4000 capital	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1757	20-Sep	Thomas Rees & David John of Merthyr lease to Thomas Lewis of Newhouse rights to Pantywain ( Dowlais )	They obtained lease from Thomas Morgan of Ruperra	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1757		First furnace built in Dowlais see other dates. Was called the Merthyr Furnaces
1758		Howell Harries came to preach Mr Rees of the Court allowed him to preach from his house	Crowds filled the space between Court & Parish church	History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1759	19-Sep	Dowlais consortium was T.Lewis Newhouse & T. Harries Bristol 3/16 :T. Price Walford, J.Curtis ,& N. Webb 1/8 : R.Jenkins Cardiff:J.Jones Iron Master Bristol ,E. Blackway & Isaac Wilkinson 1/16 each		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1759		Thomas Lewis appoints John Guest, partner at that time was Isaac Wilkinson	Of the 9 partners 4 were Bristol men who contributed 50% of the share capital of £4000	Chris Evans
1759		Partnership on the Merthyr furnaces formed	9 Partners capital £4000 land leased from Lady Windsor only pig iron produced
1759		Gives the Value of the £ to 2009 as £1 = £60 in 2009		GKN The Making of a Business 1759 - 2009 Andrew Lorenz
1759		Preface of Diaries credits Dowlais with 2nd furnace		The Diaries of Charles Wood Transcribed by Joseph Gross
1759		Gross gives population as circa 500		NUT HISTORY
1759		Caleb Simmons 1st Wesleyan minister buys land near Morlais Brook Foundation stone laid 1796		The Merthyr Times 25 June 1897
1760		John Guest now in Dowlais	Ratio of coal to pig produced 85 to 1
1760		Dowlais Works producing 18 tons of iron per week		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By J.A. Owen
1760		In Holborn London William Hamley opened a toy shop called Noah's Ark he later moved to Regent street,	During the time that Cyfarthfa site was occupied by Lines Bros. ( Triang Toys Pedigree Prams ) Hamleys was a subsidiary	Times 18 September 2012
1761		Hen-dy-Cwrdd in Cefn Coed could now said to be Unitarian not Armenian		History of Hen dy Cwrdd by Tom Lewis
1763	14-Dec	From the Earl of Plymouth 99 year lease @ £60 pa to Isaac Wilkinson of Wrexham & John Guest	They took partners J. White E. Blackeway F. Evans W.Perritt & Sarah Guest The start of the Plymouth Enterprise
1763	02-May	Edward Morgan Grants lease in Rhydycar in his life & sister for £22 PA from John Williams of Chiriton increasing the Cyfarthfa enterprise rented land		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1763	14-Dec	Lesseed land to start the Plymouth Iron Works, John Guest & Isaac Wilkinson	Believed that because of the difficulty in buying out existing tenants they never started	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1763	01-Dec	Isaac Wilkinson father of John now involved with Dowlais Iron Works		The Economic History of the British Iron & Steel Industry 1784 - 1879 By Alan Birch
1763		Lease of 85 years granted by Alice Windsor to Thomas Lewis		Gelligaer & Merthyr Common by Judith Jones
1763		Dowlais Iron Works producing 1500 tons per annum		John A. Owen
1763		New Lease Granted to Dowlais Iron Works believed to supersede 1748/9 lease from Lady Alice Windsor		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1763		Antony Bacon comes to town by carriage stays in the Star	Rector's returns shows 40 families in the parish mostly Armenians, Armenians & Anabaptist	History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1763		Wilkins claims Bacon comes to town stays in the Star		Industrial South Wales Essays in Welsh Economic History by L.B. Namer
1763		Lease for 99 years obtained by Wilkinson & Guest from the 4th Earl of Plymouth		( Confirmed by Gordon Rattenbury )
1763		Davies family of Gwernllyn Isaac had Garth Hamlet farm licensed for Baptists		Chris Evans
1764		Antony Bacon has Cyfarthfa house built
1764		Dowlais Iron Works makes a profit of £2500		History of Guest Keen & Nettlefold by Edgar Jones
1764		Stated that John Guest brought the knowledge of using coking coal as a fuel to Dowlais from Coalbrookdale		Industry Before the Industrial Revolution Vol. 1 by William Rees
1764		Thomas Lewis left his shares in the Merthyr Furnaces & the Cardiff forges to his son William		Industry Before the Industrial Revolution Vol. 1 by William Rees
1765	01-May	Earl of Plymouth Grants Wilkinson & Guest Further land & Mineral rights foe 99 years at £ 60 PA Plymouth Enterprise growing	Including Aberdare Parish	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1765	04-Jul	Bacon & Brownrigg lease 2 fields at Cyfarthfa Rock		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1765	29-Aug	First Lease to Coal & Ironstone From Lord Talbot & Michael Richards Of Cardiff & Antony Bacon & William Brownrigg £100 per Year	Cyfarthfa enterprise raw materials safe guarded	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1765	07-Oct	Bacon & Brownrigg obtain Rydicar direct from Lord Talbot for 99 years at £36 PA		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1765		Dowlais Iron has 3 executive partners Thomas Price, William Lewis, and Nathaniel Webb	Birch states Guest became subcontractor to wks in July 1765	Edgar Jones
1765		Involved with Bacon in the Cyfarthfa proposals are Samuel, Jeremiah & John Homfray also Brownrigg
1765		Antony Bacon "lease more land for the Cyfarthfa project, involving Brownrigg & Richard Crawshay
1765		Having leased more land from Lord Talbot Antony Bacon takes over the Plymouth Iron Works
1765		First furnace built at Cyfarthfa by Charles Wood native of Cumberland Born 1702 died 1794		The Platinum Metal Review January 1965
1765		More land leased to Bacon & Crawshay for the Cyfarthfa Enterprise
1765		Lease 4000 acres for 99 years from Lord Talbot The Cyfarthfa Enterprise is now quite a big enterprise	Anthony Bacon & William Brownrigg at £100
1765		Cyfarthfa Leases Llancaech estate
1766	01-Jun	Black claims to have arrived from Cumbria to find Cyfarthfa works half built
1766	26-Jun	A. Bacon buys from Guest & Wilkinson their 1/4 share of the Plymouth works	John Guest travels down to the meeting, Bacon has Charles Wood as an adviser	Chris Evans
1766	01-Jul	Plymouth works closed for refurbishment, when opened Wood's is the manager
1766	24-Jun	Co-partnership between Bacon & Brownrigg to carry on The Cyfarthfa Iron Business		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1766	30-Jun	The Rydycar lease assigned to Bacon & Brownrigg at £36 PA		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1766	11-Apr	Comes to Cyfarthfa to build 1st Blast furnace , forge & wrought Iron converters	( see other data above ) Writes that site was far behind schedule	The Diaries of Charles Wood Transcribed by Joseph Gross
1766	11-Apr	Agent for his brother in Law Brownrigg & his partner Bacon	Diary until early July and the until end September	The Diaries of Charles Wood Transcribed by Joseph Gross
1766		Cyfarthfa has its furnace & forges Bacon & Brownrigg the owners	Built by C. Woods with some Cumbria men, he is the brother in law of Brownrigg	Chris Evans
1766		Bacon has the first lease on Cyfarthfa reassigned to himself
1766		Pandy Farm House Built or rebuilt		Merthyr leaflet
1767	01-Apr	Manger at Dowlais works having sold his interests in the Plymouth works		John A. Owen
1767	30-Apr	Manger at Dowlais works Born in 1721 he was a mature 46 year old		Chris Evans
1767	17-Jun	Bacon & Brownrigg lease 3 fields at Cyfarthfa Rock at £6 PA	07/10 Obtain lease direct but amended to £7	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1767	11-Apr	Returns to Cyfarthfa keeps diary until end of May		The Diary of Charles Wood Transcribed by Joseph Gross
1767		Antony Bacon builds turnpike road to Cardiff via Caerphilly the contractor a Robert Thomas Grandfather of DR.Thomas of the court	Rattenbury states it was the Glamorgan Turnpike act with Bacon a trustee with Guest & William Lewis	History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1767		Bacon acquires the Plymouth Iron works Wilkinson went to North Wales Guest went to Dowlais but was he looking for a job		Merthyr Tydfil Tramroads & their Locomotives by G. Rattenbury & M.J.T.Lewis
1767		Cyfarthfa has 2nd furnace
1768	31-Mar	Bacon & Brownrigg lease 3 fields at Cyfarthfa & Use of Water at £5-10-0 Pa	On 07/10 Talbot granted lease direct	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1768	09-Jul	Rees Thomas from Aberdare leases to Isaac Williams of Merthyr Cannaid 2 houses & fields	This suggest the Plymouth Enterprise being kept separate from Cyfarthfa	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1768	07-Oct	Bacon & Brownrigg obtain the lease of 17/06/1767 at yearly rent of £6 from Earl Talbot & M. Richards	Consolidated the Cyfarthfa Enterprise	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1768	15-Oct	Bacon & Brownrigg obtain the lease of 31/03/1768 at yearly rent of £5-10-0	Consolidated the Cyfarthfa Enterprise	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1769	23-Sep	Bacon & Brownrigg lease Llwyn Celin Fawr from Talbot & Richards for 99 years at £36	Consolidated the Cyfarthfa Enterprise	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1770		Bank In the Town		Glam. County History
1770		Davies family of Gwernllyn Isaf had Garth Hamlet farm licensed fir Baptists		Chris Evans
1771	29-Apr	Limestone at Craigfawr y Gurnos leased from H Richards to Charles Wood at £2-2-0 Pa	Consolidated the Cyfarthfa Enterprise	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1771	13-Sep	Rydycar lease now from Edward Morgan to W. John & Morgan Williams for £ £40 + int.	Consolidated the Cyfarthfa Enterprise	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1771		The Vicar complains that his parishioners are all Presbyterians but professing to be Armenians		Welsh History Review
1771		Antony Bacon Builds turnpike road to Taffs Well eventually it got connected to Cardiff
1772	25-Mar	Bacon Leases Tir Cwm Cannaid	Consolidated the Cyfarthfa Enterprise	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1772	16-Jun	Rydycar Leases consolidated	Consolidated the Cyfarthfa Enterprise	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1772		Dowlais Iron works selling Pig at Cardiff for £5 :12 : 6 producing at £ 2 : 10 : 0 = £3 : 2 : 6 profit or 55.5 % T.O.		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1773	06-Jul	Bacon awarded contract to supply cannon made from various Irons		Chris Evans
1773		Antony Bacon now builds cannon boring mill at Cyfarthfa
1773		Bacon obtains Contract to supply canon produced from various produced Iron including one cast solid	This 18 pounder but actually supplied by John Wilkinson this caused great interest	John Wilkinson & the Development of gunfounding in the late 18th Century by Ifor Edwards
1773		As a result of the trials obtained contract to supply Solid cast cannons at £18 ton		John Wilkinson & the Development of gunfounding in the late 18th Century by Ifor Edwards
1774		Government want all cannons made solid but were advised of legal threats	Jones & Co. Bristol : Samuel Walker & Co.	John Wilkinson & the Development of gunfounding in the late 18th Century by Ifor Edwards
1775	28-Jun	Bryn Tegall Faur leased to Bacon & Brownrigg by Rev. S. Davies	Consolidated the Cyfarthfa Enterprise	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1775		1776 the rates raised £26		Chris Evans
1775		Hen dy Cwrdd in Cefn has Sunday school 10 years before Charles started his movement in Bala		History of Hen dy Cwrdd by Tom Lewis
1776	18-Apr	Harrisons & Co. repute claims that their cannons were not cast solid produce Wilkinson's letter		John Wilkinson & the Development of gunfounding in the late 18th Century by Ifor Edwards
1776	05-Jun	A. Bacon tells Board that he has broken with his agent J.Wilkinson & offers to supply at £18 ton	Others Follow Carron : Walker : Remant : Wright : Scaife : English & Harrison. Not J.Jones.	John Wilkinson & the Development of gunfounding in the late 18th Century by Ifor Edwards
1776		States that at least from this date no royalties paid to Wilkinson		John Wilkinson & the Development of gunfounding in the late 18th Century by Ifor Edwards
1776		By June Cyfarthfa supplying Cannons to Govt. & maybe the Rebels in America		NUT history
1777		Founders asked by Board to verify on oath that cannons supplied are Cast solid & bored		John Wilkinson & the Development of gunfounding in the late 18th Century by Ifor Edwards
1777	10-Mar	T.Thomas Assigns lease of 10/04/1772 to Bacon & Brownrigg for £120 & £180	Consolidated the Cyfarthfa Enterprise	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1777	22-Jul	Deed Poll showing Brownrigg sells his interest in Cyfarthfa for £1504-15-5 to Bacon		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1777	14-Oct	Bacon lessees land near Cyfarthfa furnaces and land under the canal	Consolidated the Cyfarthfa Enterprise	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1777		Richard Crawshay visits the town
1777		Bacon buys out Brownrigg Crawshay takes his pace in the partnership		Chris Evans
1778		Board thought year & 1779 desperate for Cannons		John Wilkinson & the Development of gunfounding in the late 18th Century
1779	01-Mar	12 pounders cast at Cyfarthfa burst. Minutes show that Bacon was supplying Sardinia & East India Co.	All proofed at Woolwich	John Wilkinson & the Development of gunfounding in the late 18th Century
1779	01-Apr	From Board minutes John Wilkinson's patent ignored mention is made of a Carron patent application	By 8 July Board announced their intention to oppose ant Carrion Patent application	John Wilkinson & the Development of gunfounding in the late 18th Century
1779	18-Jun	Harrisons & Co. Acquainted no further orders & nor reason given although Bacons cannons burst		John Wilkinson & the Development of gunfounding in the late 18th Century
1779	24-Jul	Board gives OK to Carron . Edwards believes that this was because they had friends in high places	As did Bacon John Robinson Sec to the Treasury from 1770 but not Wilkinson	John Wilkinson & the Development of gunfounding in the late 18th Century
1780	02-Feb	Bacon leases small land for £12 pa	Consolidated the Cyfarthfa Enterprise	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1780		Dowlais Iron works start exporting to the USA		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 by John A. Owen
1780		Saxon Row built by Homfray for the English forge men
1781		Dowlais Iron works has its 2nd furnace	John Guest buys 1/16 th SHARE for £2600	John A. Owen
1781		John Guest has a new 10 year contract to manage the Dowlais Iron works	Buys 6/16 from Thomas Harries for £2600 over 6 years 1/16 from W Price £490 He was 59 years old	Chris Evans
1782		Rockingham's whig government passes an act forbidding MP's being government contractors	forces Bacon to change his plans	Chris Evans
1782	01-Aug	Robert Price of Brecon acting for Guest bought for £490 1/16 Share from William Price	Guest now held 7/16 of Dowlais works
1782	01-May	Bacon leases part of Ynys Fach
1782	01-May	Thomas Guest now Partner made deed on behalf of Co. with Joseph Cowles of Coed y Gric	Blakway had retired sold £250 1/16 stake to Harris for £60 he holds 1/4 +Curtis had not paid for shares held T.H.	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1782	19-Sep	Thomas Guest now Partner made deed on behalf of Co. with Joseph Cowles of Coed y Gric	sells 1/16 for £2400	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1782	27-Sep	Bacon leases Cannon Borer Air Furnaces, Forges etc & Land to Frances Homfray for 50 years at £20 PA	The conditions of the lease are exacting , includes no Prejudice to House & Gardens of A. B.	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1782	27-Sep	As a sitting MP Bacon could not supply the Government due to the Clerk's Act	Frances Homfray had vast experience including Calcutts Iron Wks who had mad e Cannons	The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1782	10-Oct	Thomas Harries sells his 3/8 to John Guest for £2600 Thomas Guest & William Williams of Brecon Surety		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1782		Frances Homfray of Stourton granted a Mill for boring of cannon & the foundry for a lease of 50 years @ £20 by Bacon , he could not erects Furnaces in Glam.	Consolidated the Cyfarthfa Enterprise due to the government act making Bacon to chose to be a MP or a contractor	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1782		Antony Bacon entered into agreement with Homfray for him to build forge at Cyfarthfa & be supplied with Iron	Quoted by Wilkins he owned Callcott Wks & a forge at Stewponey	Industrial South Wales Essays in Welsh Economic History by W.E. Minchinton
1782		Dowlais Iron works valued at £2000 by 1798 it was valued at £61000
1782		Thomas Harris sold John Guest six shares for £2600 one for his son Thomas ( 3/8 of co.)		The Economic History of the British Iron & Steel Industry 1784 - 1879 By Alan Birch
1783	02-Feb	Bacon leases land called Tyr y Pandy + 3 fields part Gwailod y Garth	Consolidated the Cyfarthfa Enterprise	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1783	01-Oct	Bacon leases land part Tyr Abernant y Gwenithdwr Farm	Consolidated the Cyfarthfa Enterprise	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1783		Peter Onions devises a puddling method refined pig to wrought iron at Dowlais. Patent No. 1370 ( Cossons claim not taken up generally by the trade )		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1783		Frances Homfray comes to town for Bacon to transfers Contracts & Leases to him		NUT History
1783		Cyfarthfa purchased by Richard Crawshay	Charles Wood develops a stamping process at the works
1783		Richard Hill takes over the management of the Plymouth as his brother in law heavily involved in Cyfarthfa	Hill is married to Bacons mistress's sister
1783		1783 The rates raised £41		Chris Evans
1783		John Guest sells to Joseph Guest 1/16 share for £530
1784	26-Apr	Bacon leases from Earl of Plymouth Gwyldy y Du Garth & the Pandy	Consolidated the Cyfarthfa Enterprise	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1784	01-Oct	Homfray disposes of the Forge& premises at Cyfarthfa to David Tanner , Crawshay obtain these in March 1836	to start a Iron works at Penydarren with his 3 sons is backed by Foreman rent £3pa	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1784	12-Feb	Frances Homfray sons Jeremiah & Samuel takes out a 99 year lease in area called Penydarren from John Rees plus sub leases from Dowlais for Coal	The start of the Penydarren Enterprise	The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1784		Richard Hill now Manager Plymouth works	Brother in law of Bacon
1784		Penydarren works building starts (1786 ) investment said to be £14000 by 1817 Valued at £100000	Skilled from Stourbridge came , Richard foreman invested £2500 in 1784 & £8666.65S in 1784
1784		Further Capital for Penydarren obtained from T. Homfray R.,W. & H. Foreman	Penydarren used Stamping & potting process for wrought Iron	The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1784		New lease at Cyfarthfa
1785	02-Feb	John Josiah Guest born at Gelligaelog
1785	01-Nov	Bacon & Richard Hill Lease land for scouring from William Williams. Bacon it is said is now 67	Consolidated the Cyfarthfa Enterprise	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1785		Thomas Guest in charge held 1/8 Tait 1/2 & Tait 3/8	Lorenz claims they were paid £150 PA each = at 60 to £ 9000	History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1785		Samuel Bowyer a London civil servant sells his shares in the Dowlais works		Chris Evans
1785		1ST Furnace in blast at Penydarren	Works new owner George Foreman has the Homfray's advising him	Chris Evans
1785		The Crown Inn built by James Roberts		Wall Plaque
1785		The Parish has 3 Iron blast furnaces by 1811 it will have 17		Chris Evans
1785		Gwaelodygarth estate acquired for £1500 by William Morgan	Squire of Grawen
1786	21-Jan	Antony Bacon Dies Copy of his Will in My Book
1786	12-Feb	Lease for Cyfarthfa furnaces & other Premises granted to Richard Crawshay ,W. Stephens , & J. Cockshutt	Plymouth works a separate entirety (Ince states new owners invested £50,000 in works)	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1786	01-Mar	Frances Homfray Quarrels with Bacon & gives up his Cyfarthfa lease a David Tanner then takes over		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1786		Dowlais works has a capital of £8000 by 104 it has risen to £120,000 Note E.J. said £35000	Works now has Refinery & forges	Chris Evans
1786		Richard Hill obtains lease on the Plymouth Works
1786		Penydarren House built (1st excavation of Roman Forts in Penydarren Park)	Frances Homfrays home
1786		Penydarren lease coal rights from Dowlais		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1786		Penydarren has capital of £14000 by 1796 it is £46000		Chris Evans
1786		Cyfarthfa furnaces producing 21 tons of iron per week		Chris Evans
1786		Isaac Wilkinson in charge at Cyfarthfa opened drift mine at Comcaned		The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1786		Gwernllwyn Isha on Bishops list as licensed place of worship ( Baptist) Elizabeth Davies named	Was top of Horse St between the Dowlais & Morlais Brook	History of Caersalem , Dowlais by J.R.Williams & Gwyneth Williams
1786		Obtains Furnace ETC. From David Tanner		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1786		Booklet claims people baptised near the Iron Bridge		Booklet " Zion Welsh Baptist Church
1787	25-Nov	John Guest dies he achieved a lot in 20 years .Son Thomas & son in Law William Taitt run Co.	Guest held 5/8 Co with Capital £ 38,000 & producing 1,800 TPA from 2 furnaces	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 by John A. Owen
1787	01-Aug	John Jones helps William Taitt to seize 1/4 of Dowlais Iron works		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1787	25-Nov	Thomas Guest on death of father John seizes the 3/8 share on behalf of self & family	Capital given by Birch as £38,000	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1787		Thomas Guest takes over the management of Dowlais works on his fathers death with his brother - in law until 1792, capital now £38,000		Chris Evans
1787		Crawshay claims to have invested £50,000 by 1793		Chris Evans
1787		Crawshay Licences Cort's Puddling process pays royalties of 10/- per ton, tries to sell process to Wilkinson	3 Skilled puddlers come from Hampshire to train his worker	Many
1788	16-Mar	Richard Crawshay as for quotations for steam engine
1788	10-Apr	Bolton & Watts Quotes Crawshay for steam engines	Double 36" cylinder with 8ft stroke = 60 HP cost £570 plus any installation costs
1788	09-May	Plymouth wks taken over from the Estate of A. Bacon by Richard Hill	Plant £490.60 Rent £650 pa also leased land @ £267.14 pa	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1788		Zion ( Seion ) Chapel in Twynyrodyn first in town		Booklet " Zion Welsh Baptist Church
1788		Penydarren works using Cort's puddling process		Chris Evans
1788		Cyfarthfa builds its second furnace		Chris Evans
1789		Dowlais has 2nd furnace ( in 1781 date in GKN'S history)		Chris Evans
1789		Zion Baptist Chapel built ( in Twynyrodyn ) informant John Jones Minister		Religious Census 1851 ( 2:17 )
1789		Zoar Chapel Building starts Religious census 1851 gives date as 1803	T.F. Clark's Guide 1803 enlarged 1825 & 1841	Chris Evans
1789		William Lewis Starts Ebenezer Religious census 1851 gives date as 1793		Chris Evans
1790		Dowlais Iron works rated at £2000 P.A.	Weekly wages Furnace Keeper 10/6 : Bridge servers 7/6 : fillers 9/- : founders 12/-	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1790		To build the Glamorgan canal Capital £60,000 £100 shares . Crawshay 21.833% Harfords 10% : J.Kemeys 8.33% : W. Stevens 8.33%	Merthyr other Iron master took small interest rates set 5p ton any trader 1p ton at Cardiff	The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1790		Dowlais Iron works build tramway to Pont-Storehouse on the Glamorgan Canal	Cost £3000 as canal idea abandon & rights to build included in the 4 mile clause of Canal Act	John A. Owen
1790		To carry the Dowlais & Penydarren railway Jacksons bridge built	He was a Ledbury mason known to Dartford ( Merthyr Express 29/09/1918 stated 1793
1790		Glamorgan Canal confirmed contract £48,288 contactor issued bond £10,000	Land Purchase 30 X an rent not in cost . T.D. est. elevation 537 ft X £40 +£800 per mile = £6408 profit	The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1790		Canal saved money 2 tons Iron required 4 horses 1 man & boy boat carried 24 tons 1 horse +man & boy	Profits under the Act limited to 8%
1790		Book states that Crawshay wanted to set up Bank in Town with other Iron Masters	Kept out of the Dowlais Penydarren wrangle over cost of tramways to new canal	The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1790		Twyn-y-Waun house built	Hamlet had a market	Chris Evans
1790		In the 1890'S working class house was 18 FT X 13 FT cost £30 including the furniture		Chris Evans
1790		The 1890'S had server water shortages in the summer it actually stopped production in the Iron works	Crawshay paid men to clear stones on 1/2 pay. Plymouth works very badly affected	Chris Evans
1790		Claims there was famine in the town & the people were fed by the Iron Masters		Chris Evans
1790		Jeremiah Homfray leaves Penydarren iron works ( he was one of the founding parters of The Ebbw Vale Iron Co.)		Chris Evans
1791	18-Jun	The Glamorgan Canal company authorise the building of a bridge to carry the Dowlais & Penydarren tramroads to the canal	What we know as Jackson's bridge	Merthyr Tydfil Tramroads and their Locomotives by G.Rattenbury & M.J.T.Lewis
1791	22-Sep	Crawshay dissolves his partnership with Lewis & Cockshutt	He is now alone, it ends Cockshutts 10 year involvement in Cyfarthfa	Chris Evans
1791		Glamorgan canal started ,the plans published in 1790 estimated the cost to be £103660	Merthyr to Cardiff a mule carried 130 lbs of iron
1791		Cyfarthfa producing 35 tons of Iron in a good week		Chris Evans
1791		Cyfarthfa wages are : Finers 6/- , puddlers 14/- , hammer men 2/6 per ton		Chris Evans
1791		E.P. Martin gives ratio of coal needed to produce 1 ton of pig iron as 8 to 1	This improved to 4 to 1 by 1821 & by, 1831 3TO 1 & now 1 TO 1	Chris Evans
1791		Jeremiah Homfray's wages set by arbitrators at £140 pa		Chris Evans
1791		Zion Baptist Chapel Built( I have date as 1788 )		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1791		Dowlais Iron works build tramway to Morlais Quarries via Gurnos		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1792		The Glamorgan Canal now reaches Pontypridd		The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1792		Under the powers of the Glamorgan Canal Act Crawshay builds a tramway from Cyfarthfa to the Gurnos Quarry		Cadw & the Internet
1792		Crawshay imports 1,200 tons of flour from the USA		Chris Evans
1792		Penydarren owners decide to invest in a second Iron furnace		Chris Evans
1792		Dowlais Iron works partners offer works to Robert Crawshay for £60,000 he declined	They with Penydarren leased land by the new canal	History of Guest Keen & Nettlefold by Edgar Jones
1792		Robert Thompson moves from Cyfarthfa to Dowlais with a wage of £ 159 PA Plus grazing rights		Chris Evans
1792		Joseph Cowles buys 1/16 share Dowlais Iron Works from Thomas Guest Co. trading profit £ 1900	Construct Tramroad to Pontstore House at head of Glamorgan Canal cost £3000	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1792		William Price Ordained as minister at Zion Twynyrodyn	Later dismissed& with his followers formed Ebenezer ( but Ebenezer was built in 1790 )	History of Caersalem , Dowlais by J.R.Williams & Gwyneth Williams
1792		23 Dissenting Meeting places registered with Bishops Court , G.A.W. claimed double that existed		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1792		Tramway from Gurnos quarries to Cyfarthfa		Stone Blocks & Iron Rails by Bertram Baxter
1793	01-May	Crawshay appealed to Lord Hawkesbury who allowed the importation of 1200 tons of flour & Wheat for his workers		The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1793		Dowlais Iron works has 3rd furnace		Edgar Jones
1793		Richard Crawshay in dispute with Bacons eldest son Anthony Bacon R. Hill Jar witness		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1793		These are appointed magistrates, Crawshay : Taitt: Lewis : Hill & the Homfray's
1793		Ebenezer Baptist Chapel built ( I know this was Welsh in Plymouth St. demolished in 1995) Informant John Lloyd minister		Religious Census 1851 (2:28)
1793		Glamorgan "Canal opened to Treforest	By June at Taffs Well	The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1793		Pennsylvania or Pontmorlais erected informant Evan John Elder enlarged in 1834	T.F.Clark's Guide gives building date as circa 1873 & spells it Pennsylvania	Religious Census 1851 ( 2:14 )
1793		In his guide to the town gives the dates when Jackson built his bridge over the taff to carry the trams		A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( First published 1848 ) by T.E. Clarke
1793		Tramway from Dowlais I.W. via Jacksons Bridge 4ft 21/2 "Engineer George Overton built jointly with Glam. Canal Co.		Stone Blocks & Iron Rails by Bertram Baxter
1793		Richard Crawshay built a tramroad to the Gurnos Quarries this includes the Pontycafnau bridge		Merthyr Tydfil Tramroads and their Locomotives by G.Rattenbury & M.J.T.Lewis
1794	10-Feb	Glamorgan Canal now open to Cardiff in spite of the Earl of Bute	51 locks in 25.5 miles must average12.25 ft per lock 543 ft
1794		The Glamorgan Canal had a breach Company took Dadford to court but it found in his favour		The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1794		Ebenezer built in Plymouth St.	Claims to be the first Baptist Chapel in Town
1794		Founder members of Zoar meet in the long room of the Crown Inn		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1794		Claims that the elders & members of Zoar met in the long room of the crown inn	obviously before the chapel was built	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1794		Dowlais employing 400 Men & boys, Penydarren 900 all less than Cyfarthfa		Chris Evans
1795	01-Feb	in this month Glamorgan canal opens	Cost £103660 ( Closed in 1865 & 1898) it replaced the horse & cart that only carried 2 tons per load
1795		Turnpike road to Neath available		The Diary of Charles Wood Transcribed by Joseph Gross
1795		An act to build & improve the turnpike road from Abernant to neat Beauford affect the roads in Merthyr,& the Dowlais &Penydarren tramways		Merthyr Tydfil Tramroads and their Locomotives by G.Rattenbury & M.J.T.Lewis
1795		George Martin Appointed Vicar of town	spent most of his time living in Swansea	Merthyr Historian Volume 8 By Roger L. Brown
1795		Reported that the area was producing 250 tons of iron per week	Consuming some 1400 tons of coal
1795		Cyfarthfa builds 3rd furnace	Weather so cold Canals inoperable for 3 months	Chris Evans
1795		Iron master agree a rateable vale of £20 per furnace		Chris Evans
1795		Crawshay is complaining of the cost of labour on puddling of 12/- per ton
1795		Dowlais Iron Wks Capital set at £20,000		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1795		Dowlais Iron Works install a Watt & Boulton Engine		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1795		Joseph Cowles sells his 1/16 share in Dowlais Iron Works to Robert Thompson the Manager		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1795		A Caleb Simmons buys a plot of land near the Morlais Brook to build Wesleyan Chapel	Foundation stone laid in in 1796 opened in June 1797	Merthyr Times 25 June 1897
1796		Dowlais agree to provide Cyfarthfa with 2000 tons of pig iron per year for 5 Years	From the agreement Watkin George is named as a Co-partner	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1796		Cyfarthfa furnaces producing 50 tons of iron in a good week	It must have a bigger puddling capacity because of its agreement with Dowlais	Chris Evans
1796		Parish records show iron works rated a Plymouth £750 Penydarren £3000 Dowlais £2000		History of Guest Keen & Nettlefold by Edgar Jones
1796		Wesleyan Chapel built on land by the Morlais brook Land bought 1759 opened 18 June 1796	By Rev. James Buckley raised £189 Brecon gave £8-7-6	The Merthyr Times 25 June 1897
1796		Penydarren 2 furnaces producing 4100 tons	Jeremiah leaves in dispute with brother has payment of £1000 pa & gets involved with other Iron Co,s	The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1796		Iron production at Merthyr Cyfarthfa (3) 7204 : Penydarren (2) 4100 : Dowlais (3)2800 & Plymouth (1)2200		History of the Iron Trade by H. Scrivenor
1796		The Star Inn has Mash Tub built out of American Oak		Merthyr Telegraph 19/07/1856
1797	01-Aug	Iron masters meet in the Star inn in an attempt to improve company relationships		Chris Evans
1797		Dowlais Iron Works opens its truck shop		John A. Owen
1797		English Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Built informant John Fletcher Minister ( must be Pontmorlais )		Religious Census 1851 " ( 12 )
1797		Dowlais Iron Works has its 3rd furnace		Chris Evans
1797		In june canal company nominate a hundredweight as 112 pounds was 200 lbs at the same rate per cwt increasing Dowlais & Penydarren transport cost
1797		Cyfarthfa builds its 4th furnace		Chris Evans
1797		Cyfarthfa rates increased to £5625 Crawshay appeals and won		Chris Evans
1797		English Wesleyan Methodist chapel built I take it to be at Pontmorlais		Religious Census 1851 ( 2:12 )
1798	10-Dec	Joseph Cowles sells his 1/16 in Dowlais Iron Works to Robert Thompson who sells to William Taitt for £3817		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1798		Dowlais Iron Works installs a Bolton & Watt steam engine replacing the old atmospheric machine	First in Wales Capital quoted by Birch as £61072	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1798		No Catholics recorded in area		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1798		Dowlais Iron Works raise a volunteer Militia force of 198 men during the early Napoleonic Wars		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1798		Robert Thompson leaves Dowlais sells his share to William Taitt for £3817 Capital of Company £61.072	Birch stated he took over the Tintern Abbey works	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1798		The Glamorgan Canal now reaches the sea with the last lock	The canal was tunnelled under Queen St. Its boats were 60 ft by 105 inches	The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1798		Glamorgan canal has extension & sea lock, 51 locks & 543 ft total cost including land £103,600	Drop of 543 FT & 51 Locks from Merthyr to the sea
1798		James Watt visits Cyfarthfa sees only 1 steam engine but 7 water wheels		Chris Evans
1798		Iron bridge made & erected 1800 for Ynysfach (See 1879 )	T.E. Clarke claims Walkin George the builder	Merthyr Historian No. 10
1798		Cyfarthfa rates set at £3000 Crawshay appeals and he wins		Chris Evans
1798		Act for the establishment of a company to build a tramway from town to Cardiff	Opposed by Crawshay withdrawn then built one without parliamentary Act to Abercynon	Brunel in South Wales By Stephen K. Jones
1799	18-Jan	Dowlais & Penydarren Works have access to the canal via Jackson bridge, with the tramway to Abercynon as back up		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 by Joseph Gross
1799		Bethel Welsh Baptist Chapel Built at Cwm Taff demolished in 1927
1799		Dowlais works opens a company shop ( Truck ) and makes wage payments with credit notes. See 1897		Chris Evans
1799		Thomas Guest Dowlais works manager until 1807		Chris Evans
1799		Guest, Homfray & W. Lewis of Pentyrch have parliamentary bill to build tramway to Cardiff	They build Tramway from Dowlais to Abercynon as there is no need for parliamentary approval	History of Guest Keen & Nettlefold by Edgar Jones
1800	22-Sep	Food riots troops called in shops (Morgan Lewis) looted ( iron masters avert starvation )	2 Rioters sentenced to death by Judge G. Harding ( Previous good men ) 1 worked for Hill .Truck shops looted by Church	Chris Evans
1800		Cefn Coed Fair started
1800		Dowlais with its 3 furnaces producing 3000 tons of iron pa	Iron trade in a depression & food prices are very high	John A. Owen
1800		Dowlais & Penydarren form company to build tram road to Abercynon 91/2 mile long completed in 1802		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1800		The Iron bridge built Richard Crawshay met the cost. The Engineer was George Watkins cost said to be £4000		Merthyr Express 24 September 1918
1800		The Penydarren works purchase from Sirhowy Iron works all its output of pig iron to refine.	Transported on horse back	Chris Evans
1800		Claims Iron works employed 3000 1801 census had only 8000 in Town		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1800		After this date Latter Day Saints met at the Cymreigyddion Hall or White Lion Inn Hall		Religious Census 1851 (2:21 )
1800		In his guide states that there were high food prices that caused a riot 2 ring leaders were arrested then hung		A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( first published 1848 ) By T.E. Clarke
1801	28-Mar	The depression in the iron trade blamed for the cut of 7p from 1/- in ironstone miners by Crawshay		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1801	01-Jun	In June a mob from Merthyr march to Aberdare & back ransacking any bailiffs houses they could find	They force workers to stop work, and besiege troops in the Castle hotel who reportedly shoot 16 dead	Charles Wilkins
1801		The Review makes clear that these riots were due to food shortages. & that the Iron masters imported food but also ensured that troops were kept in the town		The Welsh History Review Vol. 6 No. 1 by M.J.Daunton
1801		Claims 2 Iron workers hung		Merthyr Tydfil Iron Metropolis By Keith Strange
1801		Dowlais iron Works now has only 3 partners William Tate with 8 shares, - Thomas Guest with 2, & William Lewis with - 6		Merthyr Historian Volume 1
1801		Claims that Inhabitants of the Iron works rioted imposed price controls on food	put down by the dragoons & 2 previously respectable ironworkers hanged	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1801		Dowlais Iron Works build a new forge & mill on land that Penydarren Iron Co. had the mineral rights to them		Chris Evans
1801		Has 1404 houses 4273 males 3432 female = Parish Number 7705	Part of the Caerphilly 100's only 4 towns in Wales with a population in excess of 5000
1801		Cyfarthfa now starts the Ynysfach Iron works started the furnaces designed by W. George a partner in the company eventually had 4		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1801		Crawshay's daughter Charlotte marries Mr.Benjamine Hall ( Big Ben named after him ) Son of the chancellor of Llandaff	He buy the Rhymney Iron Works and gives them it as a wedding present	Charles Wilkins
1801		At the Dowlais works the puddling section presiding foreman was Thomas Lee	He was a hammer man at Cyfarthfa when with his father & brother he was sacked	Chris Evans
1801		William Williams installs a printing press in his bookshop that was situated in Market Place
1801		1st Census town had a population of 7705 & 1401 Houses	1st census population in Swansea 6831 Cardiff 1870
1802		Nelson visited ( T.E. Clarke gives account of his visit & stay at the Star a ceremonial cannon fire kills an 8 year old boy )
1802		Tramroad from Penydarren to the Canal at Abercynon opened 4ft 2" gauge George Overton Engineer		Stone Blocks & Iron Rails by Bertram Baxter
1802		Parliamentary act obtained to allowed commercial building on Glebe-land. First time in Britain
1802		1803 Rates raised £1370 but expenditure was £1453		Chris Evans
1802		Penydarren has 3 furnaces producing 8000 tons pa		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1802		States that Crawshay having perfected Court's puddling process made during the last war £50,000 pure profit	on 70 to 80,000 ship pounds of wrought Iron I calculated 1 ship pound = 22.4 lbs	Svedenstierna's Tour of Great Britain 1802-1803
1803	01-May	Samuel Homfray buys 1/4 share in Trevithick's Patents		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1803	01-Mar	States production at 40 tons pig iron & castings per week or over ,also over 20,000 tons odd wrought iron etc. P.A.		Svedenstierna's Tour of Great Britain 1802-1803
1803		Penydarren tramway built to Abercynon by the Glamorgan canal ( see 1801 )		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1803		Tramway from Morlais Castle quarries to Penydarren works 2 gauges used		Stone Blocks & Iron Rails by Bertram Baxter
1803		Hill takes on Partners J.N.Miers & A. Struttle		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1803		Hill with the financial backing of his new partners build about 3/4 of a mile from his Plymouth works a new forge at Pentrbach		Merthyr Tydfil Tramroads and their Locomotives by G.Rattenbury & M.J.T.Lewis
1803		1st Printing press in town
1803		Malkin states that Cyfarthfa Iron Works largest in the Kingdom, employing 1300 men		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1803		G. M. Mabor Rector of the parish has a stipend of £300 PA he was born in 1759 & dies in 1844	1n 1816 he went to live in Swansea leaving his curates to run the parish
1803		Richard Brown is reputed to have built the boilers for Richard Trevithick
1803		States Penydarren has 3 blast 3 refining & 25 puddling furnaces & 9 or 10 steam engines	production is 8000 tons pa buys from 2 nearby blast furnaces employs 4000 workers	Svedenstierna's Tour of Great Britain 1802-1803
1803		States the canal makes 7 to 9 % profit any thing over 8 goes to local communities	canal has 52 locks drops 530 feet lock dues are 6d per ton per mile canal is 23 miles	Svedenstierna's Tour of Great Britain 1802-1803
1803		Soar ( Zoar ) Independent chapel erected informant Benjamin Owen Minister High Street Built see 1794	See history of the Chapel in 1794 founding fathers meeting	Religious Census 1851 ( 2:13)
1804	14-Feb	Richard Trevithick's locomotive journey from Penydarren to Abercynon, he was only 33 he died in 1833 Patented by Vivan &Co IN 1802	Pulled 25 tons of iron & 70 men. He went bankrupt in 1811. Times said he designed it in 1801
1804		A corps called "Dowlais Marksmen " formed under the auspices of Guest		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1804		a stage coach runs from Merthyr to Cardiff 5 days per week
1804		Cyfarthfa Iron works has 4 Blast furnaces and a : 50 FT diameter water wheel its gudgeon pin weighs 100 tons It has over 1000 employees		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1806	19-Nov	In the Bishops List no regular services held in English		History of Caersalem , Dowlais by J.R.Williams & Gwyneth Williams
1806		Richard Hill dies leaves his shares to sons Richard , John & Anthoney
1806		Cyfarthfa has 6 blast furnaces & some 1500 employees who are paid 30/- per week	Plant includes 2 rolling mills & 4 steam engines
1806		In his guide states that Plymouth Iron Works made 3952 tons of iron		A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( First published 1848 ) by T.E. Clarke
1806		Joseph Bailey arrives to join Richard Crawshay	Identity verified by Mr Kirkhouse of Llwyncelyn
1806		Richard Crawshay complains to William Smith that he had not received any maps for which he has subscribed		The Map That Changed the World By Simon Winchester
1806		Around this date William Price formally Minister of Ebenezer MT built "BETHEL " in Dowlais	Believed to be at lower end of high st or near Bryn Seion	Merthyr Historian Volume 5 by Martin Snead
1806		Richard Crawshay among the complainants at Smiths delay in Publishing his map being a subscriber		The Map That Changed the World By Simon Winchester
1806		Dowlais considers making cannons	Clarke states works owned by Lewis & Tate	The Economic History of the British Iron & Steel Industry 1784 - 1879 By Alan Birch
1806		Dowlais Iron Works with its output some 6000 TPA is buying in pig from other local Iron Works mainly Penydarren		The Welsh History Review Vol. 6 No. 1 by M.J.Daunton
1807	01-Jan	16 English Baptist led by T.W. Chance meet over a blacksmith shop to form a chapel the site is now occupied by Hope chapel		Centenary Souvenir 1807 1907 High Street Baptist Church History
1807	22-Jun	in the Bishops list "DOWLAIS CHAPEL" registered	Surmises that this was in Merthyr by the New Drill Hall near Jacksons Bridge ( Dowlais " Tramway " Chapel	History of Caersalem , Dowlais by J.R.Williams & Gwyneth Williams
1807	28-Feb	Aged 22 John Josiah Guest succeeded his father Thomas as manager at Dowlais Iron works ( until 1852 on his death ) with Alexander Kirkwood		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1807	27-May	Zion Chapel in Twynyrodyn foundation stone for the extension laid		Booklet " Zion Welsh Baptist Church
1807		Cae Chapel built in Cefn Calvinistic Methodist Informant John Llewellyn Deacon Grocer Cefn		Religious Census 1851 Vaynor 2 (28)
1807		Cae Chapel & Moriah Built in Cefn
1807		Zoar members in dispute over Mr Lewis expenses of his fund raising trip to London	suggests that dissenting members decided to form Bethesda	Zoar Chapel by Angharad Lewis
1807		Thomas Guest dies aged 59. Dowlais Iron works partners J.J.Guest 9/16 T.R.Guest 1/16 Lewis 6/16 Tait retired		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1807		Cyfarthfa has a new blast furnace		Chris Evans
1807		Cyfarthfa Philosophical Society Formed		A Brief History of Merthyr by Joseph Gross
1807		Rebuilding of Parish church, completed in 1809. believed it was on the site of the 14th century church
1807		Hill crates a new company with his son Richard & Messer Myers & Strallel Plymouth Iron & Forge Company	Has 3 Blast furnaces including Pentrebach & Duffryn 4th built in 1815
1807		The Merthyr Philosophical Society Formed( In the Denevor Arms G.A.W. )		Peter Lord
1807		The Plymouth works build Long Row for its workers
1807		English Baptist number increase, move to a new venue	Rooms over 2 cottages in Morgan Joseph Square owned by M. Joseph	High St Baptist Church History
1808		The jail was built at a cost of £60		Welsh History Review
1808		Richard Wilson archbishop of Llandaff comes to town and claims his was the first Bishopric visit	Held Confirmation , renovation or rebuilding started following year	Leaflet
1809	15-Nov	Dowlais & Penydarren workmen fight on the mountains believing that the other is interfering in their work, due to the leases giving both companies the mineral rights		Chris Evans
1809		Court of Request established for debts up to £5 also Jail built for defaulters from this court	The jail was called the Black Hole	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1809		Bethel in Georgetown Baptist ( English or Welsh ) informant John Lloyd Minister	In T.F. Clarks Guide states a branch of Ebenezer	Religious Census (2:6)
1809		The Glamorgan Canal users finally get the courts to reduce the carriage rates The Canal Co. appeal overturned this ruling		The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1810	27-Jun	Richard Crawshay dies buried at Llandaff reported to be worth £150,000 he was born in 1739	1799 6TH Richest man in Britain His wife died on 30/09/1825 interned with him
1810	27-Jun	Richard CrawshayI said to have purchased Cyfarthfa Works for £95000	He lived in Cyfarthfa House	History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1810	27-Jun	Richard Crawshay I left 3/8th to William & Benj. Hall & 1/4 to Joseph Baily		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1810		In the coach following the body Richard 11 his brother William 11 with their father William 1	also Benjamin Hall the son in law
1810		This Minister Samuel Evans served Zoar until 1833 also at Bethania Dowlais & Bethel
1810		Dowlais Iron works Puddlers strike due to wage cuts	Profit for Year £9845	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1810		William Crawshay succeeds his father Richard
1810		Cyfarthfa producing 10,000 tons of iron per year
1810		Crawshay opens colliery to produce " sale coal " only		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1810		Dowlais Iron works has its first strike over the reduction of puddlers wages from 12/- to 10/6 per ton	Strike leader a David Bowen " DAI BUFF" it lasted 4 to 6 weeks
1810		More riots in Dowlais over the Dowlais Iron works truck shops
1810		Loyal Cambrian Lodge founded		Merthyr Historian Volume Twenty One By Joe. England
1811		Bethesda, Gafael y Garth built informant David Jones Minister		Religious Census 1851 ( 3:21 )
1811		Shiloh Wesleyan ( not the MINERS HALL ) Built Informant William Watkins Tram road side		Religious Census 1851 (2::5)
1811		Richard Hill dies he is buried at Llandaff		Charles Wilkins
1811		Census shows parish population has increased by 44% since 1801 = 11104 total
1812	12-Jun	Keepers of Turnpike Gates appointed Blackbrook Plymouth , Pandy , Nantgarw & Pontmorlais		Merthyr Tydfil Drawn From Life By Eira Smith
1812		John Wilkins of Wilkins's Bank opens a branch did not open one in cardiff until 1856 ( Born 1778 Died 1890 ) believed on site occupied by Lloyds's Bank )	Branches at Haverfordwest 1828 : Cardigan 1831 : Carmarthen 1834 : Llanelli 1837 ; Aberdare 1854	Mair Ford & internet
1813	01-Mar	Staffordshire Iron Wks want cartel Crawshay believes it would be detrimental	In June Yrisfach furnaces blown out losses running £5/6,000 Cyfarthfa in trouble	Schedule of Cyfarthfa Papers Vol. 1
1813		Dowlais Iron works advertise for a furnace manager in the Midlands news papers		Chris Evans
1813		Samuel Homfray leaves Penydarren for Tredegar Iron Wks	Thomas Homfey ,William & Henry Foreman owners	The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1813		The English Baptist led by T.W. Chance buy the empty Bethel Chapel & Burial Ground abandoned by the General Baptist for £200	opened for service in April	Centenary Souvenir 1807 1907 High Street Baptist Church History
1813		Cyfarthfa Wks Capital £10,000 Iron production ahead of Puddlers in Feb need to reduce wage cost	Glamorgan Canal Co .in Debt to Cyfarthfa	Schedule of Cyfarthfa Papers Vol. 1
1813		Until 1816 the sale price of Iron dropped dramatically causing problems for the Iron works & hardship for the workers, who rioted over the price of food	These market conditions affected every Iron works in the UK	The Welsh History Review Vol.6 No.1 M.J.Daunton
1814		Turnpike road from Merthyr to the Storyarms opened
1814		Alexander Kirkwood dies J.J.G now sole manager of Dowlais Iron works paid £400 PA		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1814	14-Aug	English baptist hold ordination service in Bethel Rev. Herbert Evans from Abergavenny		Centenary Souvenir 1807 1907 High Street Baptist Church History
1815		Dowlais now has 5 furnaces , J.J.Guest uncle William Taitt dies leaves him his 1/2 share	Production of all Merthyr furnaces averaging some 50 tons per week by 1845 it is 80	History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1815		Cyfarthfa has 7 furnaces making 50 tons of iron weekly		A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( First published 1848 ) by T.E. Clarke
1815		In his guide states that Plymouth had 3 furnaces made 7800 tons of iron ( I presume in a year )		A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( First published 1848 ) by T.E. Clarke
1815		Claims Dowlais Iron company's name changes to " Guest & Co. J.J.Guest inherits shares from William Taitt		Earl B. Thomas
1815		William Taitt dies J.J. G. Managing partner 0f Dowlais Iron with 9 shares T.R.Guest 1 & W. Lewis 6 production 15,600 TPA	Profit for Year £15020 Wages per week . Furnace keepers 21/- : fitters & colliers 15/- boy 3/- to 8/-	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1815		In his guide states that Penydarren had 3 furnaces made 7800 tons of iron ( i presume in a year )		A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( First published 1848 ) by T.E. Clarke
1815		Plymouth has its 4th furnace		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1815		Dowlais Iron has its 10 th furnace	After the death of William Taitt Josiah John Guest in sole charge
1815		Dowlais Iron Company starts issuing monetary promissory notes		Charles Wilkins
1815		Town has some 4115 members of Friendly societies		Merthyr Tydfil Iron Metropolis By Keith Strange
1816		Riots in Town and labour unrest Glamorgan Militia in town 18/10 to 28/10	Dowlais lay off all its puddlers on 16th June. It was reported that Crawshay hid in hillside farm	JOHN A. OWEN
1816		Dowlais Iron yearly profit £ 10952 production 12,524 TPA No 6 & 7 furnaces built at a cost £4577	Profit for Year £9845	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1817		Guest marries a Maria Rankin an Irish lady whose family had fled the 1798 rebellion	Died 14 January 1818 9 moths after marriage	History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1817		Cyfarthfa wages raised believed to be by 16 1/2% due to a trade revival, truck shop shut
1817		The Glamorgan canal using Iron boats 15 ft x 8 ft requiring little repairs as wooden ones cost of timber a factor		The Economic History of the British Iron & Steel Industry 1784 - 1879 By Alan Birch
1818		Dowlais House started also Rhas Las Pond made	Profit for Year £9845	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1818		Vale for Rates Dowlais £330 - Penydarren £180 - Plymouth £421-2-6 - Cyfarthfa £421-2-6
1818		108 men employed by Public wks Dept down 36 from 1917 still strike for wages stopping funerals		Merthyr Express 2/1 & 9/2/1918
1819		Cyfarthfa has 6th furnace producing 11,000 tons of pig & 12,000 tons of bar
1819		William Crawshay acquires Hirwaun Iron Works also builds a tin plate works at Treforest
1819		Dowlais Iron Partners J.J.Guest .Wyndaham Lewis : W.P.Lewis both of Greenmeadow * Thomas Revel Guest of Cork		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1819		Partners in Dowlais Iron J.J.Guest .Thomas Revel Guest of Cork :Wyndaham Lewis : W.P.Lewis both of Greenmeadow *	So Guests own 5/8 to Lewis 3/8 Wks production now 10,000 tons P.A.	The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1819		Plymouth works build new furnaces at Dyffryn		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1819		Job James takes over William Williams Book Shop & Printer
1820	15-Jun	Plot of land leased by 7 members for 99 years at £1-5-1 including land tax for the building of CAERSALEM	Field known as cae-dan-y-ty ( The field below the house) building by the members started cost £500	History of Caersalem , Dowlais by J.R.Williams & Gwyneth Williams
1820	04-Oct	Caersalem Particular Baptist Chapel built in Well St. Dowlais rebuilt in 1832	Informant in 1851 census Edward Evans Minister 3 (4)	History of Caersalem , Dowlais by J.R.Williams & Gwyneth Williams
1820		In the 20's Alderman Thompson buys the Penydarren Iron Works		Bessbrough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1820		The Patriot Inn was regarded as the HQ of Charterism in the town		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1820		Crawshay was a tory by 1830 he became a wig
1820		Dowlais Iron now importing iron ore from Lancastershire & Cumberland		EDGAR JONES
1820		Dowlais school starts situated on the upper floor of the new stables 200 boys & 100 girls	Company made profit £34,869	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1820		District credited with producing 150 000 tons of Iron 37.5 % of Gb output by 1839 555,000 tons still 36% of GB output		Merthyr Guardian
1821	01-Mar	Cymreigyddion society formed in "The Patriot Inn was regarded as the HQ of Charters in the town	Branches formed in other pubs in the district	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1821		Glamorgan canal carrying 18070 Tons pa
1821		Dowlais starts rolling railway rails , in now has 8 Iron Furnaces built No. 8 furnace at cost £1200	For the Stockton & Darlington Railway	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1821		Unitarian Chapel ( believed at bottom of Twynyrodyn hill & old Court street informant George Lunn		Religious Census 1851 ( 2:26 )
1821		Hen Dy Cwrdd down to 33 members only 3 from Cefn
1821		3052 houses 9552 males 7852 females 17401 total increase of 56% from 1811
1822		Dowlais Iron builds iron furnace No. 9, its production reached 22,287 tons in 1823		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1822		In Pigot & Co. directory of the town it had 3 book shops 4 in 1830 but only 3 in 1835		Peter Lord
1822		RC Bishop Collingridge appointed William Lewis to be Catechist for town		History of the Iron Trade by H. Scrivenor
1822		Dowlais Bethel Chapel being vacant occupied by Independents who attended Zoar & Bethesda in Merthyr	They would form Bethania in 1824	Merthyr Historian Volume 5 by Martin Snead
1822		Samuel Homfray dies Penydarren now run by William Foreman & Alderman William Thompson	These were investors not Iron men	Brunel in South Wales By Stephen K. Jones
1822		Crawshay selling coal, this brought him it trouble with his landlords		The South Wales Coal Industry 1841 - 1875 J.H.Morris & L.J.Williams
1823		A Chapel of ease built by Guest		A History of the Church in the Parish of Dowlais By Huw. Williams
1823		Saint John's church Dowlais register starts from this date	History of Caersalem claims Guest paid £3000 towards cost existing burial ground on site	KELLY'S 1884
1823		Dowlais Iron using 10 furnaces producing 22,287 ton creating profits £ 34,869 Closes Company shop	J.J.Guest opens Bank with branches in Merthyr & Cardiff closed in 1825	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1823		Penydarren has 5 furnaces and is producing 15,547 tons per annum		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1823		Area now producing 40% of the British output of Pig Iron		Merthyr Tydfil Iron Metropolis By Keith Strange
1824	05-Sep	Fr. Edward Richards celebrated hid first Mass claims 71 Irish in town 300 in his area	Located in Abergavenny from 1820-1828	History of the Iron Trade by H. Scrivenor
1824		Plymouth works has 2 new furnaces and are planning to build a steam blowing engine	Water wheel erected at Pentrebach called the little wheel and its 8th furnace is claimed as largest in Wales	Charles Wilkins
1824		Dowlais Bethania Chapel Independent Started 1823 opened in early spring looked after by ministers from Merthyr Cost £400	Informant in 1851 Religious census not disclosed but that a new chapel built in 1850 3 (5)	Merthyr Historian Volume 6 by Martin Snead
1824		Bethel Georgetown burial ground ceased to be used		Health Report
1824		To Abergavenny road opened		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1824		Bute claims Dowlais has infringed on his leases matter resolved in 1828		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1824		On Merthyr & Gelligaer Common Bute owned or rented 1710 acres with an income of £1317-7-0	In year 2000 = £103105	Gelligaer & Merthyr Common by Judith Jones
1824		A David Williams 's of Gwaelod-y-Garth Bank collapsed		Welsh History Review
1825		Glamorgan Canal now carrying 23,063 tons pa
1825		Cyfarthfa Castle finished designed by Richard Lugar. Crawshay had a feeder built to supply the new lake running alongside the Gurnos tramway	Cost £30,000 grounds cost £6,000	Cadw
1825		The Cyfarthfa section of the Glamorgan Canal now obsolete replaced by tramways		The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1825		Chapel Row built No. 4 birth place of Dr. Joseph Parry		Merthyr Tydfil Tourist Leaflet
1825		John Hill Retires
1825		The first balanced pit sunk a Winchfawr by William Crawshay engineer Henry Kirkhouse		MERTHYR EXPRESS
1825		Around this date Caersalem Congregation forced out minister who with a few followers worshiped in private house in Church St		Merthyr Historian Volume 5 by Martin Snead
1825		The report on the opening of St Mary's 11 claim that Fr Portal came now not in 1827	Returns to France in 1814	Merthyr Express 29 September 1804
1825		Zoar decide to extend chapel at a cost of £600	members left & met in room behind Crown inn	Zoar Chapel by Angharad Lewis
1826	21-Sep	Bethel seating doubled cost £495 took 10 years to pay off the debt		Centenary Souvenir 1807 1907 High Street Baptist Church History
1826		Bethania in Dowlais with new minister build in its own grounds a bigger Bethania	In less than year divisions force out T.G.Jones the move to vacant Bethel	Merthyr Historian Volume 5 by Martin Snead
1826		first date that Fr. Carroll an Irish man came to Town ( other dates 1836 or 1839 )		History of the Iron Trade by H. Scrivenor
1826		John Josiah Guest MP for Honiton, so he could afford to spend a lot of time in London as his partner William Lewis MP for Cardiff		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1826		Dowlais Partners J.J.Guest W.P.Lewis Wyndham Lewis Thomas Revel Guest		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1826		Thomas Guest stopped furnaces for 8 - 12 hrs on Sundays sent Thomas Evans to see this practice at Ironbridge	I expect it was to prolong the campaign life by carrying out minor repairs	Parliamentary report on child employment
1826		William Crawshay 11 buys Hensol Castle for £17500		The Crawshays of the Castle By Margaret Stewart Taylor
1827	23-Jan	Original lease on the Plymouth Works reissued to Bacon	Under leased to Hill for 15 Years at £1250 PA
1827	27-Nov	Dr Summers Bishop of Winchester and formally of Llandaff opens Saint John's Dowlais	J.J.GUEST gave £3000 towards cost, claims graveyard goes back to 1818 +Chapel Ease since 1823	A History of the Church in Dowlais By Huw. Williams
1827		Plymouth works build new furnace at Duffryn		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1827		Hermon Welsh Calvinistic Methodist built Lower Union St. Dowlais informant Robert Fredrick Deacon a grocer	Rebuilt in 1840	Religious Census 1851 ( 3:13 )
1827		An English Wesleyan Chapel Built informant Frederick Atkins Chapel & Society Steward Bethania St. Dowlais		Religious Census 1851 ( 3:14 )
1827		Fr.Patrick Portal comes to town , he moved to Newport in 1831, had to cover Cardiff 300 Catholics ( he died in 1835 )	succeeded by Fr. Carroll an Irishman dates uncertain 1826 - 1836 - 1839 . he kept a shop	History of the Iron Trade by H. Scrivenor
1827		Farther Patrick Portal comes to town believed he rented rooms at or near the old slaughter house Pondside	In 1831 went to Newport stil Parish Priest	Leaflet
1827		Portal was from Watford in area including Tredegar & Sirhywi only 300 Irish men & women		The Irish in Wales 1798 - 1922 By Paul O' Leary
1827		First Catholic Mission Fr Ignatius Richards Tells Bishop Collingridge at least 300 Catholics - 188 men	Employed Cyfarthfa 42-Dowlais 22- Plymouth 41- Penydarren 13 Rhymney 52 Sirhowy 17 Tredegar 7	Roman Catholic Education By James Stephen Williams
1827		Stage coach to swansea via Brecon
1828		Robert Thomas starts exporting domestic coal from Waun Wyllt the 4ft seam at Abercanaid		David Williams
1828		Cyfarthfa selling Iron Bar at £7 per ton with various discount for Cash
1828		Dowlais Co. Share holding J.J.Guest 9 : T.R.Guest 1 : W.Lewis 3 : W.P.Lewis 3		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1828		Bethlehem Chapel Built at Pontsticyll informant John Thomas Minister Bethlehem Dowlais		Religious Census 1851 Vaynor 2 (32)
1828		Penydarren Iron Works order a locomotive from Robert Stevenson cost £375		Brunel in South Wales By Stephen K. Jones
1828		Shiloh Chapel rebuilt but address given as Heolwermod and Wesleyan ( See Shiloh listed as (2:5) in 1811	In T.F. Clark's guide gives Siloh in High St, built circa 1828	Religious census 1851 ( 2:24)
1829	23-Jul	William Foreman share holder in Penydarren dies	Other Partner Samuel Homfrays son-in-law Alderman W. Thompson Richard Foreman on site
1829		Phillips Williams of Senghendd was granted a 21 year lease at Utwch Caiach extended in 1619 to 99 years	at £2-0-0 per year = 2000 vale £180	Gelligaer & Merthyr Common by Judith Jones
1829		Town has a stipendiary Magistrate	Salary £600 1/2 paid by levy on Iron Works (GAW )
1829		An agreement with the 2nd Marquis of Bute to end all current disputes & litigation with the Dowlais Iron Company		Gelligaer & Merthyr Common by Judith Jones
1829		Adulum Chapel in lower Thomas Street	Splinter from Pennsylvania	Gelligaer & Merthyr Common by Judith Jones
1829		In Dowlais Hermon Chapel		TBA
1829		Caersalem became independent of Zion & Ebenezer		History of Caersalem , Dowlais by J.R.Williams & Gwyneth Williams
1829		Penydarren one of the suppliers of rails to the Manchester railway		The Economic History of the British Iron & Steel Industry 1784 - 1879 By Alan Birch
1829		Cyfarthfa is selling pig Iron at £4.5 ton ( £4 : 10 : 0 )
1829		New steeple & clock added to the Parish Church
1829		Agreement between Dowlais Co. & 2nd Marquis of Bute to end all outstanding disagreements & Litigation		Gelligaer & Merthyr Common by Judith Jones
1830	01-Sep	Penydarren is rolling rails for the Manchester Liverpool Railway company	now producing some 17,025 Tons PA	Charles Wilkins
1830	12-Nov	Lucy Thomas exports 400 tons of coal to London via Cardiff docks	Her agent was Georg Insole Claimed price was 4/- ton at pit head
1830		Report in the Mechanical magazine on Cyfarthfa having 5,00 employees with 450 horses ( see below )	8 steam engines, 84 water wheels 3 forges a foundry & 8 rolling mills plus 1 bearing mill	History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1830		Dowlais Iron open the quarry near Morlais castle		Merthyr Tramroads and their Locomotives by G.Rattenbury & M.J.Lewis
1830		Cyfarthfa has 100 miles of railways, 7 miles of Canals, uses 40,000 tons of lime & 20,000 tons of coal pa		History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1830		Anti Truck shop meeting held in the Parish Church	Miners from the Swansea area petition magistrates & monmouth Magistrates partition Parliament	David Williams
1830		The road previously built to story arms now extended into Brecon it self
1830		Armenians start to build chapel in Bryant's field but run out of money. See 1834	Welsh Baptist bought the unfinished building for £25 and completed building for £300 called it Tabernacle	Merthyr Historian No.10
1830		Recession in Iron Trade 1/4 furnaces shut down in town	J.A.Owen claims Dowlais made Profit £12.568	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1830		Merthyr Parish Relief £660 in the red at times it run out of money Poor rate rose from 3/6 to 8/- by end 1831		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1830		Marquis Bute stated that Merthyr wanted to abolish or reform Court of Request Govt. had own revision		Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1830		All the iron works in the town are now producing railway rails	Penydarren for Liverpool Manchester Railway
1830		Dowlais Iron producing 20,000 tons of rails plus 7647 of Iron	Workers Benevolent Society Started by Workers a Voluntary Scheme	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1830		Towns Vestry ( Poor Law ) becomes insolvent		Poor Relief Merthyr Tydfil's Union in Victorian Times By Tydfil Thomas
1830		Dowlais Works installs a Big Mill only for rolling rails		From Dowlais to Tremorfa By Mandy Walker
1830		Zion chapel in Twynyrodyn released members to found church in Cwmfelin " Salam "		Booklet " Zion Welsh Baptist Church
1830		Guest now sends more Iron down Glamorgan canal than Crawshay . In 1883 & 1884 Crawshay regained the title	1831 was a bad year for Crawshay	Merthyr Guardian
1831	01-Mar	Crawshay gives notice of wage cuts and Job losses for all Cyfarthfa employees		Bob Saunders web site
1831	28-Mar	William Crawshay gave notice to his Ironstone miners of wage reduction of 3 to 7 pence per ton	Notice expired on 25 April & payment received 23 May	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	28-Mar	Crawshay in letter to Observer claims 50, 000 tons in stock 78,000 tons iron ore	Price of bar down to £5 ton Iron stone miners still better paid than his competitors	Extracts from observers letters
1831	01-May	Crawshay makes 84 puddlers redundant		Bob Saunders web site
1831	09-May	Parades held in the Town also in Dowlais burning effigies of prominent Tories	Bush Hotel invaded by Demonstrators ( who they were not stated not stated by Gwyn Alf )	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	09-May	Mob of 5000 visit James Stephen's a shopkeeper because of his anti reform attitude	Thomas Llewellyn leader	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	10-May	Thomas Llewellyn Leader of a mob that attacked houses arrested placed before magistrate released by mob		Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	15-May	Demonstrations calling for the Court of Requests to be abolished
1831	16-May	Demonstrations Crowds stop the Court of Request agents seizing property
1831	24-May	William Crawshay sacked 84 puddlers ( G.A.W. said 23rd )		Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	30-May	Rally at Twyn y Waun wanted 1 Abolition Court Req. 2 Imprisonment for debt 3 Food price Controls 4 Control of working practices in mines	White flags inscribed " Reform in Parliament & God Save William 1V attendees varied from 2 to 10	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	30-May	Rally of 2000 at Twyn y Waun wanted reform of the Court of Requests, the Waun fair also on	White flags inscribed " Reform in Parliament & God Save William 1V attendees varied from 2 to 10	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	31-May	Large meeting held on the Waun 2000 attended including a Union member from National Association		Bob Saunders
1831	31-May	At Penderyn Lewis Lewis and neighbours prevented bailiffs entering his house	Bruce attended and agreed a settlement Saunders say they then marched to Merthyr	Bob Saunders
1831	01-Jun	Court of Request ransacked by the mob. Crowds remonstrate with shops selling goods/ property seized by them
1831	01-Jun	Crawshay announces his miners wage reduction		David Williams
1831	01-Jun	Led by Thomas Llewellyn a march to Aberdare to confront Richard Fothergill	He said that Cyfarthfa ironstone miners were paid to much	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	01-Jun	Thomas Llewellyn with others visit Richard Fothergill forced retraction over high wages in Cyfarthfa	they attacked Aberdare Truck Shop	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	01-Jun	In the morning Penderyn villages stopped by physical force Court of Requests order on Lewis Lewis	Bruce sent constables to arrest parties & Lewis was ordered to pay 6d week to debt £18-19-0 Chest was held	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	01-Jun	Iron workers marched to Fothergill's works ( he does not state it was over alleged wage differences)		Bob Saunders web site
1831	02-May	Mass Meetings at Riverside		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	02-Jun	Lewis Lewis not only group other sought out owners of seized goods to reclaim them	Tradesmen meeting Bruce in the Castle Inn requested troops took Crawshay to persuade him	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	02-Jun	In evening Clerk to Court of Request home wrecked in evening		Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	02-Jun	In evening Clerk rioter roped off streets Lewis Lewis & David Thomas prominent	Later mob visited Cyfarthfa & workers were induced to leave work	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	02-Jun	In afternoon Lewis Lewis headed mob to Thomas Lewis , Riot Act read ignored & house wrecked	Not all reclaimed goods had been through Court of Request	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	02-Jun	Troops move into the town, including the Glam . Militia. 80 solders of the Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
1831	03-Jun	At 10:42 Jenkins & Bruce read Riot Act in English & Welsh		Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	03-Jun	At 11:42 Bruce addressed mob that Riot act was read 1 hr ago . at midday mob attempted to rush troops	Troops fired into mob , mob fled but took up positions on British tip shooting at Castle Inn	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	03-Jun	Town basically under the control of mob until the following Monday (06/06/1831)		Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	03-Jun	After Cyfarthfa mob visited Penydarren , Dowlais & Plymouth forcing them to stop work	By 7 in morning mob roped off streets	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	03-Jun	By mid morning the mob revisited Cyfarthfa carrying red flag with bread loaf	Crawshay & Hill & Bruce had gone to meet Major Falls with 68 troops of 93rd Highlanders	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	03-Jun	On meeting troops mob followed them to Castle Inn when Riot Act was read at 10:40	12 delegates of rioters go in to meet Ironmaster & Magistrates	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	03-Jun	Major Rickard 7 70 men of the East Glamorgan Yeomanry relieve the Castle Inn		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	03-Jun	17 : 00 hrs Troops & other personnel move to Penydarren House		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	03-Jun	late in afternoon A. Hill & Bruce left town to get help , mob moves to Cefn		Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	03-Jun	late in afternoon Troops march to Cefn to meet ammunition wagons from Swansea fired on	Capt. Moggridge set out from Brecon	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	03-Jun	James Bird at Penydarren House made a list of Troops injured in the Riot		Actual Report
1831	03-Jun	19 :00 hrs Lt Colonel Richard Morgan arrives in town , first of the relief troops		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	03-Jun	Argyll & Sutherland Highlander troops fire in to the demonstrators
1831	04-Jun	Captain Moggridge with 40 men East Glam. set out to meet ammunition train from Brecon held up	Rescued with troops from Penydarren House pushed on via Llangynider mountain	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	04-Jun	Rioters disarm Swansea Cavalry riding to Merthyr under Major Penrice		Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	04-Jun	late in day J.J.Guest arranged meetings between rioters & Iron Masters		Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	04-Jun	This was the crunch day Mob with Aberdare & Hirwain people march down road meet their delegation	Troops were ready to defend Penydarren House	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	05-Jun	Merthyr rioters visit eastern valleys		Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	05-Jun	Sunday Things appear quiet , officers concerned of the mass rallies to be held on Monday	Proclamations issued against carrying arms & high treason meetings restricted to 12	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	06-Jun	Reported that on this Monday a large body of men met on Wern Hill Number solders in Doubt 110 to 500	Lt. Colonel Morgan ,magistrates & 450 soldiers set out to meet them met at Dowlais riot Act read	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	06-Jun	110 Highlanders, 53 Royal Glam.& 300 Glam. Yeomanry went to the Waun Common	Riot Act Read & soldiers pointed their weapons	Saunders in his web Site
1831	06-Jun	After the confrontation on the common the authorities cracked down raiding houses & arresting people	18 rebel leaders arrested workers returned to their work places	Saunders in his web Site
1831	07-Jun	Tuesday the start of the arrests Lewis Lewis arrested in Penderyn Hendrebolon Woods	Workers started to return to work . Crawshay cancelled wage cuts. Troops still coming into town	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	07-Jun	18 believed leaders of the Riots now in jail men returning to work		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	08-Jun	Pull out of troops now underway . Thomas Sully Chairman of quarter sessions comes to town	Prisoners examined in the Talbot & Castle Hotels over 18 rioters in custody	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	11-Jun	Brecon troops leave town & go home to a heroes welcome		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	16-Jun	In the Cardiff trial Bosanquet sentenced at 8 in the morning		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	17-Jun	Inquest on people killed including John Hughs held by Evan Thomas		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	17-Jun	Evan Thomas Justices of the Peace investigate death of John Hughes a rioter ( Demonstrator )	8 witnesses including William Williams , Abbot the hairdresser & Dr.Thomas Court
1831	18-Jun	110 Highlanders 300 Cavalry & 50 Glamorgan Militia to face mob estimated at 20,000		Charles Wilkins
1831	18-Jun	Swansea Coroner finally located and sent to Merthyr spent 20 to 21 in town		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	19-Jun	Melbourne wrote to Bute threatening to remove troops from town because of their living conditions		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	20-Jun	In Cardiff Coroner held inquest into the deaths of the rioters killed in Merthyr		Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	20-Jun	Formal inquest by Swansea Coroner Thomas Thomas on John Hughes & Rowland Thomas		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	30-Jun	Now there were 26 prisoners in Cardiff from the Merthyr Riots	Dai Solomon let riot in jail later	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	01-Jul	26 Rioters now in Cardiff goal		Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	09-Jul	In Cardiff the Glamorgan Assizes Opened Justice Bosanquet assisted by Baron Bolland 99 witnesses	William Meyrick was paid £780	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	11-Jul	In Cardiff Merthyr rioters Trial starts under Mr Justice Bosanquet	28 charged , 14 reform raids , 11 seizing arms, 5 violent action in Aberdare & Hirwain	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	11-Jul	In the Cardiff trials trades given as Committed Puddlers 5 :Finers 1:Corkers 1 :Miners 8 :Colliers 4 :Labourers 4 :Shoemakers 2 :Smiths 1 :Women 2		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	13-Jul	In Cardiff Trial of John Phelps for attack on Thomas Williams found not guilty of breaking in but of robbery & fear on J.W.		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	13-Jul	In Cardiff Trial of David Thomas for attack on Thomas Williams house found guilty		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	13-Jul	In Cardiff		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	13-Jul	In Cardiff trial Charges against David Williams dropped , T. L. : D.W. D.J. not guilty	L.L. D.T. T.V. guilty but strongly recommended mercy in consequence of its being riot	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	13-Jul	In Cardiff Merthyr Trials start John Phelps for his involvement on Thomas Williams house	Found Guilty of robbery & putting Jane Williams to fear	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	13-Jul	In Cardiff Merthyr second Trials involved David Thomas ( Dai Llaw ) for his involvement on Thomas Williams house	Found Guilty	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	13-Jul	In Cardiff Merthyr Trials 3rd involved Lewis Lewis, David Hughes, T. Llewellyn, D. Williams, D. Thomas ( Dai Llaw ) D. Jones & T. Vaughan		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	14-Jul	In Cardiff Merthyr Trials 4th involved Lewis Lewis, & Richard jointly charged with attack on Donald Black	Lewis Lewis found not guilty	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	14-Jul	In Cardiff 4th case Wounding Donald Black + 13 other indictments	Lewis Lewis not guilty , but added he was of incitement	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	14-Jul	In Cardiff 4th case Lewis Lewis & Richard Lewis & other With Wounding Donald Black + 13 other indictments	Lewis Lewis not guilty , but added he was of incitement	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	16-Jul	On hearing of the death sentence on the Lewis's crowd attacked James Abbott in his shop		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	27-Jul	Joseph T. Price & John Thomas send first Petition to King William 1V		The Fire People By Alexander Cordell
1831	01-Aug	Mr Justice Bosanquet in Cardiff wrote to Melbourne replying to the Lord Chancellors concern over Price's Petition	Basically he rubbish's the Petition Cordell states that the Bosanquet wrote 6 letters to Melbourne	The Fire People By Alexander Cordell
1831	03-Aug	in London Melbourn commutes Lewis Lewis's sentence		The Fire People By Alexander Cordell
1831	06-Aug	In Brecon Bosanquet writes to Melbourne after seeing Prices Petition		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	06-Aug	Mr Justice Bosanquet last letter to Melbourne suggest that sentence should be commuted	see letter from Melbourne dated 09/08/1831	The Fire People By Alexander Cordell
1831	07-Aug	Bosanquet in Presteigne receives Melbourne's letter dated 4/06 ordering Richard Lewis ' s execution , writes back		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	08-Aug	Joseph T. Price sends his final Petition to Glamorgan Assizes		The Fire People By Alexander Cordell
1831	13-Aug	Merthyr rioter Richard Lewis aged 23 hanged , the site is now the indoor market in St Mary's St. Cardiff	Execution delayed by 14 days because of evidence in Price's petition buried at Aberavon	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	23-Aug	Capt. Wharton & 100 men of the 43rd sent from London to set up in Penywern		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	01-Sep	In Sept. start of a 2 month lock out by coal owners who refused to employ union men		DAVID WILLIAMS
1831	10-Sep	Cambrian reported that 6 proprietors had agreed to dismiss all union men	Dowlais & Plymouth did this	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	24-Sep	No union men in Plymouth & Penydarren at start of 8 week strike	Also Dowlais	Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	01-Oct	Lieutenant- Colonel Love reported to Sec. of State that of Bolton delegate in town		Before Rebecca By David J.V. Jones
1831	04-Oct	Eastern Glamorgan & Royal Glam. Militia arrive in town		Sanders internet
1831	05-Oct	4000 men now on strike or laid off not Cyfarthfa & Penydarren refused Parish Relief	Lincoln's Inn informed the Home Office that this was illegal	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	17-Oct	Capt. Stephens & 100 men of the 98 Foot move into Town		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831	09-Dec	Parish Constables Peter Charters-William Charters-John Thomas-Richard Thomas prosecuted for beer scam	Complainant Thomas Burnell Chandler heard at Spring Assizes	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831		Due to the recession in the Iron trade Crawshay considers closing the Hirwain works
1831		Furnaces blown out. Dowlais 3 Penydarren & Plymouth 2 each Crawshay had 50,000 tons iron in stock		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1831		Adullam Independent Chapel built in Thomas St. Informant Rev. Levi. Lawrence	T/F. Clarke's Guide gives 1831 spells it ADULLHAM	Religious Census 1851 (2:8)
1831		Iron works strike for 8 weeks mainly confined to Dowlais & Plymouth	G.A.W stated Cyfarthfa had 50,000 tons Iron in stock in March	History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1831		Shilo Chapel built in Dowlais informant Thomas Price Class leader & local Preacher tailor Horse St. Dowlais		Religious Census 1851 ( 3:15 )
1831		Census shows 4365 houses 11840 males 10243 females 22083 total a 26% Increase from 1821
1831		Iron bar prices collapse to £5 ton
1831		Ebenezer Chapel built		TBA
1831		Fr Portal moves back to Newport ( Any thing to do with the riots )		History of the Iron Trade by H. Scrivenor
1831		Foreman dies held 3/8 of Penydarren Invested £170,000 into Bute's Rhymney works	Held 9/48 of Tredegar and 1/16 of Aberdare
1832	26-Jan	Lewis Lewis , Thomas Vaughan , David Hughes & David Thomas transported on convict ship " John "		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1832	17-Nov	"Merthyr Guardian " newspaper published cost with duty 7d , 1d more than the Times, backers the Marques of Bute & J.B.Bruce	Was a Tory paper moved to Cardiff & became Merthyr & Cardiff finished in 1874	The Paper it self
1832	11-Dec	Guest becomes the Towns first MP he was not opposed, said gives £ 500 to the poor outside the Bush Hotel in Merthyr, With Aberdare only 502 voters
1832		Population calculated as 27281 in 1831 those with the vote 502		Merthyr Telegraph 24 February 1866
1832		Dowlais Works buys 2 railway engines from Neath Abbey Iron works ( decline of horse use )		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1832		G.T. Clark who later as one of the trustees of Guest ran the Dowlais Iron works was admitted to the Royal College of Surgeons	After in 1835 he went to Bristol & worked indirectly for Brunel , later he became a Health Inspector for the government	G.T.Clark edited by Brian LI James
1832		CYfarthfa take 2 furnaces out of production
1832		First Cholera outbreak first reported in the adjoining Valleys lies	160 Deaths reported with 600 infected
1832		Road from Cefn Coed to Pontsarn built		History of Hen dy Cwrdd By Tom Lewis
1833	01-Sep	G.T. Clark visits Guest in Dowlais . Start of the friendship ( Born 1809 died 1898 )		Brian L. James
1833	26-Oct	Caersalam new building completed and the 1st services held cost £509-9-3		History of Caersalem , Dowlais by J.R.Williams & Gwyneth Williams
1833	15-Aug	Guest brings Bride to Dowlais set out on the 12 th to Reading then Bristol then Cardiff	She some 27 years his junior	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1833	01-Nov	Bayledon & Fosbrook carry out new valuation for the Poor Law it quadrupled the yield of the rates	Not accepted as it proposed to rate the owners of the £6 cottages	The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1833	30-Mar	Merthyr Gas Lighting meeting held to raise capital of £2500 in £25 shares to build gas plant & light town		Glam. & Brecon Monmouth Gazette Merthyr Guardian
1833	20-Apr	Thanks giving service held to mark the cholera epidemic end		Glam. & Brecon Monmouth Gazette Merthyr Guardian
1833	07-Sep	In paper notice calling on the Chief constable Samuel Thomas to call public meeting to support town to become Borough	He called a meeting for Oct 4 th in the Castle Inn	Merthyr Guardian & September & Nov 1833
1833	07-Sep	Paper carries a report on the meeting Mr Myrick gives cost of an extra £ 2/3000 on the poor rates		Merthyr Guardian 9 November 1833
1833	02-Jan	The Merthyr Guardian Published by William Mallalieu in High Street	Ist copy on film is No.8	Glam. & Brecon Monmouth Gazette Merthyr Guardian
1833	19-Oct	A meeting held in the Castle Hotel to promote a railway from Milford via Gloucester to London	It was to be called " Cambrian ,Gloucester & London, later it included branch to B'ham	Merthyr Guardian 12 October 1833
1833		Miners Association Of G.B. formed in town affiliated to Robert Owen's Grand National Consolidated Trades Unions		Merthyr Tydfil Iron Metropolis By Keith Strange
1833		The Religious census of 1851 stated that in a school room in Cefn is used for the convenience of the inhabitants	Informant William Roberts Curate Gwernllwyn Dowlais	Religious Census Vaynor Parish 2 (25)
1834	19-Jun	Lady Charlotte tells of threats against Dowlais house by Scotch Cattle because of Irish employment		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1834	12-Oct	Brunel visits Dowlais house with a Mr Frere ( The beginning of the Taff Vale Railway )	Had been given commission to survey by Alderman William Thompson 0n 07/10	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1834	01-Jun	Advert in paper for the sale of Plymouth Iron Works no comment by editor		Merthyr Guardian 14 June 1834
1834	11-Aug	William Crawshay Dies in Caversham ( Paper squashes rumour of Cyfarthfa's closure due to Unions 02/08	William Crawshay In charge of Cyfarthfa	Merthyr Guardian 16 August 1834
1834	01-Nov	Reports of a public meeting calling for a Market Place & a Town Hall		Merthyr Guardian 1 November 1834
1834	15-Nov	Notice of a company intending to build a railway to Cardiff with branches to all the Iron Works	In same Issue London to Southampton Railway asking from Rail Quotations	Merthyr Guardian 15 November 1834
1834	15-Nov	Account of a public meeting for a market Place & a town Hall		Merthyr Guardian 15 November 1834
1834		Bryn Zion Chapel Built at Dowlais by people that had left Caersalem in 1826 via the old Bethel enlarged in 1844	Small chapel like Cwmglo rejected by the Baptist it became Independent some returned to Caersalem	Merthyr Historian Vol. 5 Martin Snead [R.C.1851 ( 3:7 ) Daniel Roberts ]
1834		Schism at Ebenezer 54 leave 12 join Zion others walk to Penypond Aberdare later rent rooms in Merthyr	Later in 1836 buy unfinished chapel in Bryant's Fields for £25 spend £350 called it Tabernacle open Aug	Merthyr Historian Volume X By T.F. Holley
1834		Pennsylvania chapel has a major upgrade including a new organ costing almost £2000. Members met in the town hall during to upgrade.		Merthyr Express 20 April 1901
1834		William Crawshay's will valued his share in Cyfarthfa as £500,000. left £15000 in cash to his second son
1834		As result of the Poor law Amendment Act Town combines with the following Parishes for the Poor Relief	Aberdare-Rhigos-Penderyn-vaynor-Gelligar also Llanwonno & Ystradyfodwg ( Laterer 3 dropped out in 1863	The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1834		Merthyr Cymmrodorion Society held AGM in the "White Horse Inn " Twynyrodyn this predates the 1836 Map		Merthyr Historian Volume 8 By A.J. Perman
1834		Market Built designed by T.H.Wyatt Act passed in 1829 M.G. mentioned a Cae Tair Erw field ( 3 acre field )	Merthyr Telegraph calls for improved market 25/10.1856 GUEST KNIGHTED
1834		Morgan Williams & John Thomas publish " The Workman/ Y Gweithiwr	Claims the first working men's newspaper	Merthyr Tydfil Iron Metropolis By Keith Strange
1835	12-Oct	At Castle inn Taff Vale railway formally inaugurated Brunel estimated cost £190,069	Act incorporated 21 June 1836
1835	08-Jan	In the January Parliamentary election Crawshay had Mr. Meyrich to stand against Guest he later withdrew. Guest was returned		Charles Wilkins
1835	31-Jan	Lady Charlotte goes away because of Cholera		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1835	28-Aug	Ivor Guest born Married Lady Cornela Churchill in 1868 he died in 1914		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1835	06-Jun	Merthyr Guardian has a new printer & Publisher Sandford Fox. Brecon still has John William Morgan	No information on William Mallalieu the previous Printer & Publisher
1835	24-Oct	The Merthyr to Cardiff Railway Co. advertise its formation. Offers shares £100 each Capital £250,000		Merthyr Guardian 24 October 1835
1835		Dowlais Benevolent Institution established for relief of sudden accidents & rare infirmities	Subscriptions published in 1838 of £ 76-7-6 collected Guest & woks gave £45	Merthyr Guardian 24 February 1838
1835		Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff Railway advertised in paper following issues name changes	London solicitors Swain, Stevens & Co.	Merthyr Guardian 7 November 1835
1835		Records of a Catholic Priest in town Farther McDermot		Leaflet
1835		Fr J. Carroll from Dublin he set up the mission , and resided in town the following year	Was reported to be disappointed with the religious intent of the local Irish
1835		The Vicar Maber reported Gross income £884 Nett £675 Poor Rates £ 128		Merthyr Historian Volume 8 By Roger L. Brown
1835		Parliamentary Act required before building of the towns market hall, it was proposed by 2 private individuals
1835		Tabernacle chapel built in Bryantsfield informant John Roberts Minister claims evening meetings 1600 attendees	The New Chapel is in Brecon Road	Religious Census 1851 ( 3:22 )
1835		At Troedyrhiw Saron Independent Chapel Built informant William Morgan secretary		Religious Census 1851 ( 2:18 )
1835		Dowlais has 13 th Furnace Lady C. lays foundation stone		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1835		Eisteddfod at Dowlais
1835		Meeting of Gas Lighting Company Held in the Castle Hotel	In September advertising for Iron Castings	Merthyr Guardian 22 August 1835
1835		Glamorgan Canal improvements announced needed Parliamentary Act		Merthyr Guardian 7 November 1835
1835		Glamorgan canal carried 120,990 tons of Iron & 176374 of coal in the year	82.33% of the Iron Carried came from Merthyr	Merthyr Guardian 16 January 1836
1836	17-Nov	The Cardiff & Merthyr Guardian Published
1836	01-Aug	Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Chapel opens in Bryants Field		Merthyr Historian Volume X By T.F. Holley
1836	03-Nov	Union of Parishes, Board of Guardians first meeting held in the Castle Inn in Merthyr	For the Poor Laws with 8 other Parishes .Town had 8 members 40% board Noted as a Wet Summer
1836		Claims 23 dissenting places of worship had been recorded at the Bishops Court from 1792		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1836		Taff Vale Railway formed Guest 1st Chairman Capital £300,000 est. to build £286,031	Act approved 21 June
1836		Ynysfach Iron Works enlarged with 2 furnaces and an engine house		Merthyr Historian No. 10
1836		Prices on a high £10/£11 ton by 1840 dropped to £5 : 15 : 0 or £5.75		Parliamentary report on child employment
1836		Merthyr Gas company formed it became incorporated in 1868		Merthyr Express
1836		Bethesda Chapel rebuilt. It was demolished in 1996
1836		Catholic priest covers Merthyr :Rhymney & Pontlottyn		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1836		Fr. Carroll Priest in area ( or earlier 1826 ) came after Fr Anthony McDermott 1833-1835 died in 1847	1834 Fr James Macdermott of Ballinasloe has snuff-box inscribed " Presented to him by Catholics of Merthyr Tydfil	St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1836		Fr. Carroll had no chapel said mass over a noisy public slaughter house ,& 6 miles away in a pub		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1836		Dowlais Works supplying 20,000 tons of rails to the railway construction said to be investing £36,000,000		The Economic History of the British Iron & Steel Industry 1784 - 1879 By Alan Birch
1836		states that the Bishops register has 23 Dissident places of worship registered		Welsh History Review
1837	23-Jan	On the death of his brother Thomas in Ireland Guest inherits his shares , he left 1/2 to Edward Hutchins		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1837	28-Jan	Lady Charlotte gives birth to 2nd daughter Katherine Gwlady married Rev F.C. Alderson died 1926		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1837	25-Feb	The route of the Brecon to Merthyr Railway published	Proposed Railway had a capital of £100000 in £100 shares	Merthyr Guardian 25 February 1837
1837	01-Apr	Guest becomes chairman of the local Poor Law Guardians		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1837	07-Apr	Public meeting held on the subject of County Borough status chaired by J.J. Guest no resolution passed		Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1837	19-May	Second Public meeting held on the subject of County Borough status	Resolution was passed in favour but no action was taken see 1857	Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1837	27-May	Merthyr Guardian has a new printer & publisher John Grainge. Brecon still has J.W.Morgan	No mention of Sandford Fox
1837	09-Jul	Merthyr now has a new newspaper to compete with the Guardian cost 4 pence including duty	Publisher in Jackson Bridge St. by William Henry Fleet & Josiah Thomas Jones lasted until December	The Merthyr & Cardiff Chronicle
1837	03-Aug	William Thomas Lewis born son of a mining engineer, worked for the Bute's & became Chief Mining Engineer in 1864, went into business in 1867	Knighted in 1855 & moved up the ladder to becoming Lord Merthyr of Senghenydd in 1911
1837	07-Aug	The West of England & south Wales District bank opens a branch at 47 High Street	There was a Merthyr Tydfil Saving Bank in the town	William Vaughan Ex manager at Berkley's
1837	12-Nov	Guest makes a will naming Lady Charlotte sole executor & Trustee		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1837		Market Square Chapel in 1897 celebrated on 25 June its Diamond Jubilee		Merthyr Telegraph June 1897
1837		Ebernezer Chapel built a Welsh Independent chapel in Cefn demolished in 1970
1837		The Laity Directory list Father D'arcy under town		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1837		Dowlais Market has to have a Parliamentary Act for its establishment, proposed by individuals. Demolished in 1971
1837		Dowlais splits from Merthyr Parish becomes an Ecclesiastical Parish	In the History Of Caersalem it is claims all cost paid for by the Dowlais Wks e.g. Guest	Kelly's Directory 1884
1837		Dowlais making £129,000 profit , but down to £78.066 by 1840		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1837		Only 582 premised eligible for votes 38% houses 28% Alcohol retailers 20% retailers & 6% farms	Only 83% voted
1837		Penheolgerrig built Independent, Welsh as informant Daniel Jones Minister in Bethesda that was Welsh Congregation		1851 Religious Census (2:4)
1837		Dowlais Parish formed 1/5 tithe & glebe income settled on its rector		Merthyr Historian Volume 8 By Roger Brown
1837		Temperance Movement starts in earnest in town		The Merthyr Risings by Gwyn A. Williams
1837		Town meeting calling for Borough Status under the 1834 Municipal Act Charter never got off ground
1837		Has a Auxiliary Bible Society notice of its first birthday in 1838		Merthyr Guardian ( June 1838
1838	17-Jan	in Dowlais Lady Charlotte gives birth to Merthyr her 4th married Lady Theodora Grosvenor died 1904		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1838	02-Jun	Merthyr Guardian has a new printer & publisher John Edward Dibb . Brecon still has J.W.Morgan	No mention of John Grainge
1838		Eligible to vote 582 Buildings only 485 voted list in Merthyr file		Merthyr Guardian 3 February 1838
1838		Robert Thompson Crawshay forms his band		Encyclopaedia of Wales
1838		John Josiah Guest made Baronet		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1838		Turnpike Gate removed from Pontmorlais & Bridge Street		Merthyr Tydfil Drawn From Life By Eira M. Smith
1838		Catholic Wester Directory reported that there were 3005 Catholics in Wales 900 in Cardiff 940 in Merthyr		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1838		Working Men's Association formed by William Morgan in Heolgerrig by a Weaver Proprietor journalist. Its Parent branch was Carmarthen	( Some say a form of Charterism )	Merthyr Tydfil Iron Metropolis By Keith Strange
1839	29-Mar	Lady Charlotte has 5th Child Montague died 1909		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1839	01-Jun	Report of the new Furnace for the Plymouth Works		Merthyr Guardian 1 June 1839
1839	01-Sep	William Crawshay 111 on the Little Weston in a storm crossing the 7 is drowned	Robert Thompson elder son of Isabel now in charge of works but Henry put in charge of the mines	The Crawshays of The Castle By Margaret Stewart Taylor
1839		Records of a Catholic Priest Father James Carroll he lived at & No. 7 Glebland St	Believed that he said mass in the slaughter house in Bridge St	Leaflet
1839		Ivor works built as maintenance shop for the main works. It could also manufacture new plant with its equipment	Named after Guest's son, it was equipped with furnaces, forges, fitting shops, pattern making shop & foundry	John A. Owen
1839		Glamorgan Militia Royal Light Infantry installed in Town as a precaution because of Newport		Glamorgan Historian . Vol. V111
1839		Last date that Fr. Carroll an Irish man came to Town ( other dates 1826 or 1836 )		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1839		Ynsfach Works start to build 2 more furnaces		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1839		William Crawshay sells Hensol Castle		The Crawshays of The Castle By Margaret Stewart Taylor
1839		A. Hill Plans works refurbishment & 4 th furnace at Duffryn with loan from West of England & S.W. Bank	Thomas William Lewis father of sir W.T.Lewis	History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1839		Horeb Independent Chapel built in Penydarren informant John Morgan Deacon		Religious Census 1851 ( 3:18 )
1839		Dowlais Works installs a Little Mill to increase the Big Mill capacity only for rolling rails		From Dowlais to Tremorfa By Mandy Walker
1839		Report that of Dowlais 15 furnaces 5 are using hot blast		The South Wales Coal Industry 1841/1875 J.H.Morris & L.J.Williams
1839		Penydarren has a new blast furnace now has 6 one is a Hot Blast		Merthyr Guardian 9 November 1839
1839		Dowlais Co. had a puddler Evan Thomas sentenced to 1 month in jail for being absent and drunk during working hrs		Merthyr Tydfil Iron Metropolis By Keith Strange
1839		In his guide states that there were before the Rebecca movement toll gates by the entrance to Penydarren wks & Pontmorlais		A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( First published 1848 ) by T.E. Clarke
1839		Report of weekly Chartist meetings held in Dowlais		Merthyr Guardian 18 May 1839
1839		Report of Chartist meetings held in the Swan Inn		Merthyr Guardian 27 July 1839
1840	09-Jun	The minister W.T.Davies (1838_1849 )had Caersalem solemnised for marriages 1st took place
1840	12-Aug	Lady Charlotte has 6th child Augustus died 1862	Odd info 9% non Welsh Speakers	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1840	04-Jul	First Public Meeting for a New Church Bute gave £300		Merthyr Guardian 11 July 1840
1840		In the 40's a Walter Griffiths attempted to ignite public opinion against the Corn Laws, claimed his efforts were thwarted by the Chartists	States that this was true through out Wales	The Welsh History Review Vol.13 No. 1 by Ryland Wallace
1840		Blaencannaid farm rebuilt		History of Hen dy Cwrdd by Tom Lewis
1840		High street Baptist chapel built ( in religious Census 2 (16) informant Thomas Davies Minister		Centenary Souvenir 1807 1907 High Street Baptist Church History
1840		Foundation stone for Market Square laid by Masons Thomas Evans Contractor. Not listed in 1851 Religious Census	In T.F.Clark's Guide gives this year as the build date but that it is empty in 1848	Merthyr Guardian 13 June 1840
1840		Bethel georgetown is now too small, a site in High street was purchased for a new chapel with a 99 year lease	T.H.Watts the architect of Zion St. David's & the Market employed building cost £2000	Centenary Souvenir 1807 1907 High Street Baptist Church History
1840		In Pentrebach Silo chapel built ? 1841 Given as Calvinistic or Particular Baptist Morgan Joseph Deacon		Religious Census 1851 (2:10 )
1840		At Clwyd-Y-Fagwyr Carmel built Calvinistic Methodist informant John Price Elder		Religious Census 1851 ( 2:9 )
1840		Caersalem now solemnized for the registration of marriages		History of Caersalem , Dowlais by J.R.Williams & Gwyneth Williams
1840		Caersalem extends to Elim in Caeharries that later became Hebron
1840		Cyfarthfa Row built the Tram road was called Nantygwenith St when built the 1851 map calls both rows Cyfarthfa Row
1840		Saint David's church register started ( still a chapel of ease ) had a church grant of £1000 architect nominated Wyatt. Opened 1847		Kelly's Directory 1884
1840		Population 35,000 per David Williams		St David's Merthyr Tydfil By Rebecca Lee
1840		Mail coaches operating between town & Cardiff		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1840		Catholic Register records 1st Spanish name	700 catholics est. met in decrepit loft over a slaughter house or 6 miles away in a pub	St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1840		Dowlais build New Rolling Mill also builds its own trains		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1840		Scottish nonconformist who attended Bethel because of religious differences start to build chapel in Market Square		Centenary Souvenir 1807 1907 High Street Baptist Church History
1840		Roman Catholics held mass in the top rooms of a slaughter house in Bridge St. Estimated there were 400 Roman Catholics in Merthyr		Catholic
1840		Has 1 Church & 12 Chapels		David Williams
1840		Carmel Calvinistic Methodist build chapel at Clwyd-y-Fagwyr
1840		Wages stated Furnace man £1 to £1.75 Puddlers £2 Rollers £3 to £3.1	Food cost flour 11/4p llb. Beef 7p lb, Mutton 3p lb
1840		Dowlais build a new mill called Little mill		Edgar Jones
1840		Dowlais works surveyed and a rental of £30000 placed on works But's Agent John Dixon		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1840		Plymouth Works to go public Duffryn Iron Works Capital £400,000 in £50 shares		Merthyr Guardian 18 January 1840
1840		The chartist Morgan Williams & David John publish 2 chartist papers the Welsh Udgorn Cymru and the Merthyr advocate & free press		The Internet
1841	01-Feb	Certain citizens held public meeting to call for a local Stipendiary Magistrate		Merthyr Guardian 13 February 1841
1841	07-Apr	Roy Butes solicitor tells of Butes intention to turn Dowlais Iron into a Joint Stock Co.		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1841	01-May	Taff Vale Railway open to Cardiff first in Wales had or planed connection to all coal areas. Paid compensation to the Glamorgan Canal Co.	J. Guest Chairman, I.K. Brunel Chief Engineer was 56 & 1/2" Gauge ( Broad )	DAVID WILLIAMS ( see also the Merthyr Guardian No. 441 dated 24 April )
1841	01-May	In May Plymouth starts new plant , a very dry summer crates problems in 1843 TO 1844	New rolling mills at Pentrebach	Charles Wilkins
1841	01-May	Fr J.M.Carroll in letter to Bishop Brown tells that Alderman Thompson has agreed to lease him land in Dowlais	He infers that Guest was also prepared to , but was concerned that if he did it would affect his voters	Roman Catholic Education By James Stephen Williams
1841		A independent Chapel built in Graham street Market Square it became known eventually as Market Square Chapel	Informant J.D. Hill Minister its address interesting the location Heolwormwood	Religious Census 2 ( 15 )
1841	04-May	The independent chapel in Market Square holds its first service in English later a service in Welsh	In Religious Census 1851 ( 2:15) given as Independent Thomas Street Market Sq. Heolwormwood	Merthyr Guardian
1841	01-Jun	In June the owners of the Glamorgan canal meet in Abercynon to discuss reducing the canal charges		Merthyr Guardian 29 May 1841
1841	08-Jun	First service held in High Street	Debt of chapel £1700	Centenary Souvenir 1807 1907 High Street Baptist Church History
1841	12-Jun	Carried by the Taff Vale Railway Dowlais gets it first consignment of Lancashire Iron ore by this method of transport		Merthyr Guardian 14 June 1841
1841	29-Jun	Guest returned as MP for Merthyr		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1841	10-Jul	The M. T. Saving Bank actuary was said to have been guilty of defalcation making a loss of £1151	Guest & other trustees + certain managers were called upon to make up the deficit	Merthyr Guardian 10 July 1841
1841	31-Jul	Having given notice this week it is the last time the Merthyr Guardian is published in town	Harry Webber new owner & published in Woodfield House Bute St Cardiff	Merthyr Guardian 7 August 1841
1841	14-Aug	The Merthyr Guardian now published in Cardiff its Local Intelligent column now based on Cardiff area		Merthyr Guardian 14 August 1841
1841	21-Aug	High Street Chapel now registered as a place to marry at the expense of Bethel Chapel George town notice 14 August		Merthyr Guardian 21 August 1841
1841	01-Oct	In October Caersale. Dowlais form daughter chapel in Penydarren ELIM		History of Caersalem , Dowlais by J.R.Williams & Gwyneth Williams
1841	07-Nov	Lady Charlotte has 7th child Arthur Edward married Adeline Chapman 1867 died 1898		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1841		The route of the Brecon to Merthyr Railway published ( see later details in 25 September )		Merthyr Guardian 6 March 1841
1841		The Gas works to expand		Merthyr Guardian 27 March 1841
1841		Caersalem. Dowlais form daughter chapel in Caeharris became Hebron	1851 Religious census Baptist Informant Thomas Mathews secretary 3 (3)	History of Caersalem , Dowlais by J.R.Williams & Gwyneth Williams
1841		Hebron Welsh Baptist & a Independent chapel built in Dowlais	Lease granted in same year but to time listed	Religious census 1851 ( 3:3 )
1841		Elim at Penydarren built		History of Caersalem , Dowlais by J.R.Williams & Gwyneth Williams
1841		Bethlehem Pant-Twyll Calvinistic Methodist built in Cae-pant-tywyll Informant James Morris one of the Trustees	T.F.Clarke's guide only gives location	Religious Census 1851 ( 3:24 )
1841		Zion Chapel in Twynyrodyn rebuilt ( looking on maps built on part of Burial Ground		Booklet " Zion Welsh Baptist Church
1841		Architects advertised for to design the new C of E church Saint David's		Merthyr Guardian 27 February 1841
1841		Joseph Parry born he died in 1903
1841		TWR Report 6616 houses 19068 Males 15909 Female 34977 total 58% increase from 1831	NUT Cyfarthfa 3000 : Dowlais 5192 : Plymouth 2400 : Penydarren 1909 Others 299 = 36.6% working Population	TWR
1841		Article Claims Bishop Brown describes town of 60,000 but Catholics worship in Slaughter house loft	Town had catholic Poor School along with Hollywell & Cardiff	Saint Peters By JMC
1841		Paper carries an report that the Church Commissioners have made a grant of £1000 towards a new church		Merthyr Guardian 25 December 1841
1841		Zoar decide to extend chapel again opened in 1842 but debt now £1830		Zoar Chapel by Angharad Lewis
1841		Census reviles 3% population Irish born this rose to 7% in the 1851 Census		Merthyr Tydfil Iron Metropolis By Keith Strange
1841		Dowlais now paying its workers directly through the company offices		The South Wales Coal Industry 1841 - 1875 J.H.Morris & L.J.Williams
1841		Dowlais producing 1500 tons of coal daily to feed its 18 blast furnaces		The South Wales Coal Industry 1841 - 1875 J.H.Morris & L.J.Williams
1842	01-Sep	Guest go on Continental Holiday	In Germany learn that miners must be over 20 years	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1842	15-Aug	Farther Carroll tells his Bishop that Merthyr is prejudice , with lots of Protestant Organisation	That his congregation was very poor , & unable to give more numbers 700 resident + 200 migratory	Roman Catholic Education By James Stephen Williams
1842		In Bute Arms in Horse Street Dowlais first Library opened by David Davies next one in Dowlais 1844		Merthyr Historian Volume 8
1842		Cyfarthfa employed 2000 1/3 under 18 Mr William Williams overman ( this I presume at works )		Parliamentary report on child employment
1842		Plymouth employing 2225 aged 13 to 18 470 under 13 265		Parliamentary report on child employment
1842		Taff Vale Railway station opens. This became the goods station, where the bingo hall is in 2012		Parliamentary report on child employment
1842		Welsh Baptist rebuild Tabernacle in Bryant's field largest in Wales cost £2000	Its graveyard is now closed	Merthyr Historian No. 10
1842		Bethlehem Calvinistic Methodist Chapel in Cae- pant-tywyll built
1842		Pandy Turnpike gate moved to Round house opposite of Cyfarthfa Lane	It is still there	Merthyr Tydfil Drawn From Life By Eira M. Smith
1842		In the difficult economic down turn the Parish Union cut the rate for paupers breaking stone from 1/9d to 7d per yard		Merthyr Tydfil Iron Metropolis By Keith Strange
1842		It is estimated that there are 800 RC's in town but can only meet over a slaughter house		Life & Times Bishop T S Brown
1842		Father Carroll alternating between Tredegar teaching 60 pupils complains of pupils from 7 up taken for work		The Irish in Wales 1798 - 1922 By Paul O' Leary
1843	06-Feb	Lady Charlotte takes children to see troops Manoeuvres	She notes in March that income tax is 7 pence in the £ = 2.9166%	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1843	30-May	Lady Charlotte tells of Butes letter stating that he is not obliged to grant a lease but would listen to a request	The heir to the German Throne is on a visit at Dowlais	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1843	10-Jun	Lady Charlotte tells of various events between the two parties on the lease		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1843	20-Jun	Guest receive friendly letter from Bute setting out his concerns on the lease renewals		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1843	26-Jun	Guest receive letter from Bute referring to previous negotiation but that negotiation should start again		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1843	02-Jul	Lady Charlotte has Enid married Sir A.H. Layard died 1912 she was the 8th child in a 10 year marriage		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1843	17-Oct	Guest has to go to Cardiff as a member of the Grand Jury for the trial of Rebecca Members	They were transported for twenty years	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1843	16-Dec	Dowlais has a 12000 ton rail order from Russia at £6 per ton		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1843	01-Jan	Merthyr Guardian reports on Gas Lamps in the High Street		Merthyr Historian Volume 3 by F. Vaughn
1843		Catholic Directory claims that there were 700 poor Irish employed in town		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1843		Lady Charlotte Guest completes her translation of The Mabinogion into English
1843		Cyfarthfa school in George town on site of Kirkhouse for 300 children paid out of workers subs.
1843		Stipendiary Magistrate appointed to Town & District promoted more by the Bute's		Glamorgan Historian . Vol. V111
1843		Elim Welsh Baptist Chapel built in Penydarren Informant David Hughes Deacon Tea Dealer		Religious Census 1851 ( 3:17 )
1843		Able bodied men account for 35% of paupers in the town		Merthyr Tydfil Iron Metropolis By Keith Strange
1844	01-Aug	Dowlais obtain a rail order for 50, 000 tons		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1844	17-Oct	Lady Charlotte gives birth to 9th child Constance married the Hon. Charles Eliot in 1865 died 1916		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1844	26-Nov	Bryn Sion new chapel opening services Seats for 600 + built 4 houses cost £1,281 : 16 : 11 in £200 outstanding	Original Chapel built about 1834	Merthyr Historian Volume 5 by Martin Snead
1844		Homfray is upset that the Dowlais Iron Co. had advanced its workers wages without telling him		Welsh History Review Vol.6 No.1 by M.J. Daunton
1844		Carmel Particular Baptist built in Cefn informant John Morgan Deacon		Religious Census 1851 Vaynor 2 (30)
1844		Thomas Powell sink two coal pits in Duffryn		David Williams
1844		Records of a Catholic Priest Father Carroll starting to build church in Dowlais	Listed as St. Detusus in the 1851 census & Erected in 1844	Leaflet
1844		Lady Charlotte makes reference to a scheme to pay each worker separately		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1844		Dowlais Iron builds the Library in Dowlais that contained a reading room, it also rebuilt its schools in Dowlais		John A. Owen
1844		St. Detutus Roman Catholic Church Built according to Fr. James Dawson in the 1851 Religious Census. (3:12)	see 1851	Religious Census 1851(3:12)
1844		James Colyuhoun Cambell appointed Vicar of town became Bishop of Bangor in 1859		Merthyr Historian Volume 8 By Roger L. Brown
1844		Richard Hill dies, control of Plymouth works on Anthony's hands	He brings in new men & converts the works to steam power	Charles Wilkins
1844		Report on the Sanitary Condition of town by Sir H.T. De La Beche published in 1845	see other reports 1850 Rammell : 1854 W.Kay : & Dr TS Dyke from 1866 onwards
1844		In health report wages were :Fireman & Puddlers : Colliers 17s : Miners & Masons 14s :	Rent varied in Dowlais 6s average per 4 weeks	HT De La Beche 1845
1844		According to the Religious Census in a private hose in Pantscallog independents met circa 50 to 100	Informant John Thomas Minister Bethlehem Dowlais	Religious Census 1852 3(16)
1845	22-Jul	Guests received from Butes Agent on his terms for the renewal of the Lease	Royalty 4/6 (22.5) Pig 7/- bar £9000 dead rent £80,000 renewal but insufficient mineral rights	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1845	01-Sep	Lady Charlotte notes the concerns over the high price rails are anything between £10 to £12		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1845	07-Oct	Dowlais sell 10,000 tons of rails to Great Western at £12 ton		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1845	07-Nov	Guest on a visit from London instructs works to produce 1100 tons of rails + 130 tons of bar per week	negotiations over Canford & Dowlais dragging on	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1845	29-Nov	Lady Charlotte in London tells that there are no takers for shares in the J.S.Co. 7 that Bute would run Works		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1845		Lady Charlotte upset as Dowlais Joint Stock capitalised at £950,000 and that they have lost Canford		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1845		Tabor Welsh Independent chapel built in Cefn Coed informant William Moses Minister Tydfil's Well		Religious Census 1851 Vaynor 2 (33)
1845		William Crawshay 11 makes improvement to woks Isabel lays foundation stone	The new mill opened on 18/02/1846 20 puddling furnaces	The Crawshays of The Castle By Margaret Stewart Taylor
1845		Cyfarthfa has 11 furnaces making 80 tons of iron weekly each furnaces needs a labour force of 400 men	Craw shay also owns tin plate works at Treforest & the 4 furnace works at Hirwain	A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( First published 1848 ) by T.E. Clarke
1845		In his guide states that Penydarren had 6 furnaces made 15600 tons of iron Thompson & Foreman given as the owners		A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( First published 1848 ) by T.E. Clarke
1845		In his guide states that Plymouth had 7 furnaces made 29120 tons of iron, that Anthony Hill was the owner		A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( First published 1848 ) by T.E. Clarke
1845		In his guide states that Dowlais library contains over 900 volumes		A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( First published 1848 ) by T.E. Clarke
1845		The second Health report by Henry De La Beche on large towns state that house rent is 6/- to 8/- per month	Weekly wages were Colliers 17/- : Miners & stone masons 14/- : Labourers 12/- : Puddlers & Firemen 20/-	The Report
1845		Town had 3 flourishing Land Company Ventures one even named " Emmets Brigade " after the 1803 rebellion		The Irish in Wales 1798 - 1922 By Paul O' Leary
1845		Fr James Carroll had large club room behind the Greyhound Inn in Bridge St		1930 Blotter Book
1845		ST Illtyd's Roman Catholic Church built in Dowlais. J.J. Scholes architect he was involved with Cathedral in Cardiff		Catholic
1845		Dowlais Works has 18 furnaces :7000 workers : 40 acrers :Poor Law Rates £ 2577 Other rates £1618 P.A.	Reputed to be the worlds larges Iron Works	Charles Wilkins
1845		Dowlais Company paid rates of £4195 : Thomas Evans paid £1000 : John Evans £750	Colliers 25/- : puddlers 35/- rollers 40/- per week	John A. Owen
1845		Penydarren has 7 furnaces producing 25600 tons"		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1845		Saint David's Church of England school opens . It was North of St. David's church on the site occupied by the Central Library
1845		Glamorganshire has 118 Iron Furnaces Monmouthshire 70
1845		Cyfarthfa's 11 furnaces have a capacity of 45760 Tons P.A.		Charles Wilkins
1845		John Griffith one of the Churchwardens empowered to raise loan £1500 to purchase 2 acres to establish burial ground	Closed by Order in Council in 1854 full	Merthyr Historian Volume 8 By Roger L. Brown
1845		Cyfarthfa in 1840's build large rolling mill to produce heavier rails cost £25000	11 Iron Furnaces	The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1845		Gives number of Dissenters as 6000		Labour & The Poor in England & Wales 1849-1851 by Jules Ginswick
1845		Taff Vale Railway started to duel Cardiff to Merthyr Railway reached Abercynon by 1848		Brunel in South Wales By Stephen K. Jones
1846	01-Nov	Lease for 99 years on Morgantown School		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1846	01-May	Richard Thompson Crawshay marries Rose Mary Yeats in St. Peter's Caversham		The Crawshays of The Castle By Margaret Stewart Taylor
1846		Cyfarthfa has a new rail mill claims a production of 1144 tons in one week ( Where did the iron come from ? )		A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( First published 1848 ) by T.E. Clarke
1846		Parish size given as 18055 acres with 8713 being common land		Gelligaer & Merthyr Common by Judith Jones
1846		Farther Carroll went to live in Dowlais he died the following year		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1846		Farther Carroll moves to Dowlais was it he who started 1st RC Chapel see 1851 religious census		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1846		Roman Catholic Church opens St Mary 1
1846		A Primitive Methodist Chapel built in Dowlais informant William Prosser Local preacher of Dowlais		Religious Census ( 3:9)
1846		Dowlais Working Men's library opened by Guest ( John Owen gives year as 1844 )		Charles Wilkins
1846		Dowlais working men's library opened by Guest. Merthyr also opened a subscription Library in 1892 it was in Church street	John Owen does not agree 1844	Charles Wilkins
1846		Saint David's National School opened closed in 1914 ( See 1845 )		St David's Merthyr Tydfil By Rebecca Lee
1846		Cyfarthfa Ecclesiastical Parish carved out of Merthyr Parish its Parish Church is at the junction of George St. And Hollering Road	Christ Church nor built at the time of the Religious Census in 1851	Kelly's Directory 1884
1846		Iron production 203339 TPA Dowlais 43.9 % Cyfarthfa 27.7 % Plymouth 17.3% & Penydarren 2.8% ( 91.7 % ? )
1846		John Guest buys Canford Manor Wimbourn for £335,000 & extra and for £19000	Then his wife spends a further £30,000 on alterations & furniture. They move in June
1846		In the railway boom South Wales produced 120,000 tons of rail 40,000 ton by Plymouth works at £13 ton		The Economic History of the British Iron & Steel Industry 1784 - 1879 By Alan Birch
1846		37 private schools in Merthyr & Dowlais
1846		Foundation stones laid in Saint David's church consecrated in September 1847		Labour & The Poor in England & Wales 1849-1851 by Jules Ginswick
1846		Robert Thompson Crawshay aged 29 Marries Rose Mary Yeats		The Crawshays of The Castle By Margaret Stewart Taylor
1847	15-Apr	Richard Thompson Crawshay wife Rose Mary Yeats gives birth to William Thompson	Rose 1/6/48 : Henrietta 1851 : Robert 1855 & Richard 1859	The Crawshays of The Castle By Margaret Stewart Taylor
1847	01-May	Lady Charlotte in London tells of the conflict between Taff Vale Railway & Dowlais that Guest resigns Railway	She also tells of the Dull London season due to the poor harvest wheat at 120/- ? Clark returns from India	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1847	21-Jun	The Guests are at Dowlais to meet the Grand Duke who comes on the morning for 2 days	He inspects the works & mines	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1847	28-Jul	Robert Crawshay proposes Guest David James seconds no other candidate he is elected	Guest return to London immediately as Guest needs treatment by Brodie	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1847	28-Jul	Guest Returned as MP		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1847	08-Sep	Saint David's Consecrated, capacity planed 1200 increased to 15000 Cost £3592 Govt Grant £1000	Date of Consecration History CAE Salam claims Guest gave £250 towards cost	Religious Census 1851
1847	01-Oct	Guest drops Easton & appoints Pyneas as his agent		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1847	01-Nov	John guest resigned to the loss of Dowlais works with the expiring of the lease. Works was valued in 1841 at £950,000
1847	01-Nov	Guest calculates that a current £50,000 profit would only be £10,000 with Butes new terms		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1847		Homfray of Penydarren Iron works attempted to set up a national association of Iron Masters, to control wages & strikes, Hill became a reluctant member,	First meeting Held in Blackfriars London. After 1848 there appears to record of this association	The Welsh History Review M.J. Daunton
1847		St David cost £4109 Grant £1150 £150 timber duty Incorporated Society £700 Lad. Thompson £200	S.Daniels of Crickhowel quoted £3832 + £671 spec. downgraded by £341 ( T.H.Wyatt & D.Brandon	Merthyr Historian Volume 8 by Roger L. Brown
1847		Grand Duke Constantine visits Dowlais to see his rails being produced		John A. Owen
1847		Dowlais works made a profit of £172,746		John A. Owen
1847		Sunday School attendance in town estimated at 6900 out of a total population of 35000 odd
1847		Mr Carroll the Roman Catholic Priest ( not allowed to be called Father ) dies of the Irish fever Typhus	Came to Merthyr in 1842 Fr Metcalf & Mulcahy died in Newport & Bangor	Life & Times Bishop T S Brown
1847		Fr James Dawson succeeds Fr Carroll in Dowlais had school in Gellifaelog with 60 scholars	In Merthyr the Bridge St school had a 100 scholars & 2 teachers	Blotter book 1930
1847		Mount Moriah Primitive Methodist built informant David Thomas Local Preacher of 43 Cyfarthfa Row ( This is in Morgan Town )	T.F.Clarke's Guide list a Burnell's field Chapel the Religious census list 2 Primitive Methodist	Religious Census 1851 ( 3:23 )
1847		Cyfarthfa works has 18 balling Furnaces, 20 Puddling Furnaces producing 6144 Tons of rails P.A.		Charles Wilkins
1847		Profits of Cyfarthfa works £108,065 Hirwaun £2931	Company owned by W.C.5/8 Frances, Henry, & Robert 1/8 each
1847		Parliamentary district has 822 voters qualifying as holding property in the rateable value of £10 - £15 band		Brian L. James
1847		Catholic Church built in Dowlais where there were the most Irish St Illtyd's Fr Carroll dies 1849 ( other state it was that the land owners allowed it )	M.E. 3 June 1893 gibes the official opening as the 19th July.	The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1847		J.S.Williams dissertation claims Catholic & Annual Register Dowlais first appears ( Dowlais M.T.) Chapel Illtyd
1847		Fr. James Dawson had a school in Gellifaelog 60 scholars & 1 Teacher Merthyr had a school in Bridge St.	100 pupils & 2 teachers	Blotter 1930
1847		In his guide states that a Mr Gypson flew over town in a balloon		A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( First published 1848 ) by T.E. Clarke
1848	01-Feb	Edwin Hutchins reports to Guest at Wimbourne on the dismantling of the Dowlais works
1848	18-Mar	2nd Marquis of Bute John dies succeeded by his son John Patrick who dies in 1900		John A. Owen
1848	21-Apr	New Lease terms for Dowlais works agreed, however Lady Charlotte did not sign until 18/01/1853	The new lease agreed a rent between £25 to £30,000 P.A.
1848	11-Jul	Guest returns to town has tremendous welcome	6 out of Dowlais 18 furnaces out	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1848	01-Apr	Suggests links with the chartist of movement for Home rule in Ireland		The Irish in Wales 1798 - 1922 By Paul O' Leary
1848		Latter Day Saints rent a room in Cefn Informant William Richards President Miner Cefn coed y cymmer	Also Craige Calvinistic Methodist in Abercanid	Religious Census 1851 Vaynor Parish 2 (27)
1848		Jewish Synagogue in Victoria Street erected Informant Joseph Barnett president average attendance 20 3 times a day		Religious Census 1851 ( 2:25 )
1848		Cyfarthfa has a school on Brecon Road noted there in 1861		Elwyn Bowen
1848		Ebenezer Independent or Congregationalist chapel built in Cefn informant Henry Thomas Manager		Religious Census Vaynor 2 (31)
1848		In Abercainid Graig chapel built Calvinistic Methodist informant Thomas Scurry		Religious Census 1851 ( 2:11 )
1848		Cefn Sunday Schools Tabor 120:18, Moriah 150 : 28, Carmel 95:12, Ebenezer 130: 21, St. Tudors 160:23		History Hen dy Cwrdd By Tom. Lewis
1848		Small Pox outbreak		Brian L. James
1848		The Catholic Directory list under Dowlais A church has been opened , a mission house & school completed	Needed help numbers 1000	Roman Catholic Education By James Stephen Williams
1848		Cyfarthfa opened its school		Leaflet
1848		William Crawshay finally buys Caversham Park it became the family seat		The Crawshays of The Castle By Margaret Stewart Taylor
1848		In his guide to the town gives the dates when the Wain fair operates 18th March July & November 2nd & 24 September	first Monday after 10th October & 17th November	A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( First published 1848 ) by T.E. Clarke
1848		In his guide to the town states that the Temperance Society has 2000 members	That the Temperance Hotel has a good library of 1062 books given by Guest & Bute	A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( First published 1848 ) by T.E. Clarke
1848		In his guide states that Wilkins & Co. Brecon old bank & David Evans a partner is in residence	Also West of England &South Wales District Bank operates in the Town	A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( First published 1848 ) by T.E. Clarke
1848		In his guide states that from the Crown Inn high St.. & Plymouth Arms & Iron Bridge Coaches ply to West & central Wales		A Guide to Merthyr Tydfil ( First published 1848 ) by T.E. Clarke
1848		It is reputed that Cyfarthfa works paid each employer individually
1848		Cyfarthfa prohibits its contractors from being involved with public houses		The South Wales Coal Industry 1841 - 1875 J.H.Morris & L.J.Williams
1849	15-May	Under the Public Health Act Investigation launched by T.W. Rammell	He stated that there were 30 Dissenting Chapels & 21 burial Grounds in the town	Actual Report
1849	31-May	Lady Charlotte learns of Cholera in Merthyr & Cardiff K. Strange gives deaths as 1467		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1849	09-Jun	Lady Charlotte tells that Cholera has reached Gellivaelog White tells her it is in Dowlais 11/06		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1849	11-Jun	Dowlais has the 1st cholera victim		King Cholera by N. Longmate
1849	01-Aug	Contract placed for the building of "The Workhouse " to hold 500 at a cost of £10000	Atlas Insurance Company financed it at 4.5 % opened in Sept 1853	Poor Relief Merthyr Tydfil Union in Victorian Times By Tydfil Thomas
1849		A Dr. A,H,Johns estimated that 10 to 11,000 vagrants passed through the town		Poor Relief Merthyr Tydfil Union in Victorian Times By Tydfil Thomas
1849		Dowlais Railway Act enabled a branch line from the works to Abercynon
1849		Second serious outbreak of Cholera, it also affected the other valleys	1432 Victims 3624 Infected	Brian L. James
1849		Pant Cemetery opened
1849		The " Mabinogion " published		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1850	25-Jul	Various lands leased to Hill for mineral extraction by Lady C. Clive	By now all the richer Iron ore deposits had been utilized & imports from England Spain was essential	Charles Wilkins
1850	20-Nov	Lady Charlotte upset as Guest is depressed works lost £10,000 and he needs to buy out Wyndaham Lewis		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1850		Guest buys W. Lewis shares for £200,000 increasing holdings to 14 , Nephew E.Hutchins holds 2	Ivor wks has new mill & 2 pits sunk at Twyn-y-Waun	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1850		Price of Iron in the 1850's unstable	£6.68 =1850 : £7.86 =1856 : £5.31 = 1869 Production increased from 60 To 92,000 Tons	Brian L. James
1850		Anthony Hill opens school in Pentrebach
1850		Pentrebach House built for A. Hill, as was the Lamb Inn in Castle Street		Merthyr Historian No. 10
1850		Local Board of Health formed	John Guest chairman, all other 4 Iron masters members. Board had a capital of £20000
1850		See Rammell Report on Health in Town, mortality rate 18%
1850		13% of the towns population officially paupers		Merthyr Tydfil Iron Metropolis By Keith Strange
1850		Bethel Chapel rebuilt	Gwernllwyn Welsh Congregational in Dowlais & Zoar Baptist in Troedyrhiw built	BAPTIST
1850		Gwernllwyn Independent chapel built in Dowlais Informant John Hughes Minister		Religious Census 1851 (3:11 )
1850		Board of Health authorises £151,000 on Water installations & £103,000 on Sewerage works		Kelly's Directory 1884
1850		Claims a wife was sold for 3 gallons of beer		Elwin Bowen
1850		At Troedyrhiw Soar Baptist Chapel Built informant David Williams Minister	In the census this is also listed as 2 ( 27 )	Religious Census 1851 ( 2:19 )
1851	18-Jan	A Catholic Bishop visits Merthyr Comes to Dowlais House because of Hutchins wife L.C snubs him		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1851		The Religious census of 1851 only St Detutus listed with the informant Fr James Dawson (see 1847)	Church has 300 seats free with 300 standing present in morning 600 & 40 + 110 scholars in afternoon	1851 religious census
1851		The Religious census of 1851 stated that a Wesleyan Methodist Group of around 80 shared the use of the Temperance Hall	Informant Thomas Maddy Local Preacher Pontmorlais	Religious Census 2 ( 23 )
1851		The Religious census of 1851 stated that a Wesleyan Group in Troedyrhiw had no place but were attempting to obtain one	Informant Hugh Carter 2 (7)	Religious Census 2 ( 7 )
1851		The Religious census of 1851 stated that a Wesleyan Methodist Group in hired room not used exclusively as a place of worship	Informant James Jones Steward Bricklayer	Religious Census 2 (20 )
1851		The Religious census of 1851 stated that in the White Lion Inn hall a group of Latter-day Saints met	Informant William Phillips Elder of 14 Castle St.	Religious Census 2 (21 )
1851		The Religious census of 1851 stated that in the Bute Arms Dowlais a group of Latter-day Saints met	Informant William Thomas	Religious Census 3 (6 )
1851		The Religious census of 1851 stated that in Penydarren the a group of Latter-day Saints meeting a room adjoining the Masons Arms	Informant John Jones Elder care of Thomas Griffiths Baker Gellifaelog Bridge	Religious Census 2 (19)
1851		The Religious census of 1851 stated that in the New Inn Rome a group of Latter-day Saints met	Informant Thomas Llewellyn Elder High St. Penydarren	Religious Census 3 (20)
1851		The Religious census of 1851 stated that there was a Anglican place of worship in Gellyfaelog Informant John Morgan curate Dowlais		Religious Census 3 (8)
1851		The Religious census of 1851 stated that in a private house some 22 Baptist met informant Robert Davies Local preacher high St. Dowlais		Religious Census 3 (10)
1851		Fr James Dawson he moved to Aberdare in 1866	Fr. Millea came this year & Fr Placid Sinnott came to help	St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1851		Dowlais buys blowing engine reputed words largest cost £8.839	Also sinks new pit at Pant y Waun	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1851		Dowlais wks have incline railway to the Taff Vale main line		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 by Robert V. Barnes
1851		Guest buys out nephew for £58,000		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1851		Average death age in town 17 1/2 in 1971 it was 71
1851		Glamorgan canal carried 500,000 tons of Iron
1851		Population now 46378, Swansea 21533, Cardiff 18351
1851		Guest buys 2 shares in the company from Edward Hutchins his nephew for £58,000 . Now becomes the sole owner		John A. Owen
1851		Wesleyan Chapel built in Penywern
1851		The census shows that of the 20 towns with a large Irish born population we were 19th	7% of the towns population were Irish born up 4% from 1841	The Irish in Wales 1798 - 1922 By Paul O' Leary
1851		The religious Census showed that the Mormons were meeting in the Bute Arms that was built in 1800	In Penydarren they met but not stated where ( 3:19 ) In town at the New Inn ( 3:20 )	Religious Census ( 3:6 )
1851		Town in deep recession		Merthyr Tydfil Iron Metropolis By Keith Strange
1852	08-Jul	Guest Returned as MP		The Early History South Wales Iron Works 1760-1840 by John Lloyd
1852	26-Sep	Guest gives Dowlais workers a 5% wage increase		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1852	26-Nov	On Guest death Lady Charlotte takes control of the works with John Evans as her works manager, until 1855.	When Clark one of Guest executors takes over the works management he removes Evans & promotes Menelaus	Brian L. James
1852	26-Nov	Executors of Guest are Lady Charlotte, Mr Clark & Mr Divett ( Confidant, negotiator & Friend of Guest )
1852	24-Nov	Guest finally receives the full new lease for his signature but he is too ill		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1852		Land purchased for Roman Catholic Church & School ( this would have been Tram road Georgetown )		Leaflet
1852		Dowlais works employs 4500 men, 3000 women , 9000 children	Early in year out of orders ( Lady Charlotte )
1852		Massive inflation Dowlais increased wages by 5% in September and a further 5% in December	In 1852 increased wages by 10% in March and again a by 10% in June. It did not have strikes as other local works did.	Edgar Jones
1852		Henry Austin Bruce obtains 938 Votes to succeed Guest who had been returned unopposed	On the death of Guest the lease on Dowlais is renewed by Lord Bruce £250,000 P.A.	Encyclopaedia Wales
1852		the intended water works intended stopped by the actions of the riparian owners	Called the first Merthyr Tydfil Water Works Act
1852		St. John the Baptist Church Built In Troedyrhiw	Church financed by Anthony Hill	C of E
1852		Temperance Hall built in John's St.	CHURCH FINANCED BY ANTHONY HILL	C of E
1852		Fr. James Dawson according to Catholic directory had completed his school and the Mission house in Gellifaelog	In Merthyr there was a school in Quarry row kept by Miss Marsden	Blotter 1930
1853	18-Jan	Lady Charlotte signs new lease on Dowlais from Bute	signs Butes new lease on Dowlais	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1853	01-Apr	Mr Pyne wage adjustment 2/- Per week Best Lab. 12/- Lab. 10/- Pensioners 9/- Mechanics 15/- claimed 20% increase	Evans referred to as senior manager	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1853	01-May	Lady Charlotte considers paying employees individually	She sacks a teacher for going to Unitarian party	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1853	26-Jun	Penydarren colliers out on strike close the wks , Iron masters want to act together but don't , Plymouth out , Then Dowlais	Dowlais A Ben Martin in charge at Penydarren	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1853	01-Dec	In Dec comes to Dowlais as Tutor to Ivor Guest at £400 PA		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1853	01-Aug	Workhouse built with a small infirmary ( Tydfil Thomas said only work house )	1863 Area now includes Aberdare, Gelligaer & Vaynor ( see 1876 for new infirmary)
1853		Rates 9d in the £ on the rateable value of the property
1853		A model village in the form of a triangle built by Hill for his employees 79 houses in all		Merthyr Historian No. 10
1853		Dowlais collier start what was to be a 8 week strike	L.C.Diaries july 20 workforce demand 4/- rise from 2/- offered Menelaus & Evans managers	Edgar Jones
1853		Lady Charlotte tells of Cholera fears in Merthyr		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1853		New Dowlais school planned the architect Sir Charles Berry ( Houses of Parliament architect ) cost estimated £20,000		John A. Owen
1853		Vale of Neath Railway finally comes to town via Abernant Tunnel	Tunnel caused 2 contractors to go bust it had roof collapse in 1874	Merthyr Historian Vol. 8 by Leo. Davies
1853		Crawshay financing sales to America by holding mortgage bonds worth £250,000		The Economic History of the British Iron & Steel Industry 1784 - 1879 By Alan Birch
1853		Ynysgau chapel pulled down & rebuilt		The History of Merthyr Tydfil by C. Wilkins F.G.S.
1853		Shiloh Chapel built in Church Street many claim it was to a Brunel design as the original Chapel in John Street/High Street was destroyed by the Neath Railway Station		The Chapels of Merthyr Tydfil by Stephen Brewer
1854	01-Oct	Lady Charlotte receives reports that works at standstill because of the cholera Evans ill & in Sully ( Mandy Walker claims she tried to sell works )		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1854		Troedyrhiw has a church as a chapel of ease for Merthyr Parish		Merthyr Historian Volume 8 By Roger L. Brown
1854		Pant Cemetery opened , it was later taken over by the Burial Board
1854		3rd Cholera outbreak	424 victims it was also prevalent in Cardiff. Further House of Refuge built off Brecon Rd
1854		Health Report on Town by William Kay	Report on the Sanitary Condition of Merthyr Tydfil
1854		The Cholera house of refuge off Brecon Road becomes a fever hospital	Off Brecon Road where the old Corporation Yard & stables were
1854		Lady Charlotte concerned over the running of the works with its imbalanced stocks, it had made a profit of £43,000 the previous year	In February works valued at £400,000 excluding its stocks
1854		Dowlais average capital spend for the past 3 years £10413	Capital expenditure project for the next 3 years £30745 P.A. and the to March 1860 £34018 P.A.	Brian L. James
1854		Has 298 Beer houses: 208 Licensed Victuallers : 506 Public Houses, it was said the 154 of the beer houses were owned by Iron Workers
1854		In Dowlais the school situated in the Stables closes with the opening of the new premises, it was intended to house 650 boys & girls plus 680 infants.		Merthyr Historian No.10
1854		Carmel Welsh Baptist chapel built in Troed-y-rhiw
1854		Irish immigrants flee the town causing labour shortages that effected Iron works		The Irish in Wales 1798 - 1922 By Paul O' Leary
1855	10-Apr	Lady Charlotte marries a Charles Schreiber MP ( Born 1826 Died 1884 ) this made herb forfeit her trusteeship of Guest	Under Guest's will the works will be managed by his trustees G.T.Clark & H.A.Bruce	John A. Owen
1855	11-Aug	"MERTHYR TELEGRAPH" Published Volume 1 No. 1 11 August 1855 P. Williams publishers. It closed in 1881
1855	15-Aug	Some 46000 odfellows& families went to Swansea where 2 trains & 52 carriages took them to swansea	A big rally	Merthyr Tydfil Iron Metropolis By Keith Strange
1855	01-Sep	"MERTHYR TELEGRAPH" claims circulation of 2000 Editor Peter Williams
1855	15-Sep	High Street chapel has its 14 th anniversary		Merthyr Telegraph 15 September 1855
1855	26-Sep	Bethel Chapel Reopening Services Chapel now holds 800 English Baptist		Merthyr Telegraph No.4 1 September 1855
1855	29-Sep	Paper reports Waun Fair largest ever		Merthyr Telegraph 29 September 1855
1855	29-Sep	Dowlais school cost £8000 by Ivor Bertie Guest		Merthyr Telegraph 6 October 1855
1855	27-Oct	Salam Welsh Wesleyan Chapel built		Merthyr Telegraph 17 November 1855
1855	27-Oct	Pontmorlais chapel renovated		Merthyr Telegraph 27 October 1855
1855		Trustees now run wks G.T.Clark & E. Divett later Austin Bruce		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1855		Dowlais has a public gas works. See Merthyr Telegraph October / November 1855		History of Caersalem , Dowlais by J.R.Williams & Gwyneth Williams
1855		Penydarren Shareholder Alderman Thompson Dies
1856	31-Dec	Earl of Plymouth sells land to the Vale of Neath Railway company,		Charles Wilkins
1856	01-Mar	In March G.T. Clark moves his family to Dowlais
1856	11-Aug	Lady Charlotte goes to Dowlais intended for Ivor to go into the business , Clark against Idea	In the Times of the 15th Carles shows her a article on the Bessemer process , she things it good	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1856	25-Jun	Zoar apply to build school room
1856		Dowlais paid £10000 to produce 20,000 tons of steel Pa for 10 years & 1 farthing a ton for anything over	First ingot rolled in 1858 cracked, patent expired in 1870	GKN The Making of a Business 1759 - 2009 Andrew Lorenz
1856	12-Oct	Dowlais Moriah Chapel opens Baptist Cost £160 paid off by May 1894		Merthyr Telegraph 11 October 1856
1856		At Market Square Chapel a meeting is convened to press for a YMCA in the town		Merthyr Telegraph 02/08/1856
1856		Work starts on the Guest Memorial Library opened in 1863 cost £7000	Pits sunk at Fochriw	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1856		A British School opens in Penydarren
1856		Clark now in charge of the works replaces John Evans with William Menelaus, John Owen was of the opinion that he would be his man, while Evans was not	Lord Aberdare also involved. Menelaus had done a detail report on past capital expenditure for Clark	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1856		Schools at Pengarnddu & Gellifaelog
1856		Merthyr's first permanent Medical Officer of Health appointed	Held this post until 1900
1856		Another cholera epidemic in area 136 die
1856		Dowlais Beulah Chapel formed claimed to be the only other English Baptist chapel in town		Centenary Souvenir 1807 1907 High Street Baptist Church History
1856		Salem Welsh Independent Chapel built in Newcastle Street		The Chapels of Merthyr Tydfil by Stephen Brewer
1856		Dowlais works takes a licence to use the Bessemer process		John A. Owen
1856		Dowlais works start sinking coal mines in the Fochriw area		John A. Owen
1856		Dowlais increasing its use of iron ore from the Westmorland area		Edgar Jones
1856		New General Manager for Dowlais William Menelaus had been with the company 5 years ( Born 1818 Died 1883 )	Does report for Clark on the £100,000 spent on works since 1848
1856		A Merthyr Tydfil Horticultural Society formed		Merthyr Express 7 July 1865
1857		In the valley all miners out on strike 4/5000 because of a wage cut of 15% . "Bruce critical of the strike	Troops called in to keep the peace, the strike collapsed & the miners are forced back to work with a 20% wage cut
1857		Dowlais starts build new mill S. Truvan involved Tunnel Pits Sunk Capital £184.595	Became known as the Goat Mill claimed to be the biggest & most powerful in the world	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1857		Dowlais wks spent £83,000 on sinking a 1320 ft deep colliery at Fochriw Pit		The Mining Industry by R.H.Walters
1857		Cyfarthfa build new rolling mill		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1857		Salam Chapel Built by Thomas Jenkins	Becomes computer room for Town Hall then the Jehovah's Kingdom Hall	Plaque
1857		In Jones Street Penywern a Welsh Independent chapel built Penywern		The Chapels of Merthyr Tydfil by Stephen George
1857		A lease is granted in Pentwern to Pentwern Chapel for 99 years no other information		Register of Leases
1857		At Dowlais works Henry Bessemer experimenting with his steel converter	C.W. gives analysis to show that the problem were due to high phosphorous & sulphur	Charles Wilkinson
1857		Cyfarthfa parish has its church Christ Church J.S.Benest architect	Believed helped by Mrs Crawshay & Church grant cost £ 2700 Tenders invited Merthyr Telegraph 25/10/1856	C of E
1857		Roman Catholic Church in George town on the tram road
1857		Fr Placid Sinnott at Dowlais UNTIL 1859 , then at Merthyr until 1865 ( Born 1803 Died 1896 )	He was also at Rhymney 1866-1867	St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1857		High Constable calls public meeting to petition for a Charter, majority in favour with Robert Crawshay	William Crawshay arranged with Hill & Clark it oppose it & killed it see 1873	Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1857		After 20 years Further efforts to obtain borough states frustrated by Iron Masters	Further attempts in 1837 1874 1876 1898 & success in 1903
1857		Burial Board advertise for Tenders for the new cemetery , £4000 loan W.Robinson Small Clerk ( Cefn G.R.O gives 1859 )	Contractor Mr Durke But by 1st Oct issue new tender request Architect Mr Grant	Merthyr Telegraph 4 March 1857
1857		Burial Board in detailed discussions Ground clearance £3/400 allocation of land	Nrest Merthyr 5 to C of E 2 R.C. 5 to Dissidents acres 2 fields to be rented out	Merthyr Telegraph April 1857
1858	10-Jan	Lady Charlotte accepts Clarks refusal fir Merthyr Guest or any Guest to join firm , she is afraid to lose Clark	Tells in March of the failed Ottoman Bank where Clark Bruce & Lanyard are Directors	Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1858	18-May	The founders of Ainon Baptist chapel met in the Temperance Hall
1858	01-Aug	Planning approval for the vicarage of Christ Church Georgetown		Planning book
1858		Cefn Cemetery opens see 1905 for Ffrwd,( stream) 1982 Pontycapel,( Bridge Capel) 1996		Glamorgan Record Office
1858		Dowlais Burial Board formed G.T.Clark first chairman independent of Merthyr borrowed £ 1200	Lady Windsor gives 4 acres at Pant Cad Ifor Chapel built & landscaped completed in 1862	A History of the Church in Dowlais By Huw. Williams
1858		New Parliamentary act passed , Clark the motivator. Water from the Callen brook Dolygare dammed	Called the second Merthyr Tydfil Water Works Act	The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1858		Hope Chapel		Methodist English
1858		Saint John the baptist built at Penydarren cost £820 built by Mr Gable	BECOMES A PARISH	C of E
1858		46 Iron Blast furnaces on area 43 in blast		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1858		The Catholic School in Dowlais 1st official reference to G.F. Clark
1859		Hirwain Works abandoned by the Crawshays ,works reverted to Butes who managed it UNTIL 1864 leased to	Handel Cossham & tThomas Challender Hinde	The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1859	16-Mar	Area split into 2 missions St Mary's & St Illtyds technically not 2 parishes until 1917		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1859	17-Mar	Mrs James Murphy laid foundation stone for Saint Mary's Church George town		Merthyr Express 29 September 1894
1859		Catholics buy 4 houses in Georgetown to build Church build school instead	Ground lease did not allow Father Sinnott to build church started Baptism Register	The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1859	12-Feb	John William James Merthyr Star 1p published lasted less than a year ( However paper said it was published until 27 Jan 1872	Printed until August 1860 by Thomas Howell 3 Bridge St. Prop was at 17 Glebland St.	Encyclopaedia of Wales
1859		Dowlais works achieves 100,000 tons		Earl B. Thomas
1859		G.T. Clark elected chairman of the Board of Guardians held it until 1881		G.T. Clark edited by Brian Li. James
1859		Foreman offer Penydarren to Bruce & Clark asking £50,000 on easy terms		Bessborough Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest
1859		Penydarren Iron works closes having made heavy losses for the past few years	Dowlais had mineral rights site sold to Fothergill & Hankey
1859		John Griffith Appointed Vicar of town by Lord Derby P.M. was Vicar of Aberdare		Merthyr Historian Volume 8 by Roger L. Brown
1859		Dowlais purchase the Penydarren works for £59,875	Interested in its mineral leases	John A. Owen & B.L.James
1859		Dowlais volunteer corps formed with G.T. Clark as Lieutenant Colonel.		John A. Owen / Brian L. James
1859		Dowlais works new Goat mill takes 2 years to build cost £50,000 ( £1 = £81.5 in 2009 values ) capacity to roll 70 foot long rails
1859		In the Dowlais works Menelaus uses the waste heat from furnaces to heat mills & furnaces		John A. Owen
1859		a breakaway group from High Street chapel form Ainon. they disagreed with the appointment of Rev. G. Ward	This does not agree with the fact that the"Bethel " was the English & exchanged with Ainon	High Street Baptist Church History
1859		Leaflets claim Fr. Sinnott O.S.B. opened St. Mary's Church & school in Georgetown & that he lived at Bethel St.	See 1860 Fr Cramer describes it " a hall & a school rather than a chapel "ground lease forbade a chapel	Leaflet ( confirmed by Cramer)
1859		Mr Daniel Fortune gave 4 houses for the building of Catholic Church , Lord Dynevor only would allow a school	Fr. Sinnott built school with a partitioned altar in school time , his sister & niece were teachers & looked after him	Blotter 1930
1859		William Foreman put Penydarren up for sale Dowlais takes inventory but bought mineral rights only	Vale of plant including & furnaces £18140 works closed	The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1859		The Penybryn water filter bed and auxiliary work starts by Brown & Evans but the authorities dismiss them and Thomlinson, Harpur & Harpur		Merthyr Express 2 February 1924
1859		Antony Hill earning £10,000 per year from the sale of coal		The South Wales Coal Industry 1841 - 1875 J.H.Morris & L.J.Williams
1859		Dowlais enters the coal market		The South Wales Coal Industry 1841 - 1875 J.H.Morris & L.J.Williams
1860	21-Apr	George Thomas Clark aged 51 Elected Chairman of the local Board of Guardians, he held this post until resignation in 1881 Died 1898		Brian L. James
1860		Jewish cemetery consecrated in Cefn Coed		Jewish
1860		Pentrebach becomes an Ecclesiastical Parish	Church Saint Jogn the Baptist built in Troed-y-rhiw was built in 1852. A Hill buried in its Nave	Kellys Directory 1884
1860		Lord Denevor grants new lease on the Cyfarthfa works
1860		With the new lease Cyfarthfa starts selling coal		The South Wales Coal Industry 1841 - 1875 J.H.Morris & L.J.Williams
1860		Dowlais has a hospital Mrs G T Clark It closed in 1882
1860		Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Georgetown cost £1600 Plus £200 to decorate		Kelly's Directory 1884
1860		Ainon Welsh Baptist Chapel built in Dynevor street Georgetown ( The edifice read AINON CAPELY BEDUDDWYR 1860 )
1860		Bethesda Chapel built on the Swansea Rd.
1860		Pant Cemetery becomes a municipal one
1860		Cyfarthfa Band turn to Council for financial support instruments given to band if name kept	Formed in 1838 won at Crystal Palace in 1860
1860		R.T.Crawshay has a paralytic stroke
1860		In the 60's over 25% Dowlais Iron profits came from coal sales, largely due to the investments it made in new collieries		Edited by Brian LI James
1860		Penuel Chapel built in Twynyrodyn		chapels of Merthyr Tydfil by Stephen Brewer
1861	21-Aug	Application for a Police Station in Market St. Dowlais lease dated 1862 for 99 years granted to clerk of the peace T. Dalton	Treharris in 1884	Planning Book
1861		Carmelite Fathers come to town live at Hill House Georgetown Fr Elais & Seraphim		Leaflet
1861		Fresh water mains reach the town
1861		Census shows an increase of 7% in the population to 49,794
1861		New Hope Chapel built in Castle St ( this is Upper Castle St. )		Methodist English
1861		William Thompson Crawshay suffers a stroke that leaves him deaf
1861		Taff Vale Railway completes' the duelling of its tracks
1861		Claims Irish workers went on Strike in Dowlais		The Irish in Wales 1798 - 1922 By Paul O' Leary
1862	12-Jun	New lease on Cyfarthfa Baron Dynevor ( George Rice ) Thomas Allan : Thomas W. Booker & W. Crawshay	For 60 yrs starting 25/03/1864 for £7000 runs out 1924	Cyfarthfa Works and Property Act 1882
1862	01-Feb	The Congregation that was in Ainon moved to Bethel & Held their first service in February		Merthyr Express 6 February 1904
1862	21-Feb	Gethin Lower Pit ( No. 1 ) explosion 47 killed , 150 injured foreman found guilty of manslaughter		MERTHYR EXPRESS
1862		Monk Fr Athanasius Clarkson until 1863 moved to Rhymney where he died in 1864		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1862		Reservoir built at Dolygaer, the filter beds were built at Penybryn and stand pipes erected in the town. ( Houses built on filter bed site 2011)
1862		A. Hill dies Plymouth works bought by Fothergill, Hankey & Bateman for £250000	Works had 11 furnaces	The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1862		Clark elected chairman of the Board of Health a smaller body than the Board of Guardians		BRIAN L1. JAMES
1862		Prince of Wales visits the town a drinking fountain outside St. David's Church , commemorates the occasion	The wall fountain was cast by the Coalbrook Dale Co.	Actual fountain
1862		Dowlais starts building Junction link to the TVR main line		Brunel in South Wales By Stephen K. Jones
1863	01-May	Merthyr to Brecon railway now open to Dowlais
1863		Benjamin Hadwin Gillbank Takes over The Star renamed it "Merthyr Star Dowlais & Aberdare Gazette at 46 Union Terrace
1863		Saint Margaret in the Quar built		St David's Merthyr Tydfil By Rebecca Lee
1863		The Railway from Pontsticyll to Merthyr opened
1863		Pentwyn reservoir completed cost £82000
1863		in Dowlais Guest Memorial Library opened cost £7000		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1863		Dr T.J.Dyke appointed medical Officer to the Local Board of Health		Poor Relief in Merthyr Tydfil Union in Victorian Times
1863	01-Jun	New Railway station opened in Lloyds Street became known as Dowlais Central		Merthyr Tydfil Tramroads & their Locomotives by G. Rattenbury & M.J.T.Lewis
1864	01-Jan	Article In January suggested large strike over wages		Merthyr Telegraph 30 January 1864
1864	01-Feb	British Schools fund now £ 556 still short £ 50 even with pending Govt. grant £400	Unknown gentleman will furnish school	Merthyr Telegraph 6 February 1864
1864	13-Feb	Penydarren House contents to be auctioned in March by H.W.Harries 140 High St		Merthyr Telegraph 13 February 1864
1864	20-Feb	Report that 7352 houses had now been supplied with water . 11/11/1861 to 18/02/1863 2504 & 2762 M & D		Merthyr Telegraph 20 February 1864
1864	27-Feb	Brewery for auction Tramroad side North Thomastown		Merthyr Telegraph 27 February 1864
1864	28-May	Adulm Chapel still in use		Merthyr Telegraph 28 May 1864
1864	28-May	Bethesda Street The Tramway discussed by Merthyr Guardians		Merthyr Telegraph 28 May 1864
1864	11-Nov	Merthyr Newspaper Company , issues the first Merthyr Express published in included its share offer Capital £800		Merthyr Express 11 November 1864
1864	01-Dec	In the paper editions No.3.4.5,& 6 lots about a new town hall including Crawshays involvement	Jews also planning separate cemetery in Cefn	Merthyr Express December 16 1864
1864		Penydarren works operated but was short of raw materials , sold in 1865 to Aberdare co.	M.T. article Jan. 1864 suggested it was reopened	The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1864		Cyfarthfa Works lease renewed
1864		Cyfarthfa in process of converting to hot blast on 5 of its 11 furnaces		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1864		Tabernacle renovated at a cost of £600		Merthyr Tydfil Historian No. 10
1864		Sewerage system starts	34 Miles of trunking 55 MILES by 1868 all discharge untreated into the river Taff
1864		1st Permanent Medical officer of health appointed T.S.Dyke
1865	03-Mar	Harry Wood Southey becomes Secretary of the Merthyr Newspaper Co. takes over from William Henry Harrison		Merthyr Express 5 March 1865
1865	05-Jun	Dowlais works produces its first Bessemer steel	Local iron ore was unsuitable. Mines closed in Bedlinog the tramway also closed	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1865	10-Jun	The Glamorgan canal bought by Bute for £ 60,000 rumours of his desire to build railway		Merthyr Telegraph 10 June 1865
1865	01-Sep	Sunday School Union gave figures . 3176 chapel member 44.27% Baptist : 40.68% : Methodist 15.05%	Sunday school 3738 pupils 40.72% Baptist : 37.77% Independents : 21.51% Methodist	Merthyr Telegraph 30 September 1865
1865	06-Dec	Gethin Pit explosion 30 dead		Merthyr & Dowlais Times 2 September 1892
1865	20-Dec	Gethin No. 2 Pit explosion 34 dead 20 seriously injured	John Moody & William Davies sent for trial at the March Swansea Assizes	Merthyr Telegraph 20 January 1866
1865	20-Dec	(No 2 Pit) Gethin Upper explosion 30 killed 20 seriously injured . Inquest commit 2 men to Swansea Assizes	John Moody found not guilty & William Davies case thrown out by Judge in the March Assizes	Merthyr Telegraph December 23 1965
1865		Brecon & Merthyr Railway absorbed by Great Western Railway	The Bill for the amalgamation withdrawn in April	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 by V.L.Wilding
1865		Paper carried a report on the benefits of a seven river tunnel	It has 8 railways connecting the town	Merthyr Express 13 January 1865
1865		Report of £ 15,000 for the site to build the new Town Hall		Merthyr Telegraph July 8 1865
1865		Fr Sinnott moves to Rhymney replaced by Carmelites		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1865		A Chapel in Ivor St. Dowlais known as Tabernacle		HISTORY of CAERSALEM
1865		Penydarren becomes a Parish land given by Foreman		Merthyr Historian Volume 8 by Roger L. Brown
1865		Dowlais has 146 Puddling furnaces puddlers paid £1.40 per week but were on piece work e.g. pay related to output	Labour shortages due to emigration to Australia ( Two 5 ton Bessemer's commissioned with 4 more to come )	Edgar Jones
1865		Parliamentary borough including Aberdare has 1387 voters		Brian L. James
1865		The Glamorgan canal in the Cyfarthfa works area closed
1865		Plymouth Works employed 4000 & 360 horses
1865		Fothergill after court case with Penydarren starts work furnaces never lit & collapsed with him in 1875	Foreman had sold it to Davis Williams & Phillips but were not paid Dismantlement started in 1883	The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1865		Cyfarthfa employing 5000		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1865		Paper carries leader that a Ltd Company Made William Crawshay offer for works	Robert persuades father not to sell	Merthyr Telegraph 30 September 1865
1865		The 12 th Glamorgan Rifle Volunteer Corps launch public appeal to build drill hall , losing the Vale of Neath Room	Asking for £1500 to £2000 published their own donations some £360	Merthyr Telegraph 16 September 1865
1865		Thomas Dyke "Becomes Medical Officer for Health aged 49 he died in 1900
1865		Paper has article on street lighting only 175 as opposed to Cardiff's 470 & Newport's 300		Merthyr Express 2 February 1865
1865		A company is formed with a capital of £1000 to supply the householders with coal the offer for shares went on for weeks	The Merthyr House Coal Company	Merthyr Express 17 february 1865
1865		Merthyr Newspaper Co. offer shares at 1£ has capital of £800. The next week it announces the management changes with Harry Wood Southey top dog	From secretary to chief shareholder & proprietor taken over from William Henry Harrison	Merthyr Express 24 February 1865
1865		The Turkish Baths to open in 6 months , calls for the closure of Thomas Town Burial Grounds ( St. Tydfil's overflow)		Merthyr Express 14 April 1865
1865		Paper now has a Birth, Deaths, & Marriage column		Merthyr Express 26 August 1865
1865		Hope Chapel has been registered to solemnize marriages states itself to be Calvinistic Methodist		Merthyr Express 14 July 1865
1865		Wilkins Bank was Drawn on Barnett Hoare,Hankeys & Co. ^2 Lombard St London	West Of England & South Wales District Bank on Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co. of Lombard St	Webster's Directory 1965
1865		G.T.Clark trustee & manager of the Dowlais Iron Works purchased Talygarn a mansion & estate as a residence for him & his family	Was his residence until his death in 1898	G.T.Clark Edited by Brian LI. James
1865		From its adverts in 1895 the Pont-y-Capel Brewery was established around this time		Merthyr Express 2 March 1895
1865		The Clare Building Club places an order for 2 million bricks to T.Rees Merthyr Vale, the Club was named in honour of the daughter of owner of the Mardy Estate	74 houses at a cost of £137 - 5 - 0
1866	23-Jun	Letter in paper calling for a park		Merthyr Telegraph 23 June
1866	01-Aug	Concern in paper about the return of cholera & warns of the 1849 epidemic in which	Merthyr 25 May 1718 ill 749 died 5 June Penydarren 272 to 170 Dowlais 24 June 1200 to 501	Merthyr Telegraph 11 August 1866
1866	24-Feb	The closure of Thomas Town Cemetery announced this was the No. 2 Parish burial Ground		Merthyr Express 24 February 1866
1866	17-Mar	The British School Society bought land on the tip known as Newfoundland tip the specification for the design of a 1000 pupil school is published		Merthyr Express 17 March 1866
1866	12-Apr	The Turkish baths opens, it was refurnished in 1887/1888		Merthyr Express 7 April 1866
1866	01-May	The Brecon & Merthyr Railway reaches Cefn		Merthyr Express 12 May 1866
1866	15-Oct	Drill Hall built with the help of public subscription cost £2000 foundation stone laid in June	It is now a garage on Pontmorlais West	KELLY'S 1884
1866	29-Oct	Cefn Viaduct built by Alexander Sutherland cost £25000 to carry Brecon & Merthyr Railways last brick laid in August	16 arches of 40 feet 120 feet high. Savin & Ward listed as the builders	MERTHYR TYDFIL HISTORIAN 10
1866	08-Dec	Dowlais Works ask permission to build a tramway to Pontsticyll to exploited a sand reserve		Merthyr Express 8 december 1866
1866		New priest Fr Bruton he built house & School in Court Street ( Earliest school records )		Leaflet
1866		4th Cholera outbreak concern expressed in July first cases in late August lasted to November	3 in town including Quarry Row 1 Abercanaid 2 in Dowlais 116 Victims in 58 days	Merthyr Telegraph
1866		Health report on town by Dr TS Dyke 1st of a series
1866		Vale of Neath & the Great Western railway companies amalgamate		Kelly's directory 1884
1866		Dowlais Wks employing 7719 males 781 females Children 10?13 305 boys & 64 girls	Labour shortage in town	John A. Owen
1866		Dowlais Wks employing 1432 males 297 Females under 18	Including 505 boys & 164 girls between 10 to 13 & 986 boys & 233 girls between 14 & 18	John A. Owen
1866		Given as the first use of a gogging mill in the blooming mills in Dowlais works		Internet Clydebridge History
1866		Welsh Baptist Union Formed ( Undeb Bedyddwyr Cymri )		History of Caesalem
1866		Dowlais has 50 or so Benefit clubs		John A. Owen
1866		Number none C of E congregations in Wales 3107 1630 various Methodist : 839 Independents : 589 Baptist	30 Unitarians : 7 Society of Friends & 12 : Catholics Plus 120 Welsh medium Chapels in England	Merthyr Telegraph 19 May 24 1866
1866		Population calculated as 96717 those with the vote 1387	14551 homes 1588 + £10 only	Merthyr Telegraph 24 February 1866
1866		The Gethin Relief 4th annual statement published £ 5793-8-6 turnover		Merthyr Express 24 March 1866
1866		The resignation from the partnerships that own Penydarren Works announced a Mr B. Batemen of London		Merthyr Express 2 June 1866
1866		Cyfarthfa starts exporting coal		Merthyr Express 27 october 1866
1866		Including Aberdare the Parliamentary constituency has 2 M.P.'s		Merthyr Express 10 March 1866
1866		Cyfarthfa sinks the Castle pit		The South Wales Coal Industry 1841 - 1875 J.H.Morris & L.J.Williams
1867	04-Aug	William Crawshay dies having made Will 21 /10/1865	Probated 23/08 by sons R.T. & Henry with William Gray RT sole beneficial of Lease	Cyfarthfa Works and Property Act 1882
1867	19-Sep	St Mary's 1 reopened after extensive rebuilding by Right Reverend Dr. Brown Bishop of Newport & Menevia		Merthyr Express 21 September 1867
1867	01-Dec	Fenians members arrested early in 1868 8 charged with treason felony sent to Swansea Assizes	in March 2 found guilty Patrick Doran & Ryan sentenced to 7 & 5 Years both received amnesty in 1870	The Irish in Wales 1798 - 1922 By Paul O' Leary
1867		Pontsticyll to Merthyr branch to Merthyr opened as far as Cefn it got to Merthyr in 1868	Pontsarn & Viaduct built. The last train on this line was November 1961 ( Now the Taff Trail )
1867		Prior to the Parliamentary Election the Reform league members including leading Chartist supported Henry Richards	William Gould, Mathew John, J.W. James & Henry John	The Welsh History Review Vo. 11 No. 4 Ryland Wallace
1867		Fochrew to Dowlais railway open		Merthyr Express 14 September 1867
1867		Reform act gives the Parliamentary Borough including Aberdare 14577 Voters from 13135 householders	Henry Richards obtained 11565 votes, Fothergill 7153 the sitting MP bruce defeated with 5697 Votes
1867		Prior to the second reform Act the local reform league held a large demonstration on Easter Monday	The Association for reform was split between ex Chartist & Moderates later they split	The Welsh History Review Vo. 11 No. 4 Ryland Wallace
1867		In 1832 had 502 voters to a 27281 population now 1387 to 83875 population	Claim r/v <£6=9575 : >£7=2605 : <£8= 370 : <£9+ 282 : <£10 = 131 & >£10 = 1588 total 14551
1867		Infirmary enlarged
1867		Cyfarthfa is loosing a lot of money from May to August
1867		St David's Church reopens its soup kitchen		Merthyr Express 26 January 1867
1867		Mrs Schreiber ( Lady Charlotte Guest ) lays foundation stone of the British School ( Abermorlais)	Land given by Messieurs Davies & Williams of Penydarren House Demolished in 1972	The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1867		Towns Poor rate highest in Wales RV £341096 - Rate Paid £9206 Cardiff £282069-£7293 Neath £181453-£4750	Ponty. £180684-£5463 : Bridgend £126070-£5064 :Swansea £103668-£3980 : Gower £32982-£930	Merthyr Telegraph 26 January 1867
1867		Over Xmas 14 Fenians arrested in Dowlais in new year Fr. Millea held a meeting denouncing the organization		Merthyr Express 4 January 1868
1867		The site of the town hall still open Dowlais rate payers oppose any rate hike		Merthyr Express 26 October 1867
1867		In common with other large works Dowlais works relying on rollers not hammering prior to rolling. also using 3 roller set up		The Economic History of Steelmaking 1867 - 1939 By D.L.Burn
1867		J. Nixon spent £210,000 sinking the 1482 ft Merthyr Vale mine not completed until 1878		The Mining Industry by R.H.Walters
1867		Zoar build a school room cost £550
1868	01-Apr	British School built on Peny Darren tip land called newfoundland became known as Abermorlais . Land given by the estate	Tenders asked for in 1867 1000 places with a master house cost est. £ 4500	Merthyr Express 13 February 1867
1868	01-Aug	The first train from Merthyr to Brecon		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 by V.L.Wilding
1868	01-Aug	To Brecon Railway opens runs into Vale of Neath Railway Station		Merthyr Telegraph 8 August
1868	21-Nov	Typhus out break in Dowlais reported		Merthyr Express 21 November 1868
1868	05-Dec	Merthyr Express announce its move from Pontmorlais to 110 High Street No. 212 last paper published at Pontmorlais		Merthyr Express 12 November 1868
1868		Fr Burton Merthyr Parish priest & lived at Primrose Hill ,with Fr Farrington who ran a High School there		Blotter 1930
1868		St Mary's R.C. Boys School opened John White first Master		Roman Catholic Education By James Stephen Williams
1868		Henry Richards & Richard Fothergill became Mp's for Merthyr & Aberdare	Defeating the existing MP Henry Austin Bruce , Richards was Mp until 1888	History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1868		H.A. Bruce Gladstone's Home Secretary defeated by Henry Richards in Election. Became known as the apostle of peace	Benefit Collection held in area R.T. Crawshay gave £50	Merthyr Express
1868		Dowlais works profits are dependable by 25% from its coal sales		Brian L. James
1868		There was an Omnibus running to Abergavenny from outside the Bell Inn		Merthyr Express 4 January 1868
1868		Town in slump because of a trade depression wages cut		Merthyr Express 4 January 1868
1868		T. Dyke in 2nd report gave life expectancy in Liverpool as 17 Merthyr at 171/2 & Manchester as 18		Merthyr Express 8 February 1868
1868		the sewerage system starts		Merthyr Tydfil Iron Metropolis By Keith Strange
1868		Depression in the Iron Trade hits town		Merthyr Express 30 May 1868
1868		Dowlais works using Morlais Castle Vault as an explosive store, also reported that Fenians used area as training ground		Merthyr Express 11 January 1868
1868		Merthyr Gas Co. Company advertised its 7th annual meeting for share holders		Merthyr Express 25 June 1868
1869	01-Jan	Property for the site of the 1st Town Hall purchased		Merthyr Telegraph 16 January
1869	02-Aug	From Mardy Estate a 99 year lease for Schools & Priest's House		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1869		Vaynor New Church designed by G.F.Robinson Cardiff		History of Merthyr Tydfil by C. Wilkins F.G.S.
1869		Penydarren Iron Works Assets broken up Dowlais buys mineral rights Fothergill invests		Merthyr Telegraph 27 November 1869
1869		Troedyrhiw pit sunk was called Castle Pit employed at its zenith 3381 men 7 boys closed in 1935 employing only 300		MERTHYR EXPRESS
1869		At Aberfan first pit sunk of the Merthyr Vale collieries closed in 1949		Coal in our Veins by Erin Ann Thomas
1869		Fever Hospital built at Pant		Merthyr Historian V111 by Eira M.Smith
1869		Dowlais 16 out 17 in blast , 9000 employed producing 150, 000 ton pa claims used raw coal	Has five 6 ton Bessemer Converters
1869		Between 1st October & February 1869 270 Typhus cases reported with 42 deaths		Merthyr Telegraph 10 April
1869		Harry Wood Southey Buys 50% interest in the Merthyr Express
1869		Harry Wood Southey Buys the remaining 50% interest in the Merthyr Express now sole owner
1869		The Dowlais company invests £62,000 on sinking shafts at the South & North Tunnel mines some 1014 ft deep		The Mining Industry by R.H.Walters
1869		Clark retires from the Board of Health		Merthyr Express 10 April 1869
1869		Cost of sewerage now £30,000. Nixon Taylor & Cory to sue in chancery Merthyr for its discharge into river ( M.E. 17 July )		Merthyr Express 8 May 1869
1869		Cost of sewerage now £120,000 and paper sys we cannot afford a Town Hall		Merthyr Express 7 August 1869
1869		Dowlais only using 25 cwt of coal to produce 1 ton of pig iron against the trade average of 45 cwt		The South Wales Coal Industry 1841 - 1875 J.H.Morris & L.J.Williams
1870	07-Jun	The New Vaynor parish church officially opened by Bishop of Llandaff. Building cost met by W.T. Crawshay		Merthyr Express 11 June 1870
1870	01-Aug	New School Premises available for the Roman Catholic School in Court Street	Boys 125 : Girls/Infants 153	Roman Catholic Education By James Stephen Williams
1870		Discussions start to split the town into wars		Merthyr Express 7 May 1870
1870		Dowlas employs 5000 in its Steel works and in its collieries 4000
1870		Employed at Cyfarthfa 2000 in its mines 3000		John A. Owen article
1870		Dowlais works close its Iron Mines ( In another article claims they were shut just after Bessemer Production started )		John A. Owen
1870		Work House built		Glamorgan Historian
1870		Iron & Steel inst institute meet and visit Dowlais	Dowlais now has 17 blast furnaces 7, 5 ton Bessemer converters	John A. Owen
1870		Nixon Navigation colliery sunk in Merthyr Vale	They hit the coal seam at 1329 ft
1870		In 70's Plymouth furnaces converted to hot blast		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1870		Plans to split town into wards for local elections		Merthyr Telegraph 7 May 1870
1870		Mrs Thompson Crawshay chairs a Suffragist meeting		Merthyr Telegraph 11 June 1870
1870		The Board of Health in trouble over a £6000 deficit		Merthyr Express 4 June 1870
1871	01-Aug	Penydarren becomes an Ecclesiastical Parish		Kellys Directory 1884
1871	31-Mar	New paper for town "The Merthyr Times & Dowlais Gazette " claims to be liberal	Printed for the proprietors by John Thomas Morgan at the M.T. Offices Glebland St.	Merthyr Times & Dowlais Gazette 31 March 1871
1871		Produced 870,269 Tons coal see file for details of Collieries & 1872		Merthyr Telegraph 21 March 1873
1871		Dowlais erect Siemens-Martin open hearth furnace with a 4/5 ton capacity		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1871		Dowlais St Mair ( Eglwys Santes Mair ) building begins completed on 1874 demolished in 1962	Aided by Dowlais Wks Primarily used Welsh	A History of the Church in Dowlais By Huw. Williams
1871		The school board estimate there are 3780 school places short in Merthyr
1871		Small Pox outbreak		Poor Relief Merthyr Tydfil Union in Victorian Times By Tydfil Thomas
1871		The Merthyr Tydfil School Board came into existence		Royal Commission on the Status of the County Brought of Merthyr Tydfil
1872	20-Mar	Dowlais works apply for planning permission to build hospital at 2 high st. Dowlais		planning book
1872		Produced 765,871 Tons coal see file for details of Collieries & 1871		Merthyr Telegraph 21 March 1873
1872		Cost £350,000 sinking the 2280 ft deep Harris Navigation mine		The Mining Industry by R.H.Walters
1872		The Merthyr & Dowlais Building Society Formed incorporated in 1874		Merthyr Express 17 March 1883
1872		Cyfarthfa works strike , Crawshay retaliates with a lock out
1872		17 girls sent from the Union workhouse to Canada		Merthyr Historian Volume X by Muriel Chamberlain
1872		Sewerage farm built at Troedyrhiw
1872		New Roman Catholic Infant School opened this must be Morgan Town		Roman Catholic Education By James Stephen Williams
1872		Dowlais Burial Board given a further 2 acres for Pant cemetery see also 1882		A History of the Church in Dowlais By Huw. Williams
1872		still not a Municipal Borough Editor brings the matter up		Merthyr Telegraph 7 June 1872
1872		A lot of small pox		Merthyr Telegraph 3 May 1872
1872		Merthyr & Dowlais Permanent Benefit Building Society Formed		Merthyr Express 5 October 1918
1873	06-May	At his residence in Gellifaelog Dowlais Fr Millia Died	His Funeral on the 12th was described in great detail in the 16th of Mays's edition	Merthyr Telegraph 9 May 1873
1873	14-Nov	Local Board of Health obtain Parliamentary Approval for improvement by compulsory purchase	Including land in Glebland & Castle street for town hall	Merthyr Telegraph 14 November 1873
1873	01-Dec	In this month R.T.C. blows out 3 blast furnaces in response to the unionisation of his work force		Merthyr Express 23 October 1875
1873		The London & North Western Railway arrives at Dowlais Central Railway station		Merthyr Tydfil Tramroads & their Locomotives by G. Rattenbury & M.J.T.Lewis
1873		Benedictine Fathers active in the area until 1930's		Merthyr Historian
1873		Dowlais St Johns starts of renovation programme completed 1893		Merthyr Historian Volume Three by Owain Jones
1873		public meeting to petition for a Charter called but cancelled because of the strong opposition		Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1873		Dowlais Iron Company with Consett, Krupp's & Ybarra of Spain formed a company to exploit its rich Iron ore deposits in Northern Spain		BRIAN L1 JAMES
1874	07-Feb	R.T.C. in his response to the unions not accepting a wage cut blows out 2 more furnaces making 5 out of use		Merthyr Express 23 October 1875
1874	10-Mar	At Cefn Coed St. Johns church opened on this day	It was said that it was built with the money saved with the building of Vaynor new church	Merthyr Telegraph 13 March 1874
1874	01-May	In May Cyfarthfa closed by W.T.Crawshay, there was limited production until December 1875	AS WORKERS HAD VOTED FOR A UNION Strange said because of a 20% wage cut	Mineral Statistics 1875 By Robert Hunt
1874	07-May	R.T.Crawshay orders the blowing out of Cyfarthfa's furnaces after the rejection of his wage cuts	Piece workers less 20% Day workers 10% Iron prices had fallen dramatically	Merthyr Telegraph 8 May 1874
1874	08-Jun	R.T.C. blows out 5 more blast furnaces making 10 in all		Merthyr Express 23 October 1875
1874		Big article on Cremation		Merthyr Telegraph 24 April 1874
1874		Article warning of competitiveness of British Industry & Merthyr in particular		Merthyr Telegraph 24 April 1874
1874		The Proposed town hall mater still not settled had borrowed £6 out of the £10 thousand authorises		Merthyr Telegraph 24 April 1874
1874		public meeting to petition for a Charter, petition actually drawn up but not sent due to industrial troubles		Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1874		A Kane ( union man) from North England and prevailed on the towns Iron workers to give in their notices	R.T.C. asked men to work to complete order they deferred to Kane feeling betrayed he closed the works	Merthyr Historian Volume X by T.F.Harvey
1874		Penydarren & Caedraw school built		Glamorgan Historian
1874		Further unsuccessful attempts to obtain Borough Status
1874		Dowlais St Mary's ( Sant Mair ) built for the Welsh Speakers By Dowlais Iron Co. Closed April 1962 demolished. 1963		Merthyr Historian Volume Three by Owain Jones
1874		Fr Burton built the school in Court St ( the one before Caedraw & Bishop Headly )	Head-mistress Miss Leyland * Master Mr. Enright transferred from Georgetown	Blotter 1930
1874		Dowlais Iron spent £131,000 sinking the 1740 ft Bedlinog mine		The Mining Industry by R.H.Walters
1874		The Merthyr Express now owned by Southey's		Behind the Pages of the Merthyr Express By W.Waite
1874		John Mathias Berry Comes to Merthyr		William Camrose Giant of Fleet Street by Michel Berry ( Lord Hartwell )
1874		The Western Mail carried a story "Merthyr is the birthplace of the celebrated world renowned, everywhere praised 4ft seam of smokeless steam coal		Cynon Coal
1875	29-Mar	The last furnace in Cyfarthfa blown out. R.T.C with Powell Duffryn in court over the rates 23 October 1875	account of the Assessment with full details Merthyr Express 23 October 1875	The Crawshays of The Castle by Margaret Stewart Taylor
1875	29-Mar	R.T.C. blows out the last blast furnaces .The account of his appeal against the rate assessment does not state Cyfarthfa or Rhydycar	The Judge ruled that the works was a viable unit & Profit or loss was not a factor in rate assessments	Merthyr Express 23 October 1875
1875		Catholic Priest Father Bruton died at Mardy House Court St . assistant priest Fr. Carr in charge		Leaflet
1875		Monk Fr. Benedict Purton at Dowlais until 1879 ( Born 1835 Died 1903 )		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1875		Catholic School Manager named as Rev. Fr. Patrick Carr & listed 219 girls on the Register		Roman Catholic Education By James Stephen Williams
1875		Synagogue in Church Street		Jewish
1875		Strikes at Cyfarthfa other locations	Poor laws enforced by G.T. Clark	Brian L. James
1875		Reported that in the week the process of blowing out the last furnace at Cyfarthfa	In the following edition reports of American pig Iron being landed & sold in Liverpool	Merthyr Express 27 March 1895
1875		Merthyr Vale Colliery opened called Nixon's Navigation employed 2000		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1875		Twyn yr odyn school built		Glamorgan Historian
1875		Dowlais installs a Siemens-Martin open hearth furnace		From Dowlais to Tremorfa By Mandy Walker
1875		Tenders are invited for the new cemetery in Troedyrhiw		Merthyr Express 27 February 1895
1875		Tenders are invited for 250 tons of 75 lbs per yard of rails that's only 2 miles 200 odd yards of track	Vale of Towy Railway	Merthyr Express 27 February 1895
1875		The depression is so bad that a Relief Fund is called for to provide 1 good meal a day for under 13		Merthyr Express 13 March 1895
1875		Carries report of a new weekly paper the Taff Vale Gazette being proposed		Merthyr Express 24 April 1895
1875		Plymouth & Aberdare Iron Co. call in the receivers later editions tell that he obtained capital to keep them running. Creditors meeting in 18th Dec. edition		Merthyr Express 5 June 1895
1875		Article on the large number of voters disfranchised by the labour unrest & depression in the Iron & coal trade		Merthyr Express 23 October 1875
1875		Reports of a proposed grammar school for the town ( private )		Merthyr Express 16 October 1875
1875		Other than Cyfarthfa & Dowlais most iron producers are now limited companies		The South Wales Coal Industry 1841 - 1875 J.H.Morris & L.J.Williams
1876		Propriety School opened in Penydarren House	80 day & 19 boarders advertised quite a lot in the Merthyr Express
1876		Last Year Glamorgan Canal Co paid 8% dividend		The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1876		Further unsuccessful attempts to obtain Borough Status
1876		The petition for a charter drawn in 1873 sent with 3600 signatures Privy Council held enquiry		Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1876	23-Dec	Paper carries details given by the surveyor of the local health board of the effect of Incorporation. gives details of the rateable value & the disagreements		Merthyr Express 23 & 30 December 1876
1876		Dowlais starts importing Spanish ore. At No. 6 furnace 3 men killed in an explosion in May	1855 WALES & MON. PROD. 1,665,000 BY 1884 95,000 TONS PA	EDGAR JONES
1876		G.T. Clark becomes the first president of the British Iron Trade association that later became the National Federation of I&S M/F		The Economic History of Steelmaking 1867 - 1939 By D.L.Burn
1876		The G.W. & Rhymney line via Cwmbargoed Junction reaches Dowlais
1876		Aberfan Cemetery, the Bryntaff Section opened in 1915		Glamorgan Record Office
1876		Saint Tydfil's infirmary opened adjacent to the workhouse		Leaflet
1876		Paper carries leader that Cyfarthfa is being bought even though it is expanding gives history of town	That Cyfarthfa had just bought Coedcae Coal in Rhondda for £130,000	Merthyr Telegraph 26 September 1876
1877	09-Apr	Mr T.J. Dyke High Constable gave an address to R.T.Crawshay on his return from London after his eye operation		Merthyr Express 5 May 1877
1877	09-Apr	R.T.Crawshay on his return from London after his eye operation received over 2000 ex. employees as they wished him well & begged for home to reopen the works		Merthyr Express 28 April 1877
1877	26-May	Paper carries an advertisement announcing a sale of Cyfarthfa Iron Works horses		Merthyr Express 26 May 1877
1877	24-Jun	Richard Thompson Crawshay makes will ( certain leases granted to Railways )	Beneficial's William T. Robert T. & Richard Fredrick of leases	Cyfarthfa Works and Property Act 1882
1877	01-Aug	Taff Vale Railway & G.W.R. agree to run Passenger Trains to Brunels Station & keep lower station to Goods		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By V.L.Wilding
1877	06-Oct	An old employee of Cyfarthfa has a letter published & Crawshays reply is published		Merthyr Express 6 October 1877
1877	13-Oct	The Editor writes a piece on the future of Cyfarthfa Iron Works		Merthyr Express 13 October 1877
1877		G.T. Clark trustee & Manager occupied 44 Berkeley Square London. His heirs retained the property until 1950's		G.T. Clark Edited by Brian LI. James
1877		Dowlais selling railway rails at £7 per ton		John A. Owen
1877		Children's hospital in Bridge street
1877		Richard Thompson Crawshay has a serious eye operation in London
1877		Pen yr heolgerrig school built		Glamorgan Historian
1877		Fr Bernard Saunders At Dowlais until 1878 then Merthyr until 1881 ( Born 1843 Died 1898 )		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1877		R.T.Crawshay has surgery on eyes men greet him on his return he said the trust is broken		The Crawshays of The Castle By Margaret Stewart Taylor
1877		Lease for ? years granted to a English Calvinistic Methodist Chapel in Elizabeth St. Dowlais		List of leases
1877		Calfaria built in Merthyr Vale, rebuilt in 1910		The chapels of Merthyr Tydfil by Stephen Brewer
1878	17-Aug	The High Constable calls a meeting in the Bush Hotel to form a Chamber of Trade in the town		Merthyr Express 17 August 1878
1878	21-Aug	R.T. Crawshay makes indenture to John Nixon granting him the mineral right in Cyfarthfa lease		Cyfarthfa Works and Property Act 1882
1878	05-Dec	The West of England & South Wales District Bank Fails	It was the banker of Fothergill , quoted as holding 1/4 million & liable for £200,000	William Vaughan Ex Manager Barclays Bank
1878	09-Dec	The West of England & South Wales Bank issue a statement on its decisions to stop withdrawals, & reasons		Merthyr Express December 1878
1878	13-Dec	The West of England & South Wales Bank is taken over, by the London & Provisional		William Vaughan Ex Manager Barclays Bank
1878	21-Dec	The London & Provisional reopen the failed banks offices, and honour all accounts		William Vaughan Ex Manager Barclays Bank
1878		In the M. Express an advert for the Primrose House School stated that he would be leaving to set up a Mining & Mechanical School in Pontypridd	Thomas Lloyd	Merthyr Express 16 November 1878
1878		Cyfarthfa negotiates a reduction in coal royalties Sir W.T.Lewis acting for them		Merthyr Express 22 January 1910
1878		New Catholic Priest Dr.Saunders O.S.B. new parish priest lives at Canal Head House Dynevor st	Cramer gives year of the return of the monks at instigation of Bishop Hedley although Brown alive aged 84	Leaflet
1878		Plymouth Wks on debt by £170,000 + rent arrears £40,000 its property mortgaged inc. £320,000 to a Mr Morton of Glasgow , with no help from B of E W of E closed in November		Rhondda coal Cardiff Gold by Richard Watson
1878		Dowlais now selling producing more steel than Iron ( it all has to start as Iron )		Edgar Jones
1878		Chamber of Trade formed in the town
1878		Catholic monks take over the running of the Parish ( Rev. Patrick Carr listed in Court St. by Owens Directory		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1878		Kate Walls & Harriet Parkin establish a Christian mission followed by Mrs Sayers & Miss Smith		Leaflet
1878		Privy Council turn down the 1876 petition for a Charter		Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1878		Soup kitchens were supplying 3/400 children with a daily meal		Merthyr Express 16 February 1878
1879	10-May	Robert Thompson Crawshay dies. The stone weighing 9 tons from Rhadyr quarries laid in August	Left £1,200,000 will probated by 20/06/1879
1879	23-Jun	William Ewert Berry Born 73 Lower Thomas Street, moved to London 1898. Started Advertising World in 1901		The House the Berrys Built Duff Hart-Davies
1879	07-Aug	John Roberts a Captain comes to take over the Christian Mission		Leaflet
1879	11-Oct	the opening of Cyfarthfa the following editions carry on the story, the 14/02/180 27 states 3rd Ynesfach furnaces lit	But the 20/12 edition carries a report of a strike over wages Skating allowed on Cyfarthfa lake	Merthyr Express December editions
1879	24-Nov	Henry Crawshay dies ( ? where )		Cyfarthfa Works and Property Act 1882
1879	01-Dec	Cyfarthfa Works reopened by sons & produced some 900 tons weekly by 1880. It stayed open until June 1881, when it closed for modernisation	Works was kept in good working order during its shut down	The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1879		New Iron Bridge opened
1879		Merthyr Vale school built		Glamorgan Historian
1879		Notice asks for tenders to build a Unitarian Chapel in Dowlais I cannot find that it came about		Merthyr Express 22 November 1879
1879		Notice of the intention to establish a tramway transport in town by a £7000 capitalized company	Merthyr Tramway Co.Ltd	Merthyr Express 22 November 1879
1879		Carries the rumour that the Plymouth undertaking & Aberdare have been sold		Merthyr Express 22 November 1879
1880	27-May	Art exhibition in the Drill Hall
1880	19-Jun	Corner stone laid by Mrs W.T. Crawshay for Bethesda Chapel
1880		Notice by company of its 3 ft tramway call for £5 shares Capital £7000 bankers London & Provident M.T. Parliamentary act passed 3rd September	Merthyr Tramway Ltd.	Merthyr Express 11 September 1980
1880		Sir Ivor Bertie Guest created lord Wimborne of Canford Dorset		John A. Owen
1880		Charles Herbert James succeeds Fothergill
1880		Plymouth Works closed
1880		Again a petition for charter sent but again refused		Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1880		The Merthyr Echo printed for a few months by an Ironmonger of 87 High Street William Roberts Editor / Proprietor
1880		Plans to widen the lower end of High Street		Merthyr Express 10 January 1880
1881	01-Jan	Town subject to very heavy snow storm lives lost		Merthyr Express 22 January 1881
1881	01-Mar	G.T. Clark resigns chairmanship of the Board of Guardian's paper correctly sees this as the beginning of his departure from Merthyr		Merthyr Express 2 April 1881
1881	01-Apr	Paper highlights that this year saw a decline in the growth of the town by 2693 from 1871 while it had then grown by over 12000 from 1861		Merthyr Express 30 April 1881
1881	08-Jun	Cyfarthfa sell 90 to 100 horses at their stables, they sold a further 20 in september		Merthyr Express 28 May 1881
1881	11-Jun	The paper carries a notice that the refreshment rooms in Pontsarn are now open, also that a Coffee Tavern opened in Union St. Dowlais	There was one in Merthyr	Merthyr Express 11 June 1881
1881		E.P. Martin returns as an assistant to William Menelus at Dowlais		John A. Owen
1881		L.N.W.R. railways reach Dowlais the line was closed in 1937
1881		Cyfarthfa furnaces blown out as Iron works prepare for changes to steel making	The end of the iron era see 1883 ( see Merthyr Express May & June 1981	Charles Wilkins
1881		Paper carries article of the number of townsfolk moving to the Rhondda due to the lack of work particularly from Cyfarthfa closure		Merthyr Express 25 June 1881
1881		At the same time Ynysfach furnaces blown out papers comment on will they ever be relit		Merthyr Express 21 May 1881
1881		Bethesda Chapel rebuilt & new post office opened junction High St & Glebland street	Chapel was demolished in 1997 for a new road layout	TBA
1881		National Eisteddfod held in Penydarren Park on 30 & 31 August and 1 of September . Later articles claim most successful took £ 1666 : 16 : 4	Swansea only £1100 later editions 14/01/1882 claim it made £200 surplus	M.T.H. No. 10 M.E. 10 /09/1881
1881		From adverts in the paper there is a Proprietary School in Penydarren Park is it in the House?		Merthyr Express 1 January 1881
1881		Abercanaid school built		Glamorgan Historian
1881		On 26 Dec. John Jones with 2 friends assaulted Isaac Lazarus for which he got 3 months	Ebenezer Jacobs & Hyman Goodman were with him	Merthyr Express 8 January 1881
1881		New Bridge from Lower High Street to Caedraw over Plymouth feeder opened	Also cottages south of the church yard demolished improving mill st	Merthyr Express 15 January 1881 ( 16/7/81)
1881		Calls in newspaper for an Accident Hospital in town		Merthyr Express 19 February 1881
1881		A new wire works comes to town it has a capital of £12,000 in £50 shares		Merthyr Express 1 October 1881
1881		in Bedlinog Dowlais Iron opened No. 1 pit shortly followed by No. 2 closed by 1924
1881		The Fish Pond on Brecon Road called Penydarren F.P. in an appalling state calls for action to improve it		Merthyr Express 4 June 1881
1881		Town calls for a recreation area. The town hall proposed site may need a compulsory purchase order, Issue 5/11 raises concerns of the site cost		Merthyr Express 25 May & 18 June 1881
1881		15 Dowlais Gas works £6 shares offered for auction by Davies & Aikins Dowlais I do not know if it has any significant		Merthyr Express 25 June 1881
1881		Carries an article on the demise of The Merthyr Telegraph		Merthyr Express 2 July 1881
1881		Dowlais Chamber of trade cannot see the need for a new town hall. Its market is not prospering only 1/2 full		Merthyr Express 10 September 1881
1881		The lower half of the high street being improved by Merthyr Improvement Co. Foundation stone of the Loyal Cambrian No. 110 lodge laid	The met in Caerphilly then in the Bush Hotel	Merthyr Express 10 September 1881
1881		On the 4th September Dowlais first Sunday closing		Merthyr Express 10 September 1881
1881		Now that steam engines are allowed on tramways calls for a Dowlais to Merthyr Tramway estimated cost £3000 per mile		Merthyr Express 1 October 1881
1881		The authority is asked by the Cardiff authority for a supply of water		Merthyr Express 8 October 1881
1881		In White Street Dowlais a new Unitarian Chapel opened cost £5 to 600		Merthyr Express 8 October 1881
1881		At the end of Glebland St. a new corrugated chapel is being built		Merthyr Express 19 November 1881
1881		Because of the outbreak of Scarlet fever proposals are made to close the schools, the following week it reports that Penydarren & Caedraw were closed		Merthyr Express 8 October 1881
1881		Merthyr Chamber of Trade push for a recreation Ground. Children were summoned for playing games in the street		Civilizing The Urban by Andy Croll
1882	01-Mar	Report that Calvinistic Methodist who had seceded from Pontmorlais to Iron Chapel foot Abermorlais tip	There was a Wesleyan & Methodist Chapel in Pontmorlais	Times
1882	12-Mar	The inaugural service of Morlais Chapel held ( Calvinistic Methodist ) later the English Baptist held it )	1885 English Baptist took it over , they moved out in 1903/4 having built Park , selling site to Salvation Army	Merthyr Express 18 March 1882
1882	15-Apr	This was the last issue of the Merthyr Express that was produced by Steam the following weeks issue claimed it was produced by Gas		Merthyr Express 15 April 1882
1882	26-Apr	Crawshay Bros. & Landlords have a new Deed of Arrangement		Cyfarthfa Works and Property Act 1882
1882	01-Jun	A new club opens adjoining the Masonic hall		Merthyr Express 10 June 1882
1882	24-Jul	Crawshay brothers had a Parliamentary Act ( The Cyfarthfa Works & Property Act ) enabling them raise funds to renovate the works	Had to agree to Build steel capacity of 50 the tons PA had to produce or run for 12 months from 25/03/1884 ? 5	Edgar Jones / Merthyr Express 27 May 1882
1882		The works was designed by Edward Williams who had been a president of the British Trade Association		The Economic History of Steelmaking 1867 - 1939 By D.L.Burn
1882		William Menelaus dies buried in Penderyn. He was succeeded by a Dowlais man Edward Richard Martin who worked in Blaenavon		Merthyr Express 1 April 1882
1882		Glamorgan Canal Co paid 1.5% dividend see 1876		The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1882		Dowlais puddling furnaces down from 255 to 15		Charles Wilkins
1882		After most of its better plant sold off works dismantlement starts		The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1882		Fr Dunstan Ross at Merthyr until 1884		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1882		Dowlais Burial Board given a further 5 acres 11 acres in all by the Windsor estate .	. The M.P. C.H.James loaned money for the needed work Now 2 cemeteries in Pant	A History of the Church in Dowlais By Huw. Williams
1882		The conversion to a steel works completed supervised by Edward Williams cost £150,000 a Merthyr man ( she was wrong according to M.E.24/06/1882 )		The Crawshays of The Castle By Margaret Stewart Taylor
1882		The Town considers becoming a Municipal Corporation also in 1885		Merthyr Express
1882		Paper carries a story of the £10,000 gift of paintings that Menelaus gives to Cardiff, not a complimentary article		Merthyr Express 7 January 1882
1882		Treharris has a new Welsh Baptist chapel with a capacity given as 8/900 cost £1270 plus cost of ground & outer walls		Merthyr Express 20 May 1882
1882		The Merthyr Chamber of Trade asked the Local Health board to provide a free library under the Public Library Act of 1855		Merthyr Express 25 February 1882
1882		The Local Health Board announces its opposition of the Taff Vale railway & the G.W.R to improve the connections to Merthyr	Aprils edition carried an article of the connection from Rhymney	Merthyr Express 25 February 1882
1882		The paper carries a time table of the Merthyr Station to Dowlais Bush hotel of a Bus service. What sort of bus ?		Merthyr Express 25 March 1882
1882		Fund set up to finance an accident ward listing W.T. Crawshay as the Chairman		Merthyr Express 25 February 1882
1882		A meeting was called for in the town to protest to Russia of its treatment of the Jews		Merthyr Express 11 March 1882
1882		Paper carries story of the appointment of William Evans as works manager at Cyfarthfa		Merthyr Express 12 August 1882
1882		Letter in paper calls for a YMCA in the town		Merthyr Express 30 September 1882
1882		The wire works in the Willows start production		Merthyr Express 14 October 1882
1882		In Dowlais Coffee Tavern the Starr-Bowkett Building Society started taking Deposits on the 26 June 1882		Merthyr Express 28 October 1882
1882		A Advanced Elementary School . towards end of 1882 lots of article on this subject		Merthyr Express 2 December 1882
1882		A group of Merthyr publicans form a company & open a running track behind the Penydarren Iron Wks, author did not say where. Purpose was to increase trade		Civilizing the Urban by Andy Croll
1883	01-May	Planning application for St Mary's presbytery		Planning book
1883		Dowlais large renovation completed, it stopped selling Iron Rails
1883		Dowlais works has an Australia order 16500 tons of Rails stiff competition from Sheffield		Merthyr Express 24 March 1883
1883		last of penydarren works cleared		Merthyr Express 24 March 1883
1883		Cyfarthfa opens as a steel works using the Bessemer process capacity 1500/2000 tpw	See article 5 May in the Merthyr Express	History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins F.G.S
1883		New railway connecting Gethin Pits to Cyfarthfa opened		Merthyr Express 6 January 1883
1883		Cosmopolitan Club Formed subscription 10/-		Kelly's directory 1884
1883		Park Chapel in the Walk Formed		History of Caesalem
1883		Fete & Gala for the General Hospital held in Penydarren Park		Merthyr Express 12 may 1883
1883		In Merthyr Vale a building club asks for quotation to build 44 workmen's cottages		Merthyr Express 28 July 1883
1883		Article on incorporation again		Merthyr Express 25 August 1883
1884	01-Jan	In the Drill Hall the 5th Calico Ball held in aid of the Merthyr & Cefn Hospital 409 persons attended Cost of entry varied to gender & dress from 17/6 to 7/6	there was a price just to go & look	Merthyr Express 5 January 1884
1884	01-Feb	The local YMCA opens its branch in 38 High Street earlier editions said 31		Merthyr Express 16 February 1884
1884	13-Mar	Lord Aberdare opens in Caedraw buildings the first of 2 Advanced Elementary Schools the other was in Gwernllwyn No. School Mary St.		Merthyr Express 1 March 1884 & 22 March
1884	01-May	From the Gwaelodygarth Estate 99 year lease for church & Priory ( insurance on church £5800 Priory £1700	Contents £300	St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1884	03-May	Paper carries report of the furnaces at Cyfarthfa being lit ahead of schedule		Merthyr Express 4 May 1884
1884	22-May	Cyfarthfa modernised has 2 new furnaces & Bessemer's	Edward Williams of Middlesbrough responsible for the plan cost £250,000D
1884		Cyfarthfa had 3 plate encased furnaces + foundations for 4th 3 blast engines increased later + 7 Cowper stoves with 2 Bessemer's 8 ton capacity	First blast February 1885 , but reported it was buying in pig iron ( Water shortage in 1884 did not help )	The South Wales Iron Industry 1750-1885 by Laurence Ince
1884		Crawshay Bros Castle Pit Railway acquired by Great Western & Rhymney Joint Railway		The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1884		Cyfarthfa gives notice that other than its collieries they are closing temporary part of the works .Claim build up of pig stocks. See Notes	Is this due to the depression of trade. M.E. reported 11 of Dowlais works on shot time .	Merthyr Express 25 October 1884
1884		Paper carries an account of a visit to Cyfarthfa & Dowlais works of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers		Merthyr Express 9 August 1884
1884		New Priest Father Ross O.S.B. he is the priest repudiated to have bought land for the new church & Priory	Priory built in a year cost £1000	St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1884		New Catholic Priest Fr. B.S.Wade O.S.B. he was 1st occupier of new priory in 1885 (until 1909 ) ( Born 1846 Died 1909 )	Installed Sister of the Sacred Heart as Teachers in Court St	Leaflet
1884		Catholics buy land from Capt. Morgan Penydarren Park Estate	Priory built in 1885 ( This was the start of Major Morgan's sell of Penydarren House Lands )	Pamphlet
1884		G.T.Clark publishes in two volumes " Medieval Military Architecture		Medieval Military Architecture by Brian L. James
1884		Dowlais coal mines 98,000 tons if coal		John A. Owen
1884		According to this directory Plymouth works and its collieries are still open	On the mortgagee of the late Thomas Alers Hankey, managed by S&J Bailey as agents	Kelly's Directory 1884
1884		Advanced elementary schools set up in Dowlais & Caedraw became known as Higher Grade Schools ( Boys & Girls )
1884		Lower Neuadd reservoir built
1884		Rhymney Railway & Cyfarthfa agree for their lines to be exchangeable at Quakers Yard		Merthyr Express 16 February 1884
1884		The Town Hall again causing concern regarding its cost ( 28 June )		Merthyr Express 19 July 1884
1884		The railway viaduct at Quakers Yard completed only 1 year after foundation stone laid, built in cooperation with the G.W.R		Merthyr Express 15 November 1884
1884		New Church of England church opened in Abercainid. adapted from an old school		Merthyr Express 13 December 1884
1884		ST. David's has a new organ		Merthyr Express 10 January 1885
1885	02-May	The first of the steel rails rolled in the works. Earlier it had cast a 7 to 8 ton ball of Iron	The Taff Railway now has siding in the works	Merthyr Express 9 May 1885
1885		Ynynsqau Chapel reopens after having an internal refit, now lit by Gas		Merthyr Express 6 June 1885
1885		Salem in Newcastle Street opened by Wesleyan Reformers, became independent in 1897		High Street Baptist Church History
1885		In St Mary's records a priest has noted 3660 Catholics in th Parish as 3420 the previous year		St Mary's baptismal Records
1885		Canon Wade installed the Sisters of the Sacred Heart in the Mardy House , they taught in the school		Blotter 1930
1885		Glamorgan Canal Co & Aberdare Canal finally acquired by Bute agreement reached end 1883	Marques Chairman both companies improvements made to structure	The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1885		Appointed Vicar of town by Bute Trustees because of his Tractarianism sympathies		Merthyr Historian Volume 8 By Roger L.Brown
1885		Plant installed in dowlais to produce Railway Rail Sleepers from Steel Plate		John A. Owen
1885		Breakaway from High St. Chapel took over Morlais Chapel foot of Abermorlais Tip that was a Methodist	Dissent with Rev. T.W. George who left for Melincrythan Neath	High Street Baptist Church History
1885	01-Sep	A disagreement in High Street Chapel caused 70 members to leave the chapel, they subsequently moved to the Iron Chapel in Morlais street ( Glebland st )	They bought this for £1000 putting £100 down. High st. Paid off the minister Rev T. George	Merthyr Express Sept & Oct. 1885
1885		Cyfarthfa Works apply to build a bridge over Aberdare Rd		Planning book
1885		Cyfarthfa has a new rolling mill
1885		The Waun Fair still active		Merthyr Express 6 June 1885
1885		The Town Hall site still making the new and there is a report on a proposal to convert the Angel Hotel for community requirements possible a town hall		Merthyr Express 6 June 1885
1885		The New passenger railway station opened in Dowlais mid way between the existing ones. The top station would now be closed belonging to the L.N.W.R	London& North-Western Railway	Merthyr Express 9 May 1885
1885		The field above the Synagogue in church street now to be developed with 9 semi detached building plots	One large building was erected on the plot & one semi detached was the home of Sherman	Merthyr Express 6 June 1885
1885		The Penydarren Park Building & Investment formed to exploit the land part of the Penydarren house owned by Major Morgan	The only building in this vast area is the newly built Roman Catholic Mission House	Merthyr Express 27 July 1885
1885		The expanding area Penheolgerrig is to have its own post office		Merthyr Express 4 July 1885
1885	01-Sep	On the 10th, to 12th, in Penydarren Park Catholics ran a grand International Bazaar, to raise money for a new Church it was reported that £400 was raised		Merthyr Express 19 September 1885
1885		A new jeweller & dressmaker opens at 49 Pontmorlais C.H.Flooks. Mrs Flooks advertised she had come from New bond Street		Merthyr Express 14 November 1885
1885		Aberdare seeks to have its own Parliamentary Member		Merthyr Express 17 January 1885
1885		The Merthyr Express carries a story about the Workhouse opening a Syphilitic ward		Merthyr Express 1 August 1885
1886	06-Apr	Planning application for the General Hospital. The owner of Flooks offered to buy install and maintain a clock in the proposed Hospital		Planning book
1886		Crawshay Bros of Cyfarthfa stop using canal now used rail	Railway now Great Western & Rhymney	The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1886		Roman Catholic School became officially St Mary's ( mixed ) R.C. school		Roman Catholic Education By James Stephen Williams
1886		In an article on nuisances in the town a Mr Davies is named as the owner o Bethesda Burial Ground		Merthyr Express 2 October 1886
1886		A meeting is called in the Temperance Hall to have a YMCA association in Merthyr	The Merthyr Express reported of calls for the establishment of this association in issue 28/08/1886	Merthyr Express 20 November 1886
1886		Crawshay brothers post notices to the effect that other than the collieries all employment from 29 May 1886 will be on a daily bases		Merthyr Express 5 June 1886
1886		Town has a " Starving Children Fund " and the final meeting of its committee meeting is reported		Merthyr Express 5 June 1886
1866		Dowlais works with E.P. Martin in charge cut wages.		Merthyr Express 5 June 1886
1886		The gas company starts an advertising campaign extolling the virtue and thrift of cooking by gas		Merthyr Express 29 May 1886
1886		Higher Grade Schools to be established in Merthyr & Dowlais		Merthyr Express 22 May 1886
1886		Paper carries a report on the local Board of Health meeting in which thee abolition of Turnpike gates were discussed		Merthyr Express 22 May 1886
1886		The proposed Town Hall plans are to be vetted by a committee ( see also issue 06/02/1886 )		Merthyr Express 15 May 1886
1886		Cefn Coed has a new drill hall its official opening was celebrated with a Grand Ball		Merthyr Express 30 January 1886
1886		From Liverpool 462 Welsh emigrants set sail to join the Welsh settlers, in Patagonia this was the largest number for some time, but only a few from Merthyr		Welsh History Review Vol.8 No.1 Glyn Williams
1887	19-Sep	The paper claims its average weekly circulation is 9,345		Merthyr Express 10 September 1887
1887		Paper carries story of the earth quake		Merthyr Express 15 October 1887
1887		Dowlais works start planning to build a new coastal works ( It is claimed that E.P.Martin did the negotiations & leg work on this project )	Take a site on East Moors Cardiff at £1200 P.A. for 99 years with a wharf at Roath for £1500 P.A.	Charles Wilkins
1887		The paper carried a story that appeared in the Western Mail that the Dowlais works were transferring to the proposed Cardiff works		Merthyr Express 12 November 1887
1887		Dowlais pits producing 846,638 tons per annum		John A. Owen
1887		The General Hospital Foundation Stone laid. the mason Washington Morgan contributed the stone & the inscription	Lord Merthyr it is stated gave £1000 towards the building fund
1887		Crawshay applies to convert his photographic studio back into a gardeners cottage		Planning Book
1887		Cyfarthfa now employing 4000 men with a capacity of 75,000 TPA	Merthyr Express reported that they were very busy in July	John A. Owens Article
1887		G.T.Clarke & E.P.Martin starts planning a Steel works adjacent to Bute Docks Cardiff		John A. Owens Article
1887	16-Jul	Dowlais Works closed because of the seasonal water shortage. The restart was not until the paper reported the start up in its 3rd September 1887 issue		Merthyr Express 16 July 1887
1887		It seems that Cefn cemetery is filling up and there are calls for more ground	Meanwhile Treharris cemetery is to have a chapel issue 27/08/1887	Merthyr Express 28 May 1887
1887		Paper praises the demolition of 93,94, & 95 Pontmorlais for the construction of 3 new shops		Merthyr Express 21 May 1887
1887		The Mortgagees of the Plymouth colliery's close Coed cae Pit & the Wain level with the loss of 200 jobs		Merthyr Express 5 February 1887
1887		Fothergill is been sued for the upkeep of Penydarren House & farm, his plea that as a bankrupt he is no longer liable is accepted	The case reported 17/07/86 £1280 on house £400 on adjacent Farm	Merthyr Express 23 March 1887
1887		A new building society starts advertising " The Merthyr New & Improved Building Society at the Old Post Office Chambers	The Merthyr & Dowlais still in 50 Glebland Street	Merthyr Express 23 July 1887
1887		Carries a report on the new Dowlais cake factory built on the site of old cottages new Union street by David Jones		Merthyr Express 24 September 1887
1888		Cyfarthfa Works lights its 3rd furnace and starts to build its 4th		Merthyr Express 12 May 1888
1888		Paper carries an account of the opposition of Penderyn & Vaynor to joining the Merthyr Union		Merthyr Express 19 May 1888
1888	01-Mar	New Dowlais steel works started on the East Moors Cardiff ( Merthyr Express 7 January 1888 carries big report )		Merthyr Express & January 1888
1888	07-Aug	The new roman Catholic school opened to pupils it was officially opened by Bishop Hedley later in October		Merthyr Express 11 August 1888
1888	01-Oct	The General hospital was opened officially by the Marquis of Bute, a luncheon held later in the Bush Hotel a limited number of tickets were available at 7/6		Merthyr Express 22 September 1888
1888	14-Dec	A fire destroyed the graham street side of the Market it main stall holder was R. Thomas		Merthyr Express 15 December 1888
1888		Henry Richard dies, in by election W. Prichard Morgan elected he held the seat until 1900 ( note his body was taken to London for Burial )
1888		David Alfred Thomas elected 2nd member, succeeded C.H.James, stepped down on 1910 to fight Cardiff seat.	Food controller in Great War Baron Rhondda in 1916 Viscount in 1918	The Story of Merthyr Tydfil
1888		General hospital opened, it had 24 beds The Merthyr Express said it was built in the Clock field
1888		Treharris Beechgrove CEMETERY OPENED		Glamorgan Record Office
1888		Paper carries the story of the destruction by fire of the 6 bells Brewery on the 11th of April		Merthyr Express 14 April 1888
1888		The plans for the town hall have been scrutinised by the committee appointed to vet them		Merthyr Express 28 April 1888
1888		In June Parliament are reading the Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Act all 125 clauses. the paper says it will be a long passage		Merthyr Express 16 June 1888
1888		The issue carries an account of the winding up order of the Willows Wire company		Merthyr Express 26 May 1888
1888		The Temperance Hall has a big refit		Merthyr Express 25 February 1888
1888		Giles & Harrap advise of the renovation of its brewery, on Brecon Road the paper also carries an article on it. Drilled 336 ft for a new water well		Merthyr Express 28 Jan. & 25 February 1888
1888		The paper carries an account of the opening of the Angel Hotel to the public in an attempt to fine a use for the building		Merthyr Express 25 August 1888
1889		A new Government Act coming into force in April would abolish a tolls on Turnpikes		Merthyr Express 12 January 1889
1889	17-Jul	Planning application for swimming baths at gwaunfarren this was an open air baths created in one of the ponds from the Goitre ponds along the tramway	John Vaughan a solicitor was the main person behind this project	planning book & Merthyr Express 20 July 1889
1889		opened 18 July 1889. Offered to town but refused Ltd company set up to run it with capital £800		Merthyr Express's 1889
1889		Dowlais pits producing a lot of coal ( in his various writings production at this date varies from 1,025,236 to 985,606 tons )		John A. Owen
1889		Dowlais works employing 5000		John A. Owen
1889		Saint Tudor Anglican Church built at Cefn Coed
1889		Two new 25 ton capacity Siemens-Martin open hearth furnaces commissioned in the Dowlais works		John A. Owen
1889		The last of the Crawshays leave Cyfarthfa Castle & retire to Caversham Park		The Crawshays of the Castle by Margaret Stewart Taylor
1889		A branch of the National Bank of Wales opened in No. 30 Victoria Street ( This bank is not the bank set up by Julian Hodge in the 1950's )		The Merthyr Express 23 March 1889
1889		The Cardiff Water works company put out the final part of its Taff Vawr reservoir, the accepted quote for circa £83,000 in April Cantreff No.2		The Merthyr Express 26 January 1889
1889		A proposed recreation ground with tennis courts proposed for the Thomastown tips area could be rented for £12 & £10 pa	The cost of the tennis courts estimated at £65. an area in Pentrebach ruled out	Merthyr Express 5 January 1889
1889		The grave of the grandfather of African Explorer H.M. Stanley discovered in St Tydfil's grave yard		Merthyr Express 18 May 1889
1889		At the new recreation ground ( Thomas Town ) the first tennis match played against New Tredegar		Merthyr Express 10 August 1889
1889		The Bute Dock Co. had sued Merthyr Tydfil Gas Co. for polluting the Taff in Merthyr, the Gas company appealed against the damages but lost their appeal		Merthyr Express 10 August 1889
1889		Row over Dowlais & Cyfarthfa Works rateable Value Dowlais ££13570 producing 140,855 tons & Cyfarthfa £4500 producing 71,855 Tons	In the new year there was a debate to increase both but it was dropped	Merthyr Express's 1889 & 1890
1889		The end of the Willows Wire & Steel works with its plant being auctioned off in the Bush hotel on the 12 December 1889	Yet in the M.E. 17/01/191 works offered for sale in the Bush on the 29/01/1891	Merthyr Express 16 November 1889
1890	01-Aug	Crawshay brothers form a limited company with a capital of £600,000	copy of the draft first meeting in Library	Charles Wilkins
1890		Penydarren Park advertising its coming events state that it has a new Running & bicycle track		Merthyr Express 8 March 1890
1890		The Saint Mary's Society has a report on its activities it seems to have a membership in excess of 400 St. Mary's is still in Georgetown		Merthyr Express 19 April 1890
1890		The Turkish Baths are to reopen having been refurbished by the new owner W. Pool on the 10 May		Merthyr Express 26 April 1890
1890		In the Pandy Farm Mr W.T. Crawshay's pure & Cross Breed Ayrshire cattle are auctioned off		Merthyr Express 26 April 1890
1890		Merthyr Express now 64 columns e.g. 8 pages instead of 7		Merthyr Express 28 June 1890
1890		Zoar has a new organ		Merthyr Express 13 September 1890
1890		The Rector of Merthyr & the council are in a misunderstanding over the vale of the Glebe land that will be used for the town had site.		Merthyr Express 8 November 1890
1890		Calls for the town to have a fire brigade		Merthyr Express 13 December 1890
1890		Carries news of the formation of the Merthyr & Dowlais Swimming Bath Co. capital £800 & that the baths would open on the 5 May?	See events 1889 & 1892	Merthyr Express 24 May 1890
1890		A group of publicans form a company Merthyr Recreation, and lease Penydarren Park for 10 years at £80 pa, it was nor a success lasted less than 5 years		Civilizing the Urban by Andy Croll
1891		Saint David's church has memorial window endowed by W.T. Lewis in memory of his mother & sister		Merthyr Express 16 May 1891
1891		A new building society formed in the town it became the Merthyr Tydfil Working Men's Building Society		Merthyr Express 16 May 1891
1891		The paper carried a grouping of the various industries in Merthyr and the Value of the rates they paid in effect industry paid 56.4 & of all the rates collected		Merthyr Express 28 February 1891
1891		Public meeting held in the Bush Hotel re Incorporation. Throughout the year the Town Hall question is raised		Merthyr Express 14 February 1891
1891		A Mr. Y. Chamberlain advertises the reopening of his Hong Kong Steam Flour Mill		Merthyr Express 31 January 1891
1891		Monk Fr. Adrian Beauvoisin at Merthyr until 1893 moved to Brynmawr 1897-1906 where he died		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1891		Census shows population is 58,900 with 11,267 houses
1891		The Canal repair cost per mile from Abercynon put at £38 by 1897 it was £ 122		The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1891		In May a new newspaper Merthyr & Dowlais Times published only copies start No. 33 01.01.1892	The Company Times printing published in John Street opposite the Temperance Hall	Merthyr Dowlais Times No. 33
1891		The Merthyr & Dowlais Times must have started have Vol. 1 No. 33 dated jan 1 1892	Printed in Brecon	Merthyr & Dowlais Times 1 January 1892
1891		The Times Paper started by a consortium of local businesses it was liberal with a capital L		William Camrose Giant of Fleet Street by Michel Berry ( Lord Hartwell )
1891		Company formed to build a new theatre in the town ,it was offered the old theatre foe £450 was this the Theatre Royal Built	Later editions carry news that the old theatre was called The Empire Theatre	MTTC Character Appraisal Draft N0.1 March 2009 & M.E. 23 March 1891
1891		The Willows Wire Works up for sale again at the Bush on the 29 /01/ 1891		Merthyr Express 17 January 1891
1891		Paper carries a story regarding the building of a Teuant School in Quakers yard to serve the Merthyr Union		Merthyr Express 11 April 1891
1891		Paper carries an account that it is the intention to build the new Intermediate school in the eastern part of the clock field		Merthyr Express 20 June 1891
1891		Paper carries an article on the traffic over the old Cefn Bridge in 5 days. 20,607 persons, 478 passenger vehicles, 922 dray carts, 372 bicycles & 175 horses		Merthyr Express 25 July 1891
1891		Master the men's outfitters announce plans to builds in Market Square, claiming the area not covered by the Market Act, already at 114 & 124 High St.	Later work was stopped by the Board of Guardians but was then allowed it to carry on	Merthyr Express 15 August 1891
1891		The Salvation Army held a 3 day event to celibrate their 13 Years in the town the venue was the Morlais Hall		Merthyr Express 13 April 1891
1891		Talks start with the local authority for them to take over the running of the Dowlais Works schools.	In 1892 the paper carries a story of E.P. Martin selling the schools for £10,000 a bargain	Merthyr Express 19december 1891
1891	01-Feb	Public meeting held in the Bush re Incorporation, other meetings followed in the month & later		Merthyr Express 14 February 1891
1892	01-Jan	Loyal Cambrian Lodge consider building new lodge in Penydarren Park	Not built until 1912 but Conservative Club built in 1894 in Masonic Street	Merthyr Dowlais Times 29/01/1892
1892		The Masonic Building in Masonic street to be sold by Public Auction in the Castle Hotel on the 39 June		Merthyr Express 25 June 1892
1892	01-Jan	Hope Chapel Rebuilt, The congregation meet in the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Pontmorlais	Foundation Stone laid 27 October building to cost £3500	Merthyr Dowlais Times 29/01/1892
1892	01-Jan	Noted that there is a Merthyr & Dowlais Building Society at Glebland House	Peter Williams Secretary Alderman Williams President	Merthyr Dowlais Times 15/01/1892
1892	01-Jan	The Crawshay's publish their prospectus to enable them to exploit the Spanish iron ore		Merthyr Dowlais Times 23/02/1892
1892	15-Jan	The Merthyr & Dowlais Times now Printed & published in John Street opposite Temperance Hall		Merthyr & Dowlais Times 15 January 1892
1892	01-Feb	A senior partner in the Plymouth Works dies aged 59 a MP banker		Merthyr Dowlais Times 19/021892
1892	05-Feb	Account of a Calico Ball in aid of General Hospital		Merthyr Dowlais Times 5/021892
1892	01-Apr	Penydarren Brewery up for sale including 11 Pubs also Boot Hotel & General Picton in Caedraw see notes	The M.E. on 16/04 stated sale at the Bush Hotel 14 April including its Pubs & beer houses	Merthyr Dowlais Times 01/041892
1892		The G.W.R. has a overhaul to aid its passenger appeal		Merthyr Express 16 April 1892
1892		The Merthyr Labour & Liberal Association has held a meeting to decide revenue and its political strategy.	The use of the word labour I believe has nothing to do with the political Party that had labour in its name founded later	Merthyr Express 23 April 1892
1892		The Merthyr Branch of the Conservative & Unionist Association open a branch in Dowlais		Merthyr Express 28 May 1892
1892		A William Morgan of Pant decides to write a hand book about Merthyr welcomed by the M.E. ( more printing perhaps )		Merthyr Express 30 April 1892
1892		The Merthyr Union publishes its statistics extracted from the 1891 census.	The Union comprised the parishes of Aberdare, Gelligare, Merthyr, Penderyn, Rhigos & Vaynor	Merthyr Express 7 May 1892
1892		The Gas company issues an advertisement offering 10/- to anyone who reports the vandalising of its street lamps. this is 120 Merthyr Express's		Merthyr Express 7 May 1892
1892		At a meeting in the Morlais hall a New Conservative Association is formed		Merthyr Express 7 May 1892
1892		Fr. Flood tells paper of the plans by the architect Mr Hansom of London for his new church to be built at the back of the priory	It is to be in the 13th century style costing £3 to £4,000 and later, £2/£3,000 for a tower, contact to be placed shortly	Merthyr Express 14 May 1892
1892		Paper carries an account of houses been built in Penydarren Park		Merthyr Express 2 April 1892
1892		The Monmouth & South Wales Miners Permanent Provident Society holds its eleventh Annual General Meeting. This means it was formed in 1881		Merthyr Express 2 April 1892
1892	01-Apr	National Bank of Wales moved to 97 High St from Victoria St		Merthyr Dowlais Times 14/041892
1892	01-Apr	Truant School planned by the Poor Laws		Merthyr Dowlais Times 14/041892
1892	01-Apr	Grant of £35,000 towards the cost of the new Intermediate School		Merthyr Dowlais Times 22/041892
1892	01-Apr	Merthyr Steam Laundry opened		Merthyr Dowlais Times 22/041892
1892	01-May	Primary stones laid for the new church n Pengarndd		Merthyr Dowlais Times 20/05/1892
1892	01-May	Gwaunfarren Baths opened this was on the site of the open air baths built in July 1889. 07:00 to 12:00 6d until 18:30 3d then until closing 2d	This was a private company called the Merthyr & Dowlais Swimming Baths	Merthyr Dowlais Times 20/05/1892
1892	01-May	Bill in Parliament for the refinancing of railway The Neath & Brecon Railway		Merthyr Dowlais Times 13/05/1892
1892	01-Jun	Market Square being built on by Masters sued in court for not conforming to plans	Also complaints on the facilities in the Post Office	Merthyr Dowlais Times 03/06/1892
1892	01-Jul	D.A. Thomas 11948 votes Prichard Morgan 11756 Frances Williams 2304 at General election		Merthyr Dowlais Times 08/07/1892
1892	17-Aug	Paper carries a report of an earthquake that shook houses		Merthyr Express 20 August 1892
1892	30-Aug	The Reverend Father Wade was installed as a Cannon at Saint Michael's Priory Belmont		Merthyr Dowlais Times 02/09/1892
1892		There was at this time a theatre named the Victoria in this edition an advert stated that it was in the Penydarren Yard		Merthyr Express 13 August 1892
1892		New Cefn bridge cost £1260 Grant expected from the Glamorgan authorities, rate payers very concerned about the viability of the grant		Merthyr Historian
1892		The Turkish Baths place an advertisement of their forthcoming reopening after an extensive refurbishment		Merthyr Express 20 February 1892
1892		Vulcan Foundry still working ( now a listed building )		Merthyr Historian
1892		Plans drawn up for a new Brecon Railway utilising the tramway lines left by the builders of the Cefn reservoirs. Estimated cost £250,000		Merthyr & Dowlais Times 01/04/1892
1892		G.T.Clark retires from running the Dowlais works		John A. Owen
1892		Paper carries an account of a top QC coming to Merthyr to represent the Crawshay Bros case against The Merthyr Board over its water supply	In the High Court in January 1893 . Later editions suggest agreement reached	Merthyr Express 8 October 1892
1892		Paper carries an account of a Merthyr Central Library Society to be formed		Merthyr Express 12 November 1892
1892		The first of what later was claimed as an annual Dowlais Eisteddfod was held		Merthyr Express 3 October 1903
1893	01-Jan	Due to the membership movement the congregations of Bethel & Ainon exchanged chapels		Merthyr Express 6 February 1904
1893	22-May	Treharris has a new public hall opened on the 22nd May		Merthyr Express 27 May 1893
1893	08-Jul	Hope Chapel officially reopened		Merthyr Express 15 July 1893
1893	03-Aug	The primary stone of St. Mary's laid the full account in the paper		Merthyr Express 5 August 1893
1893	01-Aug	Roman Catholic Church built opened 27/09.1894 Rt. Rev. Dr. Henley laid Primary Stone Arch. W Hansom	Local builder Tom Rees Merthyr Vale NAMES OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY BUT NOTE ST MARY'S	Pamphlet In Book
1893		The Roman Catholics have a temperance society called the League of the Cross		Merthyr Express 14 January 1893
1893	06-Oct	Merthyr has a new weekly paper " The Dowlais Gazette " only issue No. 5 available unknown when it folded		The Dowlais Gazette 4 Nov 1893
1893		St. John's Dowlais rebuilt , having had alterations & extras in 1873 & 1881		A History of the Church in Dowlais By Huw. Williams
1893		Hen dy Cwrdd is renovated		History Hen dy Cwrdd By Tom. Lewis
1893		20,000 People march to "Cwmyglo " to celebrate a John Penry of 1593		History of Caersaem
1893		Monk Fr. Bede Polding until 1895 moved to Cardiff ( Born 1858 Died 1939 )		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1893		5th Cholera outbreak		Encyclopaedia of Wales
1893		The Victoria Theatre's advertisements states it location as Penydarren Yard		Merthyr Express 14 January 1893
1893		Paper carries an account of a meeting to form a co-operative movement in the town	Later editions carry news of the formation of a Co-operative society being established	Merthyr Express 14 January 1893
1893		It seems that 3 years ago The Dowlais Colliery Workmen's Disablement Society was formed		Merthyr Express 14 January 1893
1893		Nazareth House offers places to Merthyr Tydfil Health Board, offer not accepted		Merthyr Express 4 February 1893
1893		Paper carries a large advert by Masters of his new store opening on the 4th in Market Place Building	A visit to the building, states it includes the Temperance Hotel. ( there was a Temperance Hotel in Pontmorlais )	Merthyr Express 4 & 11 March 1893
1893		A William Morgan who lived in Pant is going to publish a history of Vaynor		Merthyr Express 13 May 1893
1893		Fr. Pippet having built the school in Dowlais 5 years ago outlines his plans to enlarge St Illtyd's church designed by Mr. Kirby of Liverpool		Merthyr Express 3 June 1893
1893		Tydfil Wells Building Club advertise for new members		Merthyr Express 17 June 1893
1893		The Miners Federation of Great Britain hold a big meeting in town, claimed it enhanced its reputation among the coal miners		Merthyr Express 22 July 1893
1893		Paper carries an article that the Cyfarthfa Hotel is to have a £ 600 organ. I have never come across this hotel an it is an awfyl lot of money		Merthyr Express 9 September 1893
1893		A small piece asks what is to become of Cyfarthfa Castle.		Merthyr Express 9 September 1893
1893		Dowlais Parish Church is to be rebuilt and the cost paid for by the Dowlais Company		Merthyr Express 21 October 1893
1893		St. Tydfils to be renovated, cost estimated t £3/4000		Merthyr Express 11 November 1893
1893		The Board of Guardians are considering extending the work house as it is overcrowded		Merthyr Express 2 December 1893
1893		The new market square building has a Liptons opening on the 16 December, & the hotel is to be taken by a Mr Bently from Dublin		Merthyr Express 9th & 16 th December
1894	02-May	William Berry starts work at the Merthyr Times		William Camrose Giant of Fleet Street by Michel Berry ( Lord Hartwell )
1894	16-Dec	New Rebuilt Catholic Church Opened by Bishop Hedley		Leaflet & Merthyr Express December 1894
1894		Cyfarthfa Works new brickwork's opens capacity 2 million bricks per week for female labour		Merthyr Express 13 January 1894
1894		Dowlais new Goat Mill about to open full details given		Merthyr Express 13 January 1894
1894		Parish church remodel	Cost of £8000 by J.L.Pearson
1894		Tabernacle members agree to have a new building on Brecon Rd.		Merthyr Historian No.10
1894		Dowlais Pengarnddu Saint Michael's Church opened in closed in 1953
1894		The conservative club built in Masonic Street	Also calls for a Constitutional Club in Dowlais	Wall Plaque & Merthyr Express 1894
1894		Thomas Town tip landscaped in towns first park		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1894		Thomas Town Brick works for sale it had 5 kilns		The Merthyr Express 3 March 1894
1894		Mardy Isolation Hospital built		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1894		Town becomes an Urban District with six Wards	Dowlais : Penydarren : Cyfarthfa : Town : Plymouth : & Merthyr Vale	Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1894		Metropolitan Bank of England & Wales had branch in the town		Merthyr Express 10 February 1894
1894		New Building in market Square by T.S. Masters upper floors to be a hotel proprietor Mr. Bentley from Dublin	Called Central Hotel	Merthyr Express 13 January 1894
1894		The New Theatre & Opera House opened on Penydarren Road		Merthyr Express 24 April 1894
1894		In Treharris there are calls for a Church of England Church. While St Johns Church in Penydarren is to have a hall		Merthyr Express 14 July 1894
1894		Dowlais works buys Merthyr Vale's Danyderi Colliery		Merthyr Express 28 April 1894
1894		Calls for a new bridge to replace the foot bridge in Caedraw		Merthyr Express 25 August 1894
1895		There is concerns that the Fever Hospital just off Brecon Road could be a danger to the health of locals		Merthyr Express 16 February 1895
1895		Town becomes a Urban District Council		MTTC Character Appraisal Draft N0.1 March 2009
1895		Merthyr Star started By Robert James son lasted a few months
1895		D.A.Thomas Lib.MP for Merthyr grouped with mid valley collieries the Cambrian Combine		Merthyr Historian Volume 3 by I.D. Thomas
1895		Two 15 ton capacity Bessemer furnaces installed adjacent to the Goat Mill in Dowlais		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1895		Independent Labour Party formed a branch in the town
1895		Fr Bernard Gibbons assistant at St Mary's until 1900 ( Born 1865 Died 1951 )		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1895		St. Mary's Church in Bethel St Georgetown have planning application	Marked no water so rejected
1895		Museum opened displaying Samuel Homfray's possessions in Newport
1895		The Crawshay's own 51 Grosvenor Squire London		Merthyr Express 11 May 1895
1895		The Vulcan Foundry & Engineering Company s to be voluntary wound up & liquidated		Merthyr Express 18 May 1895
1895		The Anti Gambling League for a branch in the town		Merthyr Express 1 June 1895
1895		A new Accident ward is opened in the General Hospital		Merthyr Express 29 June 1895
1895		At Troedyrhiw Tabernacle chapel in Yew St. was opened		Merthyr Express 2 November 1895
1895		Report of a chapel reopening in Penywern after an extensive refurbishment, it did not give its denomination		Merthyr Express 9 November 1895
1895		Merthyr Urban District Council is proposing to borrow £143,000 to build a new waterworks		Merthyr Express 23 November 1895
1895		A protest about the high levels of rent has been going on for some months		Merthyr Express 7 December 1895
1896	09-Feb	New Tabernacle Chapel ( Welsh Baptist ) stones laid on Brecon Rd ( Fish Pond St ) Pond now drained	Plans estimated the cost at £4650. Builder John Jones Glanyant	Actual Site
1896	11-Jun	Christ Church Pant opened generous donations from the Dowlais Wks		A History of the Church in Dowlais By Huw. Williams
1896	16-Mar	Bolgoed Building Society plan to build 14 houses in Stuart St.		planning book
1896	04-Aug	Approval to build a road in the Walk disapproved		planning book
1896		Merthyr has a Town Hall, built by H. Gibbon designed by E.H. Johnson
1896		The laying of a foundation stone for a public building, it did not say which one. in the same issue there was an extensive article on the new town hall		Merthyr Express 23 May 1896
1896		Again failure to become a Corporation		Royal Commission on the Status of the County Brought of Merthyr Tydfil
1896		E.P. Martin gives Dowlais furnace capacity as 1600 T.P.W. In 1859 it was 137, 1870 174 & in 1877 260		Charles Wilkins
1896		Daniel Lewis Vicar of town places £2500 in trust of the commissioners proceed of the sale of glebe land	spent £400 on repairs to rectory	Roger L. Brown
1896		Towns Chamber of Trade revived movement for a charter & new petition presented enquiry set up	Treharris & Merthyr Vale did not want to be a part 3671 for 6223 against	Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1896		In White St. Dowlais Co-op opened its first shop
1896		A camera club is formed in the town, the article carries the names of the founders
1896		A new Girls school opened in Treharris for 700 pupils. The article carries details of the financing and that it has a 99 year lease. Expires 1997		Merthyr Express 15 February 1896
1896		It seems that the Glamorgan canal company and the Aberdare canal company were considering a scheme to turn the canals into railways		Merthyr Express 1 February 1896
1896		Cycling it seems is big in town paper carries fair size column on events. A Ironmonger advertises that he is agent for Singer, Swift, Rover, Baylis Thomas & Raleigh		Merthyr Express 6 June 1896
1896		Treharris is to have a Masonic Hall		Merthyr Express 20 June 1896
1896		Town has a serious drought Dowlais closes all but its blast furnaces, a relief subscription is opened for those dependants thrown out of work.	Later issues tells it readers only 14 days supply of water is left. The issue dated 19 September announced its reopening	Merthyr Express 27 June 1896
1896		Ainon English Baptist chapel opened after a 7 week renovation		Merthyr Express 25 July 1896
1896		A Penybryn building society formed to build houses about 40 in Thomas Alderman's land		Merthyr Express 25 July 1896
1896		Row over plans to extend the Infirmary		Merthyr Express 8 August 1896
1896		Paper claims a circulation of 12000 with 66000 readers. With a paper sale income of £50 it must have a larger income from advertising		Merthyr Express 8 August 1896
1896		Paper carries a large advert of a Grand Bazaar to be held in the Drill Hall in October in aid of he New Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church	Later editions carry a full account of this 3 day event	Merthyr Express 15 August 1896
1896		Paper carries an article how the Admiralty has placed orders for 20 & 18 thousand tons of coal with Cyfarthfa & Dowlais		Merthyr Express 29 August 1896
1896		It seems another Building Society unnamed is to build at Gwernllyn Fach rear of Wimbourne Street		Merthyr Express 29 August 1896
1896	06-Sep	The Independent Labour Party held its inaugurated meeting on a Sunday morning. The Report did not give the venue		Merthyr Express 19 September 1896
1896		Paper tells that the new bells for St. Tydfil's church have arrived and are ready to be installed. They were dedicated on the first of September	Later editions state that the cost of the churches renovations would be £7000	Merthyr Express 3 October 1896
1896		The County School; is opened to pupils, the official opening will not be until January 1897		Merthyr Express 3 October 1896
1896		Guardians announce plans for the infirmary in the workhouse to cost £16745-1-6 plus £352-4-6 for the external walls		Merthyr Express 31 October 1896
1896		Bethania in Dowlais opens after a refurbishment including its organ		Merthyr Express 21 November 1896
1897	01-Feb	Merthyr District Council adopt a proposal to petition Privy Council for Borough status		Merthyr Express 20 February 1897
1897	23-Apr	The Penydarren Building Society formed to build houses in the old Penydarren works Yard		The Merthyr Times 6 August 1897
1897	05-Jun	Anion Sunday School gave a gold watch to Thomas Henry Watts " in small recognition of faithful service "	Fob has JA then under this 9.375 an anchor then a m	Actual Fob
1897	06-Aug	R.T. Jones the gents outfitters move to new buildings in Market Square		The Merthyr Times 6 August 1897
1897		Dowlais works has its first siemens-martin open hearth furnace. E.P. Martin manager
1897		Saint Tydfil's Infirmary extended designed by E.A. Johnson of Town Hall & St Johns fame
1897		General Hospital has an accident ward, endowed by W.T. Lewis		Merthyr Express 27 February 1897
1897		E.P. Martin of Dowlais appointed President of the Iron & Steel Institute		John A. Owen
1897		County School officially opened by V. Jones of Cardiff University. Mr Charles Owen 1 first Head	School had started in Oct. 1896	MERTHYR HISTORIAN
1897		Dowlais has 11 blast furnaces , 6 converters 3 cogging mills, & 4 rolling mills, also its coal production had reached 1,500,000 tons per annum		John A. Owen
1897		Thomas Town Park comes into being a gift of land from the Court Estate & Frank James	Also gave money to enclose Parl	Merthyr Times 9 July 1897
1897		St. John's Church Dowlais has new stained glass windows		Merthyr Express 5 June 1897
1897		Dowlais Iron Wks Coal interests assessed as £ 6000 in Gelligaer £25248	New Abercynon Coal mine will be valued as £20,000	Merthyr Express 31 July 1897
1897		The Iron & Steel Institute's president was E.P. Martin manager at Dowlais		The Economic History of Steelmaking 1867 - 1939 By D.L.Burn
1897		The Merthyr Times bought by Edwin Davies of Brecon , he also owned the Brecon County Times, became tory paper folded some 20 months later		William Camrose Giant of Fleet Street by Michel Berry ( Lord Hartwell )
1898	18-Nov	Total Number of Pupils in R.C.schools given as 499		Roman Catholic Education By James Stephen Williams
1898	01-Apr	As a result of various strikes, court action is taken by Powel Duffryn company to prevent social aid being given to strikers
1898	06-Dec	The Merthyr to Abercynon section of the Glamorgan canal closed
1898		Glamorgan Canal closed to Merthyr due to mining subsidence		The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals by S. Rowson & I.L.Wright
1898		Further unsuccessful attempts to obtain Borough Status
1898		The Wimborne Institute Social & Welfare Club opened in Dowlais, by Lord & Lady Wimbourne ( Guest )		John A. Owen
1898		Claims in his biography that his father & brother were caught up in riots in the town		William Camrose Giant of Fleet Street by Michel Berry ( Lord Hartwell )
1898	22-Jul	William Berry leaves for London has a job with the Investors Guardian	M.E. 15 Jan. carries a report of his father being installed a W.M. Master of the Loyal Cambrian Lodge	William Camrose Giant of Fleet Street by Michel Berry ( Lord Hartwell )
1898		Another miners strike. As a result D.A. Thomas pointed out later that some 3000 voters were struck off the electoral roll, and would not be eligible until 1901		The Welsh History Review Vol. 12 No.4 Anthony Mor-O'Brian
1898		Paper prints an article from the Western Mail that Wimbourne was contemplating selling out to an American consortium. It later carried a denial story from the F.T		Merthyr Express 8 January 1898
1898		A Cardiff Railway co. has an act before parliament to build a new railway from Merthyr to Cardiff. Later issues carry reports of discussions by various parties		Merthyr Express 15 January 1898
1898		In the correspondence section a writer complains that he is not responsible for stopping a recreation park on land part of the Caemarydwn farm		Merthyr Express 15 January 1898
1898	31-Jan	G.T. Clark dies at his home in Talgarth		Merthyr Express 5 February 1898
1898		The Privy Council refuse town a charter		Merthyr Express 12 March 1898
1898		A £4000 development plan to rebuild the New Inn in High Street turned down by the licensing authority		Merthyr Express 19 March 1898
1898		The Memorial Stone for Cefn's new library laid by Major J.J. Jones		Merthyr Express 9 April 1898
1898		W.T. Crawshay places an advert for the sale of Surplus Furniture etc the advert ran for a few weeks prior to the sale		Merthyr Express 16 April 1898
1898		Paper carries an article on the depth of the Harris Navigation colliery, it is 2367 feet deep. deepest in South Wales.		Merthyr Express 23 April 1898
1898		Cannon Wade makes an appeal to Britain for the poor, suffering in Merthyr Tydfil because of the strife in the coal industry, particularly affect are the Irish	Over 800 men were applying for relief & there were soup kitchens in Dowlais	Merthyr Express 30 April 1898
1898		The paper had carried an article of British Traction people in the town in March. Now they published their application to build a light railway in the town	Rout No.1 Cefn to Dowlais via Pontmorlais. Rout No 2 Pontmorlais to Graham St. & Rout No. 2A Graham St to Pontmorlais	Merthyr Express 7 May 1898
1898		Application made to run light railway. No.1 from Cefn to Dowlais via Pontmorlais No. 2 From Pontmorlais to Graham St. No. 3 from Graham St. to Pontmorlais	Later editions carry its plans to provide electricity to the town	Merthyr Express 30 April 1898
1898		Many riots in South Wales Military sent for very bad one in Dowlais on the 26 May	Soup kitchens set up in the town & other area over 1000 meals a day dispersed	Merthyr Express 4 June 1898
1898		The tenant of Thomas Town tip a Dan Davies is prepared to give up his lease, for £50 plus £150 compensation from the landlord to allow a recreation park to be built		Merthyr Express 3 September 1898
1898		An application is to be made to the Urban District Council to build a circus ground behind the Vanguard Public House. This would be where the post office sorting depo. is
1898		Paper carries a story that work is going on in Cyfarthfa works & furnaces are being lit, a hopeful sign it said		Merthyr Express 3 September 1898
1898		Cefn has a new library purpose building .Opened on the 28th of October 1898		Merthyr Express 29 October 1898
1898		Merthyr Vale closes its soup kitchen that it opened on the 29 April. It provided 84061 meals in this time. A fullest of donors & its expenditure published		Merthyr Express 22 October 1898
1899	25-Jun	High Street Baptist chapel vacated for renovation & installation of a new organ £1592.10.0 + £400	services held in the Town hall during the renovations	Centenary Souvenir 1807 1907 High Street Baptist Church History
1899		Merthyr Tydfil Light Railway Company formed by Merthyr Tydfil Electric & Traction Company. ( the rails of company taken up in 1939 )	The ME carried a story in 1898 of the British Electrical Traction agents in the town
1899		Motor bus service in Troedyrhiw		Merthyr Historian Volume 3 by C.J.Taylor
1899		Dowlais Works & its assets formed into a new private Limited Company. Share capital of £1,100,000 £1 shares 550,000 preference, by Lord Wimbourne	This was done to start the conglomerate GKN 7 the end of the Gust family's involvement	Merthyr Express 16 September 1899
1899		Arthur Daniels proposes that the council adopts the Public Library act. paper carries a supporting article. Later issues claim it did		Merthyr Express 14 January 1899
1899		A proposal to install electric lighting made, later issues carry the story of it been rejected, but later council attempted to reopen issue, but the company wanted to know why		Merthyr Express 14 January 1899
1899		A correspondent claims that the council intended to call the new offices the Public Offices but changed their minds to the Town Hall		Merthyr Express 21 January 1899
1899		Notice in paper of an application for a light railway to be built to connect Vaynor, Dowlais & Merthyr		Merthyr Express 4 March 1899
1899		Paper carries a story that a Circus is being built in the lower part of the town , later editions in April carry advert for a Prince of Wales Circus in Plymouth Street		Merthyr Express 11 March 1899
1899	24-Mar	The East window of Christ Church Georgetown is dedicated		Merthyr Express 25 March 1899
1899		Again the Willows Wire works plant up for auction by Frank James on the 15 February		Merthyr Express 4 February 1899
1899	05-Apr	At the Jewish Cemetery Cefn a Jewish Mortuary is opened		Merthyr Express 8 April 1899
1899		The High School run by Harry Dewdney moves to Plas-yr-Ywen Cefn		Merthyr Express 18 February 1899
1899		Tenders are invited to build 31 workmen's cottages in Aberfan with all the supporting utilities		Merthyr Express 15 April 1899
1899		The New Inn High Street has been purchased by the Brewer Allsop & Sons who plan a £4000 up grade		Merthyr Express 22 April 1899
1899		The Brynteg Building Society tender for the building of 53 cottages in Merthyr Vale		Merthyr Express 22 April 1899
1899		A four day bazaar is to be held in the drill hall to raise funds for the renovation of the Parish church, it subsequently raised almost £1000	Money needed to among other needs was to strengthen the tower to take the new 8 peels of bells	Merthyr Express 29 April 1899
1899		The Windows in the Parish church dedicated, paper carried full list of those honoured		Merthyr Express 13 May 1899
1899		The Swan Public house is basically rebuilt paper carries details of its early history as a coaching Inn		Merthyr Express 10 June 1899
1899		Plans passed for the building of 156 housed in area by Twynyrodin school. Later a Penydarren Building club is formed to build 24 houses in Williams Place Penydarren		Merthyr Express 24 June & 1 July 1899
1899		Concerns expressed at the delay in converting Thomas Town Tip into a Recreational Ground		Merthyr Express 24 June 1899
1899		Concerns expressed at the delay in converting Thomas Town Tip into a Recreational Ground		Merthyr Express 1 July 1899
1899		Paper carries an article of towns application to hold the 1901 Eisteddfod		Merthyr Express 22 July 1899
1899		Tabernacle the Welsh Baptist chapel was authorised from the 10th of August 1899 to hold marriages		Merthyr Express 19 August 1899
1899		Redevelopment at the end of Castle St. including the removal of the Parrot Inn, the archway & part of Ynysgau boundary wall		Merthyr Express 5 August 1899
1899		Howfield's High Street is being rebuilt and they have opened a branch in 24 Thomas Street		Merthyr Express 16 September 1899
1899		It seem the Town Hall's clocks have been renovated, as paper suggest they sound different. It seems that there are 2 bells of quarter ton & 2 bells of a half ton		Merthyr Express 16 September 1899
1899	01-Oct	Saint Mary's Catholic Church holds special service to celebrate the anniversary of its opening. They charged 1 shillings to attend. Advert on front page		Merthyr Express 30 september 1899
1899		In Garden street Dowlais Lady Wimbourne opens a Mission Hall for the Mothers Association		Merthyr Express 23 December 1899
1900	01-Jul	GK Formed share capital £2000000	To take over Dowlais & Keen. Lord Wimborn had to agree to sell his holdings	John A. Owen
1900	24-Jun	High Street Baptist chapel reopens after renovations & a new organ	The final cost was £2300	Centenary Souvenir 1807 1907 High Street Baptist Church History
1900		Electricity available to Town see also 1901 Merthyr Traction. Two distinct companies		E.D.P. Symons & D.G. Tucker
1900		Keir James Hardy One of the two first labour MP'S Yet in 1892 . In Derby Richard Bell Rail Union Sec Elected	Elected with D.A. Thomas ( Lord Rhondda ) both strong anti war candidates	British working-class Movement 1789-1947 by G.D.H.Cole
1900		D.A. Thomas liberal returned as MP with The ILP candidate as junior member Keir Hardie. Thanks to the endorsement of Thomas over his liberal partner.	Of the 3000 disenfranchised how would they have voted	The Welsh History Review Vol. 12 No.4 Anthony Mor-O'Brian
1900		Votes cast D.A. Thomas 8595 + Plumpers 2070 : Prichard Morgan 4004 + Plumpers 1472 : Keir Hardie 5745 + Plumpers 867	in 1909 D.A Thomas became the liberal candidate for Cardiff	The Welsh History Review Vol. 12 No.4 Anthony Mor-O'Brian
1900		Rates set as £0 : 1 : 9 in the £ of the properties rateable value
1900		Treharris becomes a Parish		Merthyr Historian Volume 8 By Roger L.Brown
1900		Fr Alfred Clarke curate at St Mary's until 1908 ( Born 1867 Died 1942 )		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1900		The Merthyr Express expands		Behind the Pages of the Merthyr Express By W.Waite
1900		The Dowlais Times changes its name to the Dowlais & Merthyr Times	Lord Camrose started his career in this paper	Behind the Pages of the Merthyr Express By W.Waite
1900		In the town hall a public reading room opened		Civilizing the Urban by Andy Croll
1900		A branch of the Young Helpers League formed in Gwaelodgarth House by Mrs James. It was associated with the National Incorporated Waifs Association ( Dr Bernardo's)		Merthyr Express 14 April 1900
1900		In High Street Fennell's rebuild & reopens its Fishmongers		Merthyr Express 14 & 21 April 1900
1900		The new infant school behind Cromwell street is to be called Brecon Road Infant school		Merthyr Express 19 May 1900
1900		Hermon Chapel Dowlais ask contractors to quote for the building of a school room		Merthyr Express 26 May 1900
1900		High Street Chapel reopens after a major refurbishment		Merthyr Express 23 June 1900
1900		At the bottom of Castle street the redevelopment is advancing with the demolition of the Old Iron Bridge Inn		Merthyr Express 31 March 1900
1900		Twyn Mission Hall members whish it to be converted to a church. Elim built the hall in 1896 at a cost of £1000		Merthyr Express 30 June 1900
1900		Tenders are invited to build a Baptist Chapel on Averfan Road Merthyr Vale		Merthyr Express 4 August 1900
1900		An article on Howfield's new building the carried large adverts for a few weeks after this article		Merthyr Express 4 August 1900
1900		A Spaniard dies of Small Pox in Dowlais		Merthyr Express 13 October 1900
1901	01-Feb	Provided its first 3 wire electric system to town & in April the 1st Electric Trams	Merthyr Electric Traction & Lighting subsidiary of British Electrical Traction closed in 1939	Merthyr Historian Volume 3 by C.J.Taylor
1901		Seion Welsh Baptist Chapel Built at Pontsticyll		David Williams
1901		Parish Church opens after renovation		Merthyr Express 1 June 1901
1901		At Pentrebach St. James built demolished in 1980 there is now a close of houses called St. James
1902	11-Jan	Guest Keen acquires share capital of Crawshay Bros, printed as an amalgamation in Merthyr Express	E. P. Martin retires ,William Evans of Cyfarthfa takes over	Merthyr Express 11 January 1902
1902		the capital of Crawshay Brothers bought by Guest Keen. They then ran the works as part of Dowlais
1902		Upper Neuadd reservoir built cost £400,000. In 1886 there were civil actions brought against & by the contractors. Started in 1896	Offically opened 11 July 1902
1902		Zion Chapel reopened after renovation can seat 1030		Merthyr Express 1 February 1902
1902		Merthyr District Council discuss War Memorial for the victims of the Boer War		Merthyr Express 8 February 1902
1902		Mr William Evans of Cyfarthfa takes over General Management of Dowlais & Cyfarthfa 1st March		Merthyr Express 22 February 1902
1902		The first Thomas Town Park officially opened the tip was acquired in 1899		Civilizing the Urban by Andy Croll
1902		The Penydarren Reading room opens. officially opened by D.A.Thomas on Monday the 15th September		Civilizing the Urban by Andy Croll
1902		Abercanaid Pit owned by the Plymouth Company to close		Merthyr Express 1 March 1902
1902		Spanish workers in the Dowlais Works for a branch of the Spanish Trade Union Sociedad Varia		Merthyr Express 8 March 1902
1902		Brecon Road infant school officially opened 7 April		Merthyr Express 29 March 1902
1902		An article regarding a meeting held to discuss the erection of a monument to Richard Trevithick		Merthyr Express 29 March 1902
1902		The Post office is to be moved temporally to Glebland Street while the Building in John Street is finished		Merthyr Express 3 May 1902
1902		Tenders are invited to build 53 cottages in Penydarren Park by the Saxon Building Club		Merthyr Express 24 May 1902
1902		The Education Act of 1902 that did away with the School board, it also made local authorities responsible, and provided funds for Coe & Catholic Schools	Nonconformist, Liberals & Labour were against this and protest meetings held through out the town	Merthyr Express ay June & July 1902
1902		Boots the cash chemist comes to 125 High Street		Merthyr Express 5 July 1902
1902		The Incorporation of the borough opposed by Guest Keen who now owned Dowlais Works.D.A. Thomas raised questions in Parliament, based on the size of the town		Merthyr Express 28 June 1902
1902		Mount Pleasant Baptist Chapel in Penydarren holds its inaugural service on Sunday 13 July		Merthyr Express 19 July 1902
1902		Tenders are received from Flook,s & Williams circa £350 for a clock for the town hall		Merthyr Express 2 August 1902
1902		Small Pox is reported to be found on 2 children from the Riverside Area. believed to have been in contact with a woman who moved on to Aberdare		Merthyr Express 2 August 1902
1902		The General Hospital is to purchase land to its North		Merthyr Express 16 August 1902
1902		M.T.U.D.C. accounts' published gave its revenue as £25073-3-10 and its expenditure as £101345 - 23 - 6		Merthyr Express 29 August 1902
1902		No's 42, 43 , 44 & 45 Bridge Street are to be demolished		Merthyr Express 30 August 1902
1902		Thomas Town Recreation Grounds are to have seats some donated by towns trades people		Merthyr Express 6 September 1902
1902		Tenders are invited to tar mark and pave Trevithick Street		Merthyr Express 13 September 1902
1902		Morlais Chapel invite tenders for its building as they are to build a new chapel in the Park		Merthyr Express 27 September 1902
1902		An account of the excavations in Penydarren Park, it states that when Penydarren House was built certain Roman objects were found. see issue 27 june 1903		Merthyr Express 18 October 1902
1902		Pant Cemetery is to be extended on land currently held by GKN		Merthyr Express 8 November 1902
1902		The OLD Post office finally close on Saturday 7 the December 1902, It will open on Monday in Glebland Street		Merthyr Express 13 December 1902
1903		New wards for the General Hospital are proposed ( see issue 21 of March as proposals are firmed up )	Then in the 16 May Issue tenders were invited from builders for building male & female wards	Merthyr Express 21 February 1903
1903		Then an announcement that a contract to build a children ward for circa £2000 had been awarded to a John Jenkins of Merthyr		Merthyr Express 20 June 1903
1903		Trees & bushes have been planted in Thomas town park improving it according to a correspondent
1903		Article on the Merthyr Electric Traction & Lighting Co. ,it yard generators etc., in a later edition ( 23 May) article on its offer to install electric in houses free.	7d a unit for the first 100 then 2.5d there after + annual rental of 10/-.later stated cost only 4.5d. Gas prices cut	Merthyr Express 11 Apil 1903
1903		A Church of Christ advertise their serves to be held in the Angel Hotel. in later editions stated they were 5 years established		Merthyr Express 11 April 1903
1903		The enquiry ordered by the Privy council starts in the town hall on the 28th April . the issue on the 9 May carried 5 pages of this.		Merthyr Express 25 April 1903
1903		On the 22nd April the Town Hall clock was officially started. Supplied By Flooks		Merthyr Express 25 April 1903
1903		A story that Horeb the independent chapel intend, or had started a new english chapel in Penydarren		Merthyr Express 30 May 1903
2903		The old post office is to be taken down & the site to be rebuilt. Also the Bell Vue is to be rebuilt		Merthyr Express 11 July 1903
1903	10-Jun	success at last in obtaining Borough Status	GKN, Glamorgan, Nixon's & Ocean collieries, Treharris, Merthyr Vale, & Brecon against
1903	10-Jun	New Borough split into 8 wards Dowlais, Penydarren,Park,Cyfarthfa,Town,Plymouth,Merthyr Vale, & Treharris		Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1903		Park English Chapel in the Walk has its foundation stone laid they currently were at the foot of Abermorlais tip in Glebland street	Cost £2750 had 750 seating capacity sold the old Morlais Chapel to the Salvation £1500	Merthyr Historian. Merthyr Express 1 August 1903
1903		Third petition made to Privy council who agreed to consider it D.A. Thomas Lord Rhondda obtained	3217 signatures presented also Chamber of Trade supported it	Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1903		GKN ,Nixon Vale, Ocean, collieries Merthyr Vale & Treharris the Railways were against	Breconshire did not want to lose Cefn who voted 265 to 26 to opt out	Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1903		Petition again for borough status		Merthyr Express 3 January 1903
1903		The new Unitarian church in Thomas Street held its first service on the 20th July with the last service in Twynyrodyn the previous Monday		Merthyr Express 25 July 1903
1903		H.W. Southey announce their move from 110 High street to their new building in Glebland Street. on the 22nd		Merthyr Express 15 August 1903
1903		Taff Vale brewery rebuild the Narrow Gauge pub in Glebland street, later they advertise beds for the night		Merthyr Express 29 August 1903
1903		J.Williams from Castle street announce the opening of J.E. Davies drapers at 110 High street to be called the Temple of Fashion. It was to open on the 19th of September.	As a point of interest the paper still stated it was printed at 110 High street until the issue on the 3rd of October	Merthyr Express 19 September 1903
1903		100 Jews who had lived in Dowlais left town on a special train to emigrate to the USA. There had been reports before this and after of unrest.		Merthyr Express 19 September 1903
1903		Paper carried a report on the schools in the town, previously it carried a report on the condition of St. David's school		Merthyr Express 26 September 1903
1903		The Merthyr Express first issue from Glebland street, it was in a new 12 page format. It issue number was continuous of the previous 8 pages format.		Merthyr Express 3 October 1903
1903		The enquiry into the status of the town announce that they are to ask Cefn Coed's opinion as to the towns petition	Reports in later editions of public consultations. It seems they wanted to be part of Merthyr	Merthyr Express 3 October 1903
1903		Pant cemetery extended, certain denominations wanted it for themselves		Merthyr Express 17 October 1903
1903		Morlais Castle Golf Club to be formed, later editions give more details. GKN gives them a good deal.		Merthyr Express 24 October 1903
1903		Hills Abercainid Pits's plant to be sold by auction		Merthyr Express 31 October 1903
1903		No. 50 High Street is to be rebuilt by C.M.Davies of 112 High Street		Merthyr Express 7 November 1903
1903		St. Illtyd's Dowlais unveils their new stained glass windows		Merthyr Express 7 November 1903
1904		Finally achieves Municipal Status		Merthyr Express 16 July 1904
1904		Taff Vale Brewery at canal side Penry Street are to build a new brewery on Pontmorlais Fields near Tai-Harry Blawd. Will obtain water from a well over 100 feet deep	30 to 40 cottages are to be built with a new road from Penyard. M.E. thinks council should make access to new park	Merthyr Express 9 January 1904
1904		Town wants to borrow £6300 to extend Cefn Cemetery to the west across the river		Merthyr Express 16 January 1904
1904		The Dowlais Sanitary Steam Laundry opens in Pant, account gives a list of its plant		Merthyr Express 16 January 1904
1904		In Dowlais Polish & Russian Jews feud.		Merthyr Express 23 January 1904
1904		Town to buy land to built the Upper Neaudd Reservoir		Merthyr Express 20 February 1904
1904		At their Barracks in Penry Street The Salvation Army held a concert to raise money for their new barracks in Glebland Street ( They had bought Morlais Chapel )		Merthyr Express 5 March 1904
1904		Under the Light Railway Act Merthyr Electric Traction & Lighting Co. applied for an extension to complete their undertakings until 16th May 1905		Merthyr Express 26 March 1904
1904		An Obelisk erected in Thomas town park to honour the dead in the South African Boer War it cost £300		Merthyr Historian : Merthyr Express 23 July 1904
1904		A new post office built in John Street		Merthyr Historian : Merthyr Express 23 July 1904
1904		A second Unitarian chapel built in Lower Thomas street		Unitarian
1904		Dowlais works has a big investment programme that includes a new engine house
1904		Religious revival in Wales started in New quay Cardiganshire		T.N.W.Q." R.Merfyn Jones
1904		Salvation Army rebuild the old Morlais Chapel		Salvation Army
1904		Morlais Buildings built at Pontmorlais		MTTC Character Appraisal Draft N0.1 March 2009
1904		In the reorganization of the bottom of the town the Carmarthen Arms & the Blue Bell demolished
1904		Church of Christ who had met in the Angel hotel build a corrugated chapel in Plymouth Street. demolished in 1995		The Chapels of Merthyr Tydfil by Stephen Brewer
1904		Paper publishes the list of the dead in the Boar War, the names are to be inscribed on the obelisk to their memory in Thomas Town Recreation Ground	It was unveiled by Lord Windsor on the 9th of September	Merthyr Express 7 May 1904
1904		Park Chapel in the Walk held its first service in its Hall ( its first official service held on the 17 November )		Merthyr Express 7 May 1904
1904		R.T. Jones opens its new building on the 3rd of June ( The address given as No's 125a & 126 High Street & No. 1 & No.3 Victoria Street ) The architect Philip & Evans		Merthyr Express 28 May 1904
1904		Tenders are invited to build a Calvinistic Methodist Chapel in Abercannaid. The architect is a Davies who has an office at 112 High Street		Merthyr Express 28 May 1904
1904		In an article the paper states that the owner of Penydarren Park is a Major Morgan of Bolgood		Merthyr Express 4 June 1904
1904		The Belle Vue is to be rebuilt		Merthyr Express 11 June 1904
1904		The YMCA now meet in a hall in Church Street		Merthyr Express 11 June 1904
1904		Tenders are invited to built a meeting Hall in Penydarren by the Presbyterian Forward Movement		Merthyr Express 18 June 1904
1904		All the large companies associated & in the town such as Gust Keen & GWR are opposed to the enhancement of the town		Merthyr Express 13 August 1904
1904		Trees are planted and a in scripted memorial stone placed in the recreation ground to celebrate the coronation of Edward V111 & Mary		Merthyr Express 20 August 1904
1904		The Penydarren brewery completely destroyed by fire		Merthyr Express 20 August 1904
1904		The Forward movement buy an old house known as the Samaria with the intent of demolishing it to build a meeting house, the builder is to be A Samuel Evans	The Radcliffe Hall foundation stone was laying story was in the 31st of December issue. Site cast £450 Building £3000	Merthyr Express 27 August 1904
1904		Hodges the boys & gents outfitters open a shop at No. 106 High Street. It is now part of Tydfil Training		Merthyr Express 24 September 1904
1904		The Church of Christ who for several years met in the Angel Hotel have their first service in their own church in Plymouth St. They called it the Meeting Place		Merthyr Express 22 October 1904
1904		The new children's ward in the general hospital opened on tuesday Evening the 25th of October		Merthyr Express 29 October 1904
1904		The trustees of Pontmorlais Chapel invite tenders to build in High St. 2 shops & appurtenances		Merthyr Express 5 November 1904
1904		Small article that the paper was forty years old this very day when the first copy was printed in what is now the Express Inn in Pontmorlais		Merthyr Express 5 November 1904
1904		This and for the rest of 1904 articles lectures and MPs concern of the hardship caused by cheap steel & iron imports		Merthyr Express 3 December 1904
1904		An advert from the Telegraph Printing Works situated in No. 4 Glebland street appears on this weeks issue		Merthyr Express 10 December 1904
1904		While it carried stories in the rest of South Wales of the religious revival it seems to have come to our town, at least Merthyr Vale. later editions carry more details		Merthyr Express 17 December 1904
1905	21-Jun	Becomes Municipal Borough on its seventh application The Merthyr Tydfil Corporation Act	Elections held and Enock Morrell becomes the first mayor	Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1905	19-Oct	Cannon flood builds New Chancel , Lady Chapel & new organ cost £800 plus £10000 for building	opened by Lord Bishop of Newport	Merthyr Express 21 October 1905
1905		Abercanaid has new chapel built North end of Chapel St.	Old chapel known as " Graig " it had a burial ground	Merthyr Historian
1905		Erection of new blast furnace in Dowlais start		JOHN A. OWEN
1905		Cannon flood builds Parish Hall ( must be off Bethesda St. & Morgan town ) later converted into Infant School		Blotter 1930
1905		Andrew Carnege Trust gifts £6000		Civilizing the Urban by Andy Croll
1905	04-Apr	Georgetown Girls School opened in Nantygwenith lane. The land was compulsory purchased & the building cost £4000. Interestingly it said the stone came from Quakers Yard		Merthyr Express 8 April 1905
1905		The Tram company issue a notice that they have applied for an extension in time until 1907 to complete their project		Merthyr Express 11 April 1905
1905		There are calls for the council to take over the swimming baths and the hiring of boats on the ponds		Merthyr Express 11 April 1905
1905		Troedyrhiw boys school opens cost £4000. Merthyr was doing very well this the third school this year		Merthyr Express 11 April 1905
1905		The Dowlais works part of GKN importing coke.		Merthyr Express 11 April 1905
1905		Radcliff Hall in Penydarren is opened, It was offocally opened on the 15 June		Merthyr Express 29 April 1905
1905		The Ivor Arms in Dowlais is to be rebuilt		Merthyr Express 13 May 1905
1905		The Paper carries an account of the importance of Glebland street with 3 printing presses & offices for newspapers.	Merthyr Express : Y Tyst : South Wales Daily News : Echo : Western Mail : & the Evening Express	Merthyr Express 13 May 1905
1905		Paper carries an article that the incorporation is a done thing		Merthyr Express 13 May 1905
1905		No's 21,22, & 23 Castle Street are to be rebuilt		Merthyr Express 20 May 1905
1905		The new Church hall at Cefn opened on the 18 May 1905 next to the drill hall		Merthyr Express 20 May 1905
1905		The Tram company cuts its fare the cost of a return ticket between Dowlais & Merthyr cut to 3d .		Merthyr Express 20 May 1905
1905		A new lodge of the Bristol, West of England & South Wales Trades Provident Society formed in the Royal Arms Penydarren		Merthyr Express 17 June 1905
1905		The New Charter finally arrives in the town on the 21 June delivered to Sydney Simons the solicitor who acted for the petitioners	Later it was announced that Charter day was to be the 10th July with a holiday. GKN & Cyfarthfa gave men a day off	Merthyr Express 24 June 1905
1905		a New pavilion for Pontsarn		Merthyr Express 22 July 1905
1906		Ivor works build the first of 49 steam engines called "ARTHUR KEEN" Previously they bought them	They also replaced a mill engine 76 years old was it because they made it	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1906		the Water fountain dedicated to the pioneers of the South Wales steam coal trade erected. The iron work was cast in Glasgow	Robert & Lucy Thomas	Peter Lord
1906		New Liberal association formed on town
1906		Keir Hardie retuned as MP was 1 of the 2		Encyclopaedia Wales
1907	01-Nov	Lease land for new hall situated off Bethesda St		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1907		Isolation Hospital opened at the Mardy, by Keir Hardie
1907		Council apply to Home Secretary to have its own Police Force this was granted see 1841	Borough force started 4 Oct. 1908	Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1907		Fr Hilderbrand Dawes at Merthyr & Dowlais until 1909 ( Born 1877 Died 1946 )		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1907		T.W. Chance Pastor( self called ) Gave preface to High St Baptist ( English ) Church History		Centenary Souvenir 1807 1907 High Street Baptist Church History
1907		Dowlais free library opened		Civilizing the Urban by Andy Croll
1907		Trinity Chapel built in Baden Terrace Penyard by the English Presbyterian Movement. ( It is now a private house )		The Chapels of Merthyr Tydfil by Stephen Brewer
1907		Tydfil Hall by the English Presbyterian Movement on the Promenade Neat Pontmorlais ( It was for many years the labour exchange It is now awaiting development )		The Chapels of Merthyr Tydfil by Stephen Brewer
1908		Attains the status of County Borough		Royal Commission on the Status of the County Brought of Merthyr Tydfil
1908		Claimed there is a neolith tomb containing a Prince buried 3000 years ago on Kilsarno's mountain		Elwin Bowen
1908		St John's Church Penydarren has new Transept		Merthyr Historian Volume 3 By Joseph Gross
1908		Fr Elphege Hind at St Mary's until 1927 he was the Parish Priest from 1920 ( Born 1874 Died 1947 )		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1908		Merthyr Vale ( Aberfan ) founded from Merthyr & given to Diocese in 1920	Doubts about boundaries	St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1908		Dixon Street built by a Clarie in the area known as China		Merthyr Express 17 October 1908
1908		The South Wales Miners Federation affiliated to the Labour Party. The national Federation joined 1909		Coalfield Web Materials
1908		Cyfathfa works band taken over by the municipal authority		Civilizing the Urban by Andy Croll
1909		New blast furnaces completed at Dowlais. Based on A & B Yankee type furnaces with automatic charging facilities. A first for the UK	10,000 tons raw material produced 3250 tons of pig iron = 6750 tons of waste	John A. Owen
1909		Fr Austin Hind comes to Merthyr until 1912 ( Born 1871 Died 1935 )	Cannon Stephen Bernard Wade died 09/07/1909	St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1909		Cyfarthfa Castle Sold to Merthyr Tydfil Corporation for £18000 a depreciation of £12000 Castle plus grounds of 400 acres	Seymour Berry was the agent for the Crawshay's ( he then bought Gwelodygarth House )	The Crawshays of The Castle By Margaret Stewart Taylor
1909		Hope Chapel High Street has a new Organ		Merthyr Express 2 July 1909
1909		Meeting in the Bush hotel to form the Cilsanws Golf Club resolve to form a committee to draw up rules		Merthyr Express 27 November 1909
1909		In the financial year out of the total rates of 8s & 7d Public assistance was 2s&1d education was not part of the rates see 1935		Royal Commission on the Status of the County Brought of Merthyr Tydfil
1910	09-Jul	The consecration of the New Alter took place , in its building relics of St. Prosper & St. Secunda found	also a Velum giving such details and that the alter (old ) was dedicated to " Our Lady of the Rosary "	Odd Note & Merthyr Express 16 July 1910
1910		Cyfarthfa closed by GKN in elections Hardy blames shareholders greed on profit. Later editions carry comments on lease's ending	Liberals Edgar Jones asked not to blame free trade	Merthyr Express in January
1910		The is a Melbourne Building Society with its offices in the Melbourne Chambers		Merthyr Express 1 January 1910
1910		Town has 2 roller skating rinks. 1 in the Angel Hotel the other in Wellington Street		Merthyr Express 1 January 1910
1910		Edger Jones Liberal elected MP with Keir Hardie poling 1608 votes less		Merthyr Express 5 February 1910
1910		Mayoress Mrs Frank James opens the New Cefn Bridge this was on the A470 then & cefn In Breconshire	Tramway then extended to the Rising Sun
1910		Pentwyn reservoir in danger of breaking repair cost estimated at £10000		Merthyr Express 26 February 1910
1910		The Co-operative Society has a general store in Bethesda Street		Merthyr Express 26 February 1910
1910		The First Labour Exchange opens it offices above 101 High Street		Merthyr Express 19 March 1910
1910		The Spiritualist have a new hall for their meetings in Tram road Side		Merthyr Express 19 March 1910
1910		The owners of the skating rink in Wellington street open a new one opposite the Penydarren Promenade called the Olympia. Picture in 5 June edition		Merthyr Express 26 March 1910
1910		Talks started to buy land in Pontsarn to build a Sanatorium		Merthyr Express 26 March 1910
1910		Council consider tenders from £7000 down to £1945 for the building of a river bridge in Aberfan		Merthyr Express 9 April 2010
1910		At the town hall the Law courts hold their first quarter sessions		Merthyr Express 16 April 1910
1910		Waun Fair still going		Merthyr Express 16 April 1910
1910		St. Tydfil announced that morning service on Sunday will be said in English. Later editions carried angry letters complaining of this.		Merthyr Express 16 April 1910
1910		Bethania Dowlais Trustees apply for permission to remove bodies from their grave Yard		Merthyr Express 30 April 1910
1910		30 houses are to be built near Thomas town Park & 10 houses are to be built by Goitre Building Club at Garden City		Merthyr Express 14 May1910
1910		Merthyr Tydfil allowed her own Court for quarter sessions with its own Recorder held		Merthyr Express 25 May 1910
1910		No's 92,93. & 94 High Street bought by a company who wish to demolish them to build a cinema, It was built on the other side of the street	Its 30 July edition contains an article on its building, Its opening in the 8 October edition.	Merthyr Express 11 June 1910
1910		Council finally gives the go-ahead to convert the major part of Cyfarthfa Castle into a Girls & Boys, separate school.	Cost £16200 contract given to a Jones Bros of Treharris. Later editions carry the news that the money has to be borrowed	Merthyr Express 9 July 1910
1910		Mayeress Mrs Frank James opens the New Cefn Bridge this was on the A470 then & Cefn In Breconshire		Merthyr Express 3 September 1910
1910		Dowlais infant school officially opened on the 5 October		Merthyr Express 3 September 1910
1910		Town has a new Morris & Sons of Manchester Fire Engine cost £920. When delivered in 1911 it was exhibited in Cyfarthfa park		Merthyr Express 10 September 1910
1910		The Oakland Building Club plan to build 30 houses at Gellifaelog		Merthyr Express 22 October 1910
1910		The Dowlais Co-operative is to build a new store in Penydarren		Merthyr Express 22 October 1910
1911		Pontsticill reservoir process starts. Crawshays & GKN some of many objector, as are parishioners over the burial grounds	The Bill was past by Parliament on the first of August. M.E.the 5 Aug.	Merthyr Express 14 January 1911
1911		At Rhydycar there is a football ground and is used by members of the Northern Football Club, the field is owned but the Crawshay's who are not prepared to sell it		Merthyr Express 14 January 1911
1911		The Cilsanws Golf Club holds its first annual dinner in the Gwynns Arms		Merthyr Express 14 January 1911
1911		Merthyr & Swansea plan to build an asylum, the advertise for architects, from later editions it seems it was built near Swansea		Merthyr Express 4 February 1911
1911		The removal of bodies from the Parish Graveyard agreed, they will be re-interred in Cefn, this enabled the reorganization of the road at the bottom of the town	In its issue 7/10 it carries an article on the opening of the road area known as the Throttle Valve	Merthyr Express 4 February 1911
1911		Cyfarthfa Park is to have a bowling green and a band stand		Merthyr Express 4 February 1911
1911		A big tuberculoses expedition held in the drill hall for a week opening hours 10:00am to 10:00 pm attracted over 50,000 visitors		Merthyr Express 11 February 1911
1911		New School proposed for Troedyrhiw and later Gellifaelog		Merthyr Express 25 February 1911
1911		Start of readers letters expressing concern at the falling attendances in Churches & Chapels		Merthyr Express 25 February 1911
1911		The Wesleyans are calling for a Mission Hall and it is suggested the Shilo Chapel after renovations would be suitable. This suggest it is not being used		Merthyr Express 4 March 1911
1911		Sanbrook sell 122 high Street to the National Provincial Bank of England . They then commenced a big sale of their stock		Merthyr Express 4 March 1911
1911	18-Mar	Has a new weekly paper owned by the Labour party called THE PIONEER. It still carried 19 business adverts	The Labour Printing & Publishing	The Pioneer 18 March 1911
1911	18-Mar	Council planning to built council houses for £90 using slag as an aggregate		The Pioneer 18 March 1911
1911	25-Mar	Railways win a high court ruling on rates that saved them money. Cyfarthfa gardens to be taken over	Pontsarn Sanatorium site agreed	The Pioneer 25 March 1911
1911		Pontsarn Sanatorium site agreed and tenders put out The hospital was for the treatment of tuberculoses only		The Pioneer 25 March 1911
1911		Merthyr & Rhymney booth present bill to dam Taff Fechan Merthyr win but have to supply Rhymney	Merthyr obtained theirs had to supply other people	The Pioneer 25 March 1911
1911	01-Apr	Contains the application form for the shares of the newspaper	£5000 capital in £1 shares	The Pioneer 1 April 1911
1911	08-Apr	Bishop of Llandaff opens Ffrwd section of Cefn Cemetery for Anglicans ( Glam. Record office gives date as 1905 )	Now Parish Church yard can be cleared for road widening & bodies reinterned	The Pioneer 8 April 1911
1911	22-Apr	New home for the Fire brigade section of the police in the Market building		The Pioneer 22 April 1911
1911		W.T. Lewis laid the foundation stone for a church in Pentrebach, to hold 400 costing £2600 with the ground given by Hills Plymouth		Merthyr Express 22 April 1911
1911		The London City & Midland Bank open a branch in 127 High Street		Merthyr Express 13 May 1911
1911		A keeper house is to be built in Cyfarthfa Park at the Gwaelodygarth entrance. The cost was cut from £290 to £225		Merthyr Express 13 May 1911
1911		Now that the new Cefn Road bridge can carry the trams plans are approved to extent the tramway to the rising Sun, some ask for it to go to the Cemetery	This led to the traction company asking for a extension on its franchise	Merthyr Express 13 May 1911
1911		Plans agreed to widen the roads in Pontmorlais area, there were calls to build a road from high street through the Castle hotel field to Newfoundland terrace	Stating that this would make Brecon road a second high street	Merthyr Express 3 June 1911
1911		Tender accepted to build 52 houses in Pentrebach a builder from Glyn Neath tender of £8500 accepted		Merthyr Express 17 June 1911
1911		W.T.Lewis made a peer takes the title Lord Merthyr. Town held banquet in the drill hall to celebrate.		Merthyr Express 24 June 1911
1911		W.H. Baker in Bethesda Street starts selling Argyle motor cars, these were made in Scotland from 1900 to 1914. He had adverts in later editions		Merthyr Express 24 June 1911
1911		Cefn Coed's infant school opens on the 27 June		Merthyr Express 1 July 1911
1911		Merthyr to have a cold storage and a ice company		Merthyr Express 5 August 1911
1911		Merthyr & Swansea Credit Banking co. established		Merthyr Express 5 August 1911
1911		Land in Gellifaelog purchase for 300 houses, also council wishes to borrow circa £ £2500 for a new school in this area		Merthyr Express 19 August 1911
1911		The Pioneer carried an article indication that Cyfarthfa was closed and a rates reduction given	That certain moulding work was going on. while Dowlais moulders were on strike	The Pioneer " September 1911
1911		Coal production in the parish for 1910 given as 1,771,146 tons of large coal & 531,566 tons of small coal		Merthyr Express 2 September 1911
1911		48 houses are to be built in Thomas Town		Merthyr Express 16 September 1911
1911		The South Wales Billiard & Recreation Co. building Lucania billiard halls in area. Including one in Lower High Street next to the Globe public house		Merthyr Express 23 September 1911
1911		Cyfarthfa Park tea Chalet opened		The Pioneer 7 October 1911
1911		In October the YMCA building finally opened		The Pioneer 7 October 1911
1911		The Galon Uchaf Estate of 92 acres purchased for £12,000 but let Gellifaelog site go No mention of Gellifaelog in M.E. 14 October 1911		The Pioneer 14 October 1911
1911		Company apply to build a Cinema on Pontmorlais The Palace. Later editions carries notice of its incorporation Merthyr Palace Co. Capital £5000		The Pioneer 18 November 1911
1911		The Carlton Workmen's Hotel opens has 120 beds. Situated near the fountain.	The following issue on its opening shows a photograph it is next to Snows garage waling North on your right	Merthyr Express 2 December 1911
1911		The London & Provincial Bank open a agency in 14 North Street Dowlais		Merthyr Express 16 December 1911
1911		19,000 Men employed in local collieries producing circa 3,000,000 tons of coal P.A.	Leaflet claims population peaked at 80991
1911		Jerusalem Baptist Chapel opposite the Labour Club
1911		Coal production from borough 2,206,779 tons		Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1911		John Mathias Berry made Mayor of the town	His son Seymour obtains loans from National Provincial & sets up offices in Bank Chambers	William Camrose Giant of Fleet Street by Michel Berry ( Lord Hartwell )
1912		A new Masonic Hall built with the entrance in Park Terrace Cost £3000 First ceremony the Installation of Sidney Simmons as W.M. Loyal Cambrians		Merthyr Express 6 January 1912
1912		Fr Wilfred Baines Parish priest 1912 -1920 he was at Dowlais from 1892 - 1897 ( Born 1860 died 1938 )		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1912		Other than the infants the Roman Catholic School St Mary's reorganised back into Boys & Girls	The School closed in 1967 with the new school in Caedraw & Bishop Hedley	Roman Catholic Education By James Stephen Williams
1912		Dowlais has visit by King George V & Queen Mary The coal arch built to commemorate the visit the Coal Arch built		From Dowlais to Tremorfa By Mandy Walker
1912		Council planned to borrow money to build working men houses in Galon Uchaf & Thomas Town. Opposed by GKN, Crawshay & The Rate Payers Association
1912		Bethania Dowlais reopens after a refit		Merthyr Express 6 January 1912
1912		The Pantyscallog Building Society as for quotations to build some 35 Houses		Merthyr Express 20 January 1912
1912		The Merthyr Electric Traction company enter into negotiations with council regarding its purchase		Merthyr Express 20 January 1912
1912		The Council decide how to split the cost of buying Cyfarthfa Castle & its grounds among its various department cost £18948 - 8 - 6 158 acres land ( see 1909 )		Merthyr Express 20 January 1912
1912		The National Provincial Bank opens a branch in town		Merthyr Express 10 February 1912
1912		Calls for a recreation Park in Troedyrhiw. Subject revisited in later editions		Merthyr Express 16 March 1912
1912		Council asks for tenders to repair the three lodges in Cyfarthfa park		Merthyr Express 13 April 1912
1912		Merthyr Co-operative society held its 9th quarterly meeting in Bethel Chapel		Merthyr Express 13 April 1912
1912		The Merthyr Telegraph Printing Company goes into voluntary liquidation		Merthyr Express 27 April 1912
1912		A New Billiard Hall opens on the upper floors of new shops built in the lower part of High Street		Merthyr Express 4 May 1912
1912		Tenders are invited for the building of 48 workmen's houses near Caemarydwn farm		Merthyr Express 11 May 1912
1912		Calls for the farm at Galon Uchaf Estate to be purchased for housing all 92 acres		Merthyr Express 18 May 1912
1912		A proposal from the council to extend the sewerage pipe from Troedyrhiw to Quakers yard at a cost of £24000 all of which had to be borrowed		Merthyr Express 18 May 1912
1912		The Independent Labour Party held its annual conference in the post office lane		Merthyr Express 1 June 1912
1912		Pantscallog Tennis Club opens		Merthyr Express 8 June 1912
1912		Merthyr Guardians start building Pontsarn Sanatorium		Merthyr Express 8 June 1912
1912		Concern that the conversion of part of Cyfarthfa Castle to a Boys & Girl School running late & over budget cost will exceed £25000	Later reports suggest it may be opened in January 1913	Merthyr Express 8 June 1912
1912		Dowlais branch of the St. John's ambulance Brigade take delivery of a two horse drawn ambulance built by W.H.Baker		Merthyr Express15 June 1912
1912		The Palace Electric Theatre officially opened by the Mayer J.M.Berry ( earlier the free church council succeeded in banning cinemas opening on a Sunday)		Merthyr Express 29 June 1912
1912		During the King & Queens visit to the town they were entertained by a Mr & Mrs John Rees in their home in Nantygwenith St. ( No number given )		Merthyr Express 6 July 1912
1912		Pentrebach Infants School opened		Merthyr Express 7 September 1912
1912		New Billiard Hall being built in Aberfan		Merthyr Express 14 September 1912
1912		Council worried about the cost of Pontsticill Reservoir cost could be any thing from £50000 to £150000		Merthyr Express 21 September 1912
1912		A New School clinic for the schools in Merthyr opened in Glebland street		Merthyr Express 21 September 1912
1912		Town has a professional team playing in the Southern league		Civilizing the Urban by Andy Croll
1913		The lower half of the borough hit by a tornado particularly Edwardsville 6 killed & damage estimated at 2000 values at £3million plus
1913		Cyfarthfa reopen as there was now a steel shortage
1913		Dowlais steel works consuming 400000 Tons of iron ore P.A.
1913		Electric tramways started to operate
1913		Hospital opened to treat tuberculosis sufferers only, became known as Pontsarn Hospital
1913		Cyfarthfa Grammar School opened Two schools Boys with 200 places & Girls with 300 places. Amalgamated in 1946 . Boys doorway says 1912
1913		Merthyr Council buy Cyfarthfa Castle and the grounds for £ 18500
1913		Has 13560 Coal workers producing 3,143,000 tons coal		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1913		24,000 coal workers, that declined to 16,000 by 1924 and by 1935 only 8,000		Royal Commission on the Status of the County Brought of Merthyr Tydfil
1913		Fr Adrian Crow acted as assistant at St Mary's ( Born 1863 died 1941 )		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1913		Road from Queens road to Cae mary dwn farm adopted by Council		Merthyr Express 5 July 1913
1913		The Liberals adopted Artemus Jones as their second prospective candidate, hoping to deprive Keir Hardie of the second vote		The Welsh History Review Vol. 12 No. 4 Antony Mor-O'Brian
1913		An umpire has been called in to give a valuation of the ground that St David's school stood on he gave its value at £7406. Controversy still existed as to its use		Merthyr Express 4 January 1913
1913		The paper and later editions carry the list of appointments to the Cyfarthfa Castle Munisipal Secondary school. The school was offically opened by F. T. James		Merthyr Express 11 January 1913
1913		The Oxford Hotel is to be opened in Dowlais. The paper carries pictures of the hotel		Merthyr Express 15 February 1913
1913		The mineral water company Thomas & Evans open a works in the town		Merthyr Express 8 March 1913
1914		Plans to split Parish Merthyr Vale & Tydfil's Well ( All Souls )	Claims that Lewis's prevarication lost Tydfil's Well a Church & a Parish	Merthyr Historian Volume 8 By Roger L. Brown
1914	07-Aug	The ILP cancelled its big peace meeting in the light of the events in Aberdare on the 6th when Keir Hardie was shouted down, and man handled		The Welsh History Review Vol. 12 No. 4 Antony Mor-O'Brian
1914		With a population of some 84000 town had 91 police officers		Civilizing the Urban by Andy Croll
1915		Keir Hardie dies the junior MP for Merthyr & Aberdare constituency causing the first election since war broke out	Area perceived as an anti war area & some miners association threading strikes against conscription	The Welsh History Review Vol. 12 No. 4 Antony Mor-O'Brian
1915		At the Municipal election all 12 Labour Candidates returned 11 were miners		The Welsh History Review Vol. 12 No. 4 Antony Mor-O'Brian
1915	01-Nov	At the by election caused by the death of Keir Hardie Charles Butt Stanton returned. 10286 to 6080 He was a patriot and the dead opposite of Keir Hardie	The Miners lodges had voted by 7832 to 6332 that their leader James Winstone was to be their candidate	The Welsh History Review Vol. 12 No. 4 Antony Mor-O'Brian
1915		William Evans works general manager of all GKN in Merthyr retires. Succeeded by Howell R. Jones		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1915	19-Mar	Cyfarthfa works reopened for the War effort. To produce Pig Iron then steel for shell cases, 28 October 1917 furnaces blown out		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1915		A Strike in the Cyfarthfa Collieries caused by non union members was called off after a request by the Admiralty		The Welsh History Revies Vo. 12 No. 1 by Anthony Mor-O'Brian
1916		Treharris Deep Navigation Colliery in wales to have pit head baths		Fishlock 7th December 2010
1916		Seymour Berry sells the auctioneering business started by his father for £7714	His office is in Bank Chambers which boasts over 50 brass company registration plates	William Camrose Giant of Fleet Street by Michel Berry ( Lord Hartwell )
1917		A Colonel Jones presents Cyfarthfa Park with a fountain, it was not operating until 1920		Merthyr Express 3 March 1917
1917		The Merthyr Express issue on the 17th of March was the last one penny issue, 53 years the next edition on the 24th of March was three half pence		Merthyr Express 17/24 March 1917
1917		The corporation buy No. 25 & 26 Pontmorlais to enable them to carry out road widening		Merthyr Express 31 March 1917
1917		The YMCA building let rooms to a Merthyr Commercial School company selling short hand & other commercial courses, later editions suggest they were successful		Merthyr Express 7 April 1917
1917		At a large political meeting in the Rink a Mr Bert Probyn stated that only the Independent Labour Party had a right to send delicates to congratulate the Russian people	We also had a Russian Flag Day	Merthyr Express 12 May 1917
1917		Seymour Berry offers £10,000 to town if they set up a Technical Institute in honour of his father a past mayor of the town		Merthyr Express 14 July 1917
1917		The town has 32 slaughter houses		Merthyr Express 14 July 1917
1917		H.W.Southey & Sons sell shares in company to Seymour Berry who becomes chairman of the company		Merthyr Express 29 September 1917
1917		Repors that the council are considering to buy Gwanfarren House		Merthyr Express 1 December 1917
1917		Mrs Pankhurst come to speak in the drill hall on the 5 the tickets 1 shilling, 6 pennies' & 3 pennies, later editions state it was a sell-out		Merthyr Express 1 December 1917
1917		After an extensive refurbishment the Penydarren Cinema is reopen on Monday 24th December		Merthyr Express 22 December 1917
1918	01-May	Tenders invited to turn Bush Hotel into Dairy by a company Conway & Son		Merthyr Express 11 May 1918
1918	01-May	Thomas Town Park Bowling Green & Tennis court opened	Work had stopped because of War £ 5000 borrowed for the project	Merthyr Express 18 May 1918
1918		London & Provincial taken over by Barclays Bank. They had saved the creditors of the West of England & South Wales Bank		William Vaughan Ex. Manager Barclays
1918		Park Crescent Building Club offering membership		Merthyr Express 2 March 1918
1918		Cefn Coed has 35 fully Licensed & 4 Beer Houses		Merthyr Express 16 February 1918
1918		The Independent Order of Good Templar's. Lodge founded in Bethel Vestry 9 march		Merthyr Express 9 March 1918
1918		Canteen for schools existed on Brecon Rd. Provided for 39 R.C. children 17 Abermorlais 2 Brecon Rd 19 Georgetown & 5 from Penydarren		Merthyr Express 16 March 1918
1918		From Article on the voting in a miners Ballot on troops required Merthyr Area only had 5888 miners voting		Merthyr Express 23 March 1918
1918		The Ynysfach Iron Works being dismantled		Merthyr Express 14 September 1918
1918		At the election Edgar Jones narrowly beat 14127 to 12682 James Winstone. He was a supporter of the ILP and a pacifists		The Welsh History Review Vol. 12 No. 4 Antony Mor-O'Brian
1919		Cyfarthfa Works for good close	Total world crude steel production in 2006 was at a rate of 104.2 million tons pa
1920		Ivor works builds what was to be its last steam engine No. 49		John A. Owen
1920		Dowlais works modernised, a new power station & coke ovens		John A. Owen
1920		Fr Raymund Lythgoe at St Mary's for a short time ( Born 1888 died 1960 )		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1920		Montague Burtons come to town offering made to measure suits at 7 Guineas at no. 50 High Street		Merthyr Express 17 January 1920
1920		A Merthyr Tydfil Golf Club's first Ball & whist drive by invitation Only 7/6 single ticket 12/6 double. Refreshments provided. Venue The Drill Hall		Merthyr Express 17 January 1920
1920		Corporation applies for a grant to build 2000 homes		Merthyr Express 24 January 1920
1920		Corporation is to compulsory purchase land 9.75 Acres at Pantscallog farm,4.72 t Aberfan Fach and 4.34 acres in Pentrebach belonging to Hill Plymouth Co.		Merthyr Express 7 February 1920
1920		Merthyr Teachers salaries are found to be much lower than Cardiff or Swansea		Merthyr Express 28 February 1920
1920		The Salvation Army starts a fund in its jubilee year raised almost £600		Merthyr Express 6 March 1920
1920		A new company issues its prospectus The Penydarren Brick & Coal Co. Ltd. Capital £15000, 10000 shares offered at £1		Merthyr Express 13 March 1920
1920		The Ex-Service men's club opened on the site of Carton House bought by Semour Berry currently deputy chairman GKN.		Merthyr Express 20 March 1920
1920		The Court estate starts a sell off of its free hold sites in Merthyr.Included a large number of shops and pubs in high street. They did this in three auctions.		Merthyr Express 13 March 1920
1920		Growing unrest at the high rate in Town, £1-5-2 in the pound. That spending per head of population was greater than anywhere else in England or Wales		Merthyr Express 3 April 1920
1920		Corporation issue 6% bonds to build houses, not taken by the public. Situation saved by S. Berry when GKN & Crawsay Bros. bought £40 & £20 thousand		Merthyr Express 17 April,& 10 July 1920
1920		At St. John's Dowlais a plaque is dedicated to those who served & were killed in the Great War 1914 to 1918		Merthyr Express 5 June 1920
1920		Concern is expressed the the towns finances are in a bad way with an overdraft of £78108		Merthyr Express 12 June 1920
1920		The opening on the 12 June of The West End Bowling Club by Mrs S. Berry is reported. It is a limited company with a capital of £3000		Merthyr Express 19 June 1920
1920		At Cyfarthfa park the official opening of the fountain given to the park by Colonel J.J. Jones is reported		Merthyr Express 17 July 1920
1920		The YMCA is advertising for a full time secretary		Merthyr Express 7 August 1920
1920		In the Post Office a plaque is unveiled to those local employees who served and those who were killed in the Great War		Merthyr Express 28 August 1920
1920		Dowlais quarry men called out on strike by S.O.Davies in defiance of an agreements with the company		Merthyr Express 11 September 1920
1920		Council ask the Crawshay Bros. if they would reopen Cyfarthfa's brick factory if it gave it orders. No response from the company.	But later editions carry the story of the Hills plymouth brick factory still working and looking for orders.	Merthyr Express 2 October 1920
1920		Merthyr Gas works workers go on strike town runs out of gas for lighting homes		Merthyr Express 16 October 1920
1921		Taff Fechan water supply board formed , it was a joint venture to combat escalation costs
1921		Kitty Evans arrested she was carrying explosives for the IRA		The Irish in Wales 1798 - 1922 By Paul O' Leary
1921		Fr Cyprian Murray recently ordained came as assistant until 1928 ( Born 1894 Died 1960 )		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1921		Church of England buys Courtland House for the Rector of Merthyr ( confirmed by Wilf Owen)
1922		At the Park Hotel the Home of the late G.T. Clark trustee of Guest and manager at Dowlais, Talygarn was auctioned . in 1932 it became a miners recovery init		G.T.Clark edited by Brian LI. James
1922		The grammar school at Quakers yard opened
1922		All water undertakings now under the Taff Fechan Water Board		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1922		Seymour Berry asked by all 3 main political parties to stand as MP to keep out the Independent Labour Party		William Camrose Giant of Fleet Street by Michel Berry ( Lord Hartwell )
1922	01-Nov	R. C. Wallhead a ILP candidate won the general election. defeating Edgar Jones		The Welsh History Review Vol. 12 No. 4 Antony Mor-O'Brian
1923		The collieries at Cwmbargoed & Fochriw closed		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1923		Seymour Berry becomes the 3rd Freeman of the town after Lord Merthyr & Rhondda		William Camrose Giant of Fleet Street by Michel Berry ( Lord Hartwell )
1924		Has 14407 Coal workers producing 2,626,333 tons coal		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1924		Graigfargoed cemetery opened to serve Trelewis & Bedlinog		Glamorgan Record Office
1924		Borough started bus services with 5 routes & 9 buses		2005 Leaflet 100 facts
1924		The is a Cyfarthfa Castle old boys association. The Merthyr Express was now 2d & had 24 Pages		Merthyr Express 5 January 1924
1924		The War memorial fund is well underway, the paper publishing the contributions . This edition contains the names of those killed		Merthyr Express 23 February 1924
1924		Council consider a proposal to build Concrete houses , 100 in Treharris & 50 in Gellifaelog. Also to build brick houses 30 in Aberfan & 50 in Pant		Merthyr Express 19 January 1924
1924		The Parks & cemetery committee expect to build a crematorium in Pant Cemetery		Merthyr Express 19 January 1924
1924		Town has a Radio Society		Merthyr Express 26 January 1924
1924		There are plans to build a new road from High street to Brecon road via the castle fields, the owner of the castle hotel wants £2000 for the land		Merthyr Express 2 February 1924
1924		The towns soccer club has a bank overdraft of £2107 a big report on its finances		Merthyr Express 16 February 1924
1924		The paper carries a report on the flooding in Gellifaelog that ill cost the rate payers over £10000		Merthyr Express 16 February 1924
1924		The council consider a municipal bus company, the rate payers oppose it claiming it will cost them £12000		Merthyr Express 1 March 1924
1924		In his appeal against his rate assessment John Prowle claims Pontycapel Brewery is almost bankrupt, he had owned it since 1919. He closed it by December		Merthyr Express 5 April & 6 December 1924
1924		Gwenynen Canaid Benefit Society Closed it had been founded in 1844		Merthyr Express 12 April 1924
1924		In Nantygwenith street & Cyfarthfa row 50 houses are to be auctioned as free hold , by the Bute estate & Crawshay Bros. Town has 2894 men unemployed.		Merthyr Express 10 May 1924
1924		The Council is to buy 8 motor buses at £900 each plus a garage with its equipment at £ 8000	Later editions tell that they will advertise for 14 drivers 14 conductors, 1 fitter & 1 cleaner First service to Lower valley	Merthyr Express 17 May 1924
1924		The council engaged in a policy of doing public works itself using the unemployed		Merthyr Express 7 June 1924
1924		Council optains a grant of £ 38,400 to build 50 houses in Pantyscallog & 28 in Aberfan		Merthyr Express 14 June 1924
1924		It seems the bell tower has been removed from the town hall's clock, and people are complaining they cannot hear the clock striking		Merthyr Express 21 June 1924
1924	03-Jul	Gwaunfarren Baths after an extensive rebuild costing £8000 officially opened. Presented to the people of Merthyr by Seymour Berry. Pictures & full account	Later editions report of discussions to send children to baths in school time	Merthyr Express 5 July 1924
1924		Paper carries an article on the demolition of Cyfarthfa Works. It was bought by Thomas W. Ward to demolish		Merthyr Express 5July & 11 October 1924
1924		disagreement over Cefn Coed's war memorial		Merthyr Express 12 July 1924
1924		Paper carries a history of the Pandy Clocks, the first was bought from Bristol the second was made by the engineers in Cyfarthfa. Given to town by Crawshay Bros	The original erected in 1816 the later in 1856	Merthyr Express 12 July 1924
1924		GKN close Bedling pit making 2500 men unemployed. The next edition states that Crawshay Bros. had given notice to Castle & Gethin men of closure	This edition states that some 10,100 men are affected by this. later editions say that there are calls to stop house building	Merthyr Express 27 September 1924
1924		Council submit plans to demolish 132 houses and build 141, with a cost estimate of £100,000		Merthyr Express 27 September 1924
1924		An Account with pictures of the laying of a foundation stone by Mrs John Polon of Pontypool of a new church in Merthyr Vale. Church not names		Merthyr Express 25 October 1924
1924		Merthyr Guardians a new support structure for the unemployed. Single man 10/- to 14/- Husband & wife 20/- to 22/6 full details in the report		Merthyr Express 29 November 1924
1924		In Cyfarthfa Castle Boys school a memorial plaque is unveiled to old boys who died in the Great War ( First World War ) seven boys named		Merthyr Express 29 November 1924
1924		Plans for the free library agreed o be built on part of the old St. David's school. Estimated cost £12,500 plans to be sent to the Carnegie Trust	Previous reports (19 July) show the North South divide in the borough	Merthyr Express13 December 1924
1924		A quotation to build in Treharris 126 houses for £64,102 accepted by the council		Merthyr Express13 December 1924
1925		Shiloh Chapel up for sale Merthyr refused to buy for Library the became the Miners Hall		T.F.Harvey
1926		New coal washery built at Caeharris		Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1926		In the " Sociological Review " an article The Influence of foreign nationalities on the life of the	people of Merthyr claimed the Irish were integrated in all aspects of the town	The Irish in Wales 1798 - 1922 By Paul O' Leary
1926		as the recession deepens & the price of coal collapses & wages 2/3 of cost Dowlais collieries closed		GKN The Making of a Business 1759 - 2009 Andrew Lorenz
1926		Berry made a peer takes title Lord Buckland after his estate in Breconshire	Killed 23 May 1928 in riding accident aged 51 left estate valued at £1 million	GKN The Making of a Business 1759 - 2009 Andrew Lorenz
1927	27-Nov	St Mary's celebrated the Parishes centenary , ? the accuracy of the date		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1927		Taff Fechan reservoir opens holds 3,400 million gallons
1927		Bethel Welsh Baptist Chapel built in Cwm Taff
1927		Fr Leo Hayes last Monastic Parish Priest until 1930 ( Born 1881 Died 1953 )		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1928		Ivor works has new by-product plant	But also Dowlais only contract for Egyptian rails failed to meet the required standard & cancelled	John A. Owen
1928		Cyfarthfa works demolished and salvaged for scrap
1928		William Ewart Berry buys Daily Telegraph remained as editor until death in 1954 also owned Sun & Financial Times	Started work as cub reporter with Merthyr Times went to London worked for the Investor started Advertising World	Footprints
1928		Fr Anselm Parker curate at St Mary's until 1930 ( Born 1880 Died 1960 )		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1928		Castle cinema built on site of the Castle Hotel cost £ 36000 seated 1800		2005 Leaflet 100 facts
1929		Because of the Local Government Act of 1929 the function of the Board of Guardians taken over by the Council.		Royal Commission on the Status of the County Brought of Merthyr Tydfil
1929		6000 Unemployed recorded	Ted. Rowlands said 1.1 million in Uk see 1930
1930		Under new Government legislation the authority becomes responsible for the administration of Public Assistance. Iscoed House to us		Royal Commission on the Status of the County Brought of Merthyr Tydfil
1930		Iron & steel making in Dowlais cease. Company had more efficient capacity at the Dowlais works Cardiff & at Port Talbot	The Big Mill kept open employing some 7/800 people	Merthyr Historian Volume 1 By John A. Owen
1930		Fr Thomas Flood first Diocesan Parish Priest came from Aberdare became Cannon & Vicar general of Archdiocese ( Born 1881 died 1856 )		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1930		Saint Illtyd has a hall
1931	11-Nov	The Great war Memorial at Pontmorlais promenade unveiled by Viscount Allenby	Designer by Leonard Merrifield shows St. Tydfil a miner & a mother & child	Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1931		44% of employment dependant on coal by 1950 down to 15%
1931		12,000 Unemployed recorded
1931		Has 8453 Coal workers producing 1.937,385 tons coal		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1931		Statue of erected now outside Public library
1932		Vaynor & Penderyn secondary school opens		Elwyn Bowen
1932		Coal pits or levels closed before this date Penydarren:Bedlinog:Fochriw &South Tunnel		The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1932		Coal pits & levels Nantwen(1882) Danyderi(1882)Abercynon(1889)Waunwyllt * Gorllwyn (1902)	Lucy Thomas (1916) Cwmglo & Brug Drift (1825)Merthyr Vale No.1 & 2 (1875)Castle (1871) Gethin (1853)	The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1932		Coal pits & levels Continued :- Castle Level (1871) South Duffryn No 1&2 (1825)Craig No 1&2 (1810&1820)	South Duffryn Level (1895) Wernlas Level (1904) Clynmil (1898) Deep Navigation (1878)	The Story of Merthyr Tydfil NUT 1932
1932		Bedlinog Drift mine opens owned by the GKN companies
1932		The Merthyr Express electrifies its presses		Behind the Pages of the Merthyr Express By W.Waite
1934		Queens Road schools opened		Leaflet
1934		The monument to commemorate the first steam locomotive run by Trevithick built on Penydarren Road	Due to funds without a model added before bicentenary	2005 Leaflet 100 facts
1934		The general recovery from the depression had begun in Britain but town had 57% of its insured workers unemployed. Jarrow had 67%		British Economic & Social History 1700 - 1964 by C P Hill
1935		In this financial year the rates had risen to 28s& 5d with the public assistant part 14s & 91/4d plus the burden of education		Royal Commission on the Status of the County Brought of Merthyr Tydfil
1935	01-Nov	The report of the Royal Commission on Merthyr Tydfil presented to Parliament. Sir Arthur Lowry C.B. Chairman : Mr John Thomas Richards & P.F.G.Robinson Secretary		Royal Commission on the Status of the County Brought of Merthyr Tydfil
1935		Of 19,570 insured men in the area 12,460 were unemployed	In 1950 this was 1000	Royal Commission on the Status of the County Brought of Merthyr Tydfil
1935		Carnegie endowed public library opened. On the site of the old C of E school		Glamorgan Historian
1935		Government report recommended town be absorbed into Glamorgan, they refused the burden		Encyclopaedia of Wales
1935		After Powel Duffryn amalgamation with W,A.C. P.D. spent in the next 4 tears £235,000 on Merthyr Vale Colliery		The Mining Industry Volume 111 by T.Boyns
1936		St. Tudors church demolished to enable Vaynor & Penderyn school to be enlarged		Elwyn Bowen
1936		Dowlais works other than the Ivor works closed. It had some 200/250 men on its pay roll		John A. Owen
1936		Ivor works now part of Guest, Keen, Baldwins Iron & Steel group of companies		John A. Owen
1936		Parish clock given new faces
1936		Foundation Stone for the Salvation Army's Citadel Laid	Designer by Leonard Merrifield shows St. Tydfil a miner & a mother & child	Fifty Years A Borough by Margaret S.Taylor Ma. FLA
1936	01-Nov	Prince of Wales visits Dowlais & makes his famous remark " something must be done "		GKN The Making of a Business 1759 - 2009 Andrew Lorenz
1937		Old Goat mill site prepared for factories 250 men employed by Halls Telephone & Accessories . Factory has Govt Contracts needs Capital	Issues 1 new for every 3 held 10/- shares at 11/- current value 30/-	Merthyr Express 12/06/1937
1937		On site of Morlais Chapel Salvation £5320 Citadel opened by Canon Pugh said they have 60 yr link to Town		Merthyr Express 25/09/1937
1938	19-Feb	The Merthyr Express has a new editor T. Longville Bowen		Behind the Pages of the Merthyr Express By W.Waite
1938		Govt Agency get I.C.I. to build chemical plant at Dowlais not owned by Co. until 01/01/1949	need of ammonia from coal process employed became redundant when oil used as feed
1938		Cyfarthfa site cleared in preparation for factory building	British Sewing Machines to come under Czech Patent "Minerra" Rotax took over main factory when built
1938		Kayser Bonder comes to Dowlais on site of Steel works ( Julius ) & Thomas Adler brings his Button factory
1939	01-Jul	59 days from date lease on Chapel in Tramroad Bethel st ends		St Mary's Parish M.T. 1827-1993 by Fr. Anselm Cramer OSB
1939	16-Nov	Paper carries an editorial response to a report in the Morning Herald of the Merthyr Riots		Merthyr Guardian 16 November 1839
1939		Electric Trams finish & lines taken up ( ? 23 Aug ) Replaces by Council Buses not Mr Davies to Cefn Coed	I remember the rails being cut up by oxygen/ acetylene torches
1939		Glebe Land in town worth some £76,800 + capital sum of £105,000 given to corporation under the Act ( Welsh Churches Acts 1914 & 1945 )		Fifty Years a Borough by Margaret S. Taylor M.A., F.L.A.
1946		Lines Bros Ltd take over the Rotax Cyfarthfa Factory & the shadow factory on the site, some 280,000 square feet		Looking Backwards And Looking Forwards Lines Bros Ltd
1950		Ivor works has new ingot moulding facility and improvements to its plant to produce greater range of castings		John A. Owen
1951		Only 1 line to Cardiff the original Taff Vale The Rail link to Abergavenny & Brecon also closed		MTBC leaflet
1952		Slip road from Pentrbach to Dowlais top built
1955		516 unemployed recorded
1957		Ivor works has new 30 ton capacity cupolas also a new ingot moulding facility		John A. Owen
1960		Ivor works has its engineering facilities rebuilt		John A. Owen
1963	29-Oct	MTBC paid I.C.I £ 65,000 for I.C.I. plant Industrial site opened 15/09/1965
1966	21-Oct	Aberfan disaster 116 children & 28 adults died
1968		Ivor works has new hot blast cupolas 35/49 ton capacity		John A. Owen
1969		Bryn Sion Finally demolished in Dowlais		Merthyr Historian Volume 5 by Martin Snead
1971		The Ivor works Dowlais has a new liquid sand facility		John A. Owen
1977		The Ivor works the last part of the Dowlais works is closed by British Steel	As part os British steel
1979		Merthyr Heritage Trust established
1989		Deep Navigation colliery closes at Merthyr Vales		Merthyr Historian No.10

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