Nantyderry Railway Cottages No.2

The Rev. Thomas Evans about 1869 built the cottages. Living at number two in 1881 was Edwin Poole, Edwin was born in1843 a few miles away in Kemys Commander, the son of Dennis an agricultural labourer and his wife Elizabeth.

He married Elizabeth James at St Woolos in 1875, on the census Elizabeth is 40 she was born in Llanelly.

On the census of 1871 Edwin was a servant at the Cross Inn, Lanvair.

Edwin and Elizabeth Poole remained at the cottage for many years, in 1891 he was a gardener, living with him on the census besides his wife Elizabeth was a boarder called William Beard who was a railway porter born in Westbury Gloucestershire.

Ten years later on the census of 1901 Edwin had become the second gardener, possibly at Nantyderry House.

Edwin was still a gardener in 1911, he is now 67, living with him and Elizabeth is Charles Ecott a coachman aged 35 from Hereford.

Elizabeth Poole died in January 1915, she was buried at St Peter’s Church. Edwin remains at his cottage although on the census of 1921 it says Edwin is living on his own at number 4. (I have had difficulty in establishing who lived in the cottages due to the enumerators having different ideas as to the way they were numbered, or in some cases, no numbers whatsoever).

Edwin died in August 1927 and was buried along with Elizabeth at St. Peter’s Church Nantyderry.

I have searched the electoral registers for the new residents of the cottages but once again the house numbers are missing which means I would have to guess who lived where.

In 1939 the electoral register says Archibald Rosser, his wife Anne and their 4 children were living at number 2.

There is an adult baptism at St Peter’s in July 1951 of Glyn Harvey Charles Arthur born in 1928, Glyn is living with his parents Henry and Frances at number 2. he is a British railway employee.