Capel Iwan Archive

This is linked to a series of web pages, assembled by Jim Batten, from files provided by Mr. Ieuan James.
They are based on a CD ROM, prepared by Capel Iwan PTA, to mark the retirement of Mr. James in 2004, and celebrate his twenty eight years as head teacher of Capel Iwan School.

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Date	Water supply	Field 2	Field - originally part of Hendy Farm
			Field 1 containing Pleasant View			Access splay	Remainder of above field
			Pleasant View	Rest of field 1	Separate Plot
Inconsistencies are shown in red below
Before		"Park yr Offt" owned by Mrs Meavy Rhys	Whole field - Part of Hendy Farm
Unknown			Pleasant View constructed in corner of field, originally as two separate cottages
30th. October 1888		Bought from Mrs Meavy Rhys (widow) by Mr Thomas James (shopkeeper) of Pleasant View
10th. October 1891 Tithe Ledger entry		Listed as field number 1255, owned and occupied by Henry James and called "Park y Ffynon" (Well field).		Listed as un-named field number 1425 of Hendy Farm which belonged to Thomas Thomas and was occupied by Daniel Hughes.
1891 Census			Shows occupied by Thomas James (aged 44 - draper & grocer), his wife Sarah (42 - draper - born in Cenarth) and their children, Ann (11), Saurin (7), Alice (4) and Gwilym (1). All (except the baby) are Welsh speakers.	Hendy listed as occupied by John Evans.
1901 Census			Shows occupied by Thomas James (aged 57 - grocer shopkeeper & egg merchant), his wife Sarah (53) and their children, Elizabeth (19), Saurin (16), Alice (13) and Gwilym (11). All are Welsh speakers but Elizabeth and Saurin are bilingual. Saurin is shown as an employee working at home.
Unknown		At some stage, the property expands to include field 1				Rest of field still part of Hendy Farm
25th. November 1910		Mr. Thomas James (retired shopkeeper) of Pleasant View to Mr. Saurin James (shopkeeper) of Pleasant View
1923		Barn built
1924		Gwilym James attending village school (top row / dark suit)
13th. August 1937	Agreement re waterworks between David Owen Jenkins (farmer) of Ffynonbran and ...	... Saurin James (grocer) of Pleasant View				Hendy owned by John and Mary Morgan
1949'ish	Saurin James dies
	Property ends up owned by Gwilym Marles Ioan James
1970's	Property occupied by George and Martha Harris. They left around 1975
17th. February 1984	Sold by Gwilym James to Sandhurst & Northern District Trustees etc. of 18 View St, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
26th. August 1986	Sandhurst & Northern, etc., etc. sell to Anthony Christopher & Denise Adele Addison of Oxford
20th. January 1988 to 3rd. November 1989	They split up and Anthony Addison hands over the property to Denise and moves back to Oxford					Whole of field now referred to as "Parc-y-Banc"
Unknown						Field now owned by Islewyn and Margaret Jane Jones
13th. February 1991	Still owned by Denise Addison				Outline Planning Permission granted for siting of a bungalow
21st. January 1992	Still owned by Denise Addison					Permission granted to create access splay
17th. August 1992	Denise Addison sells to John Henry and Beryl Pauline Rodda of Chichester
24th. August 2001					Outline Planning Permission re-granted for siting of dormer bungalow
18th. June 2002	The Roddas sell to Nigel James and Ann Patricia Batten of Exeter
2021	They are selling to Simon and Christine Nicholas of Tottenham

As it stated on the CD, this ... is not, by any means, a "finished article", as it is hoped that future editions ... will include additional photos, memories, articles and research; which are invited for contribution by any member of the community.

Please eMail me any further images and / or information which I will then try to include in the web pages.