Bristol House
It is said that this
house was built in 1870 for £700 for Annabel Thomas’ grandfather's sister when she married Edward Jones a Saddler.
The house was built
to take in people coming to take waters, it was a Saddlers shop and later had
milk round and sold milk. On fair days the Nat West bank opened a branch in the
house. Later the Council had an office in the back room (near the side door) for 1
day a week. A Doctor's surgery was also held here once a week.
After the closure of
the Saddlers shop on the death of the last saddler, the tools and contents of
the workshop were moved to St Fagans Museum in Cardiff.
Timeline
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1911Edward Jones age 62. a widower, saddler and harness maker, Joshua Price Jones, age 25, and Edward Jones,age 23, his sons both saddlers and harness makers, Cadwgan Powell age 20, a groom, David Jenkins, age 39, servant, saddler and harness maker, Ellen Price, age 42, servant, John Charles Cockrel Pryke, age 67, a boarder and fishmonger.
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1901Edward Jones a saddler (now a widower) age 51, with 3 sons ; Joshua age 15, Edward age 13, Cadwgan age 9 and 1 daughter, Catherine age 4. There was also a servant David Jenkins age 27, also a saddler and Ann Jones age 26, a general domestic
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1891Edward Jones Sadler, age 43, his wife,Mary, age 32, Joshua age 5, Edward age 3, Thomas age 2, and Sarah age 1, a boarder, David Jenkins (also a saddler) and 1 servant / domestic, Catherine Thomas age 14
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