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Maps. (13)

Maps old and new of Rumney St. Mellons and the surrounding area.

Updated Wednesday, March 31 2010 @ 04:04 PM UTC

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Names. (12)

The origins of the names - Rumney St. Mellons and Wentloog

Updated Wednesday, March 31 2010 @ 04:28 PM UTC

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Ancient Times (19)

Looking back to prehistoric times.

Updated Thursday, April 22 2010 @ 03:39 PM UTC

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The Romans (9)

Wales was a hostile area and caused them many problems, such as threats to the security of towns and villas in the lowland areas.

Updated Thursday, April 22 2010 @ 03:59 PM UTC

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Post-Roman - The Vikings and Saxons (2)

Little information exists on the Post Roman period. People of the area learnt many things from the Romans yet not much progress was made during the succeeding centuries. Their lifestyle may even have regressed in some ways.

Updated Monday, June 02 2008 @ 09:08 PM UTC

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The Normans & Rumney Castle (5)

When the Normans arrived, local inhabitants were living in thatched round houses and were leading very simple lives.

Updated Saturday, August 09 2008 @ 06:49 PM UTC

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The Lordship, Manor and Hundred (2)

After the Norman Conquest, all land in England (this included some areas of what is now Wales near the present England/Wales border), was owned by William I. Later the Marcher Lordships became established.

Updated Saturday, August 09 2008 @ 07:47 PM UTC

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The Flood (3)

A 1607 woodcut. 'The Great Flood' - Great importance was placed on the maintenance of the gouts or sluice gates and the sea-defence wall. During the Post-Roman period, sea defences were neglected, but during the Mediaeval Period, improvements were made. There are times, however, when freaks of nature are beyond human control. One such example is the Flood of 1606, which made a big impact on the whole of the Severn Estuary.

Updated Saturday, August 09 2008 @ 08:04 PM UTC

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Churches & Chapels in Rumney. (10)

Parish churches in particular have had a major impact on local history throughout the centuries and St. Augustine�s Parish Church is no exception.

Updated Friday, January 28 2011 @ 07:54 AM UTC

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Churches & Chapels in St. Mellons (1)

The ancient parish church of St. Mellons has a dignity and an atmosphere which is all its own. The settlement or village of St. Mellons grew around the early Christian foundation

Updated Sunday, June 08 2008 @ 06:10 PM UTC

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Operation of the Poor law. (1)

It is well known that the Tudors made the mediaeval parish, already organized on a religious basis, into an instrument for Poor Relief, since a system of control could be offered through its church-wardens.

Updated Sunday, June 08 2008 @ 06:53 PM UTC

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Law & Order (1)

The Census of 1831 had shown that a million families were engaged in agriculture, but the majority were barely able to exist on a wage of 2/6d a day, which was the minimum demanded in 1830. It is not surprising, therefore, that there was much petty crime.

Updated Sunday, June 08 2008 @ 07:14 PM UTC

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Census Enumeration Comparison - 1851 and 1901. (0)

In the early 19th century, life in South Wales was simple, as it was in most of the British Isles. Life in Rumney and St. Mellons has changed from being agricultural and mainly self-supporting, to the urbanised existence today.

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Work, Trade & professions (0)

People in Rumney and St. Mellons were principally employed in agriculture and associated trades, such as hay-cutters, hay-merchants, wheelwrights, hauliers, blacksmiths, etc. Fish also formed a big part of the diet of early man and through Roman, Mediaeval and later periods.

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Schools in Rumney (62)

Until the mid-nineteenth century, schooling was only for the rich and was provided mainly by private tutors. The church, mindful of its responsibilities towards the young, encouraged attendance at Sunday school, where basic literacy was taught and children learnt how to sign their names.

Updated Thursday, September 28 2006 @ 07:28 AM UTC

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Schools in St. Mellons. (0)

The village school building was reputedly built in 1629-31 as a Poor House and was later adapted to form a school. It was opened in 1864 as a National School and was enlarged in 1886 to hold 140 children - average attendance 101.

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Sport in Rumney And St. Mellons (4)

The first written record of sport in Rumney and St.Mellons was an article in the Countryside Magazine in the early 1920s which stated that a cricket team had been formed in 1888 at St. Mellons. In the 1920s, sport began to flourish with a number of clubs and teams taking part in Sporting activities.

Updated Friday, September 22 2006 @ 09:03 PM UTC

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Coutryside Magazine (0)

The Countryside Magazine was published monthly, at a cost of one penny from February 1921 until 1936, initially serving Rumney and St. Mellons, later including other parishes of the Wentloog area.

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Rumney & St. Mellons - Our Area at war. (0)

The War Memorials in St. Mellons and Rumney indicate that both villages suffered substantial losses relative to the size of their population, during the two great wars of the twentieth century

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Village Life in the 20th Century (3)

When older residents of Rumney remember the village of their childhood, they describe it as a beautiful place to live; stone-built thatched cottages and farmhouses surrounded by countryside, apple orchards and cows grazing in the fields.

Updated Wednesday, May 17 2006 @ 07:34 AM UTC

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Rambles in Rumney. (39)

Photographs and observations of Rumney during the 20th century.

Updated Tuesday, October 03 2006 @ 09:36 PM UTC

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Strolls in St. Mellons (37)

On Newport Road between Rumney HIgh School, St. Illtyd's Roman Catholic High School and Quarry Hall Nursing Home is the boundary between Rumney and St. Mellons.

Updated Monday, September 18 2006 @ 12:05 PM UTC

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Characters, Personalities and memories. (0)

Sadly most of our village Characters are no longer with us but some memories have been passed on.

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Fashion - 19th & 20th centuries (0)

In the many exhibitions we have done in the past few years the wedding photographs and fashion have been a great success.

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Exhibitions and Displays (10)

Our first exhibition was in the year 2000, it was such a success that people kept asking - When is the next one? It was five years later when we held two exhibition to launch and sell our book , Rumney and St. Mellons A History of Two Villages.

Updated Monday, June 09 2008 @ 09:15 PM UTC

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Sub Albums (1)

St. Mellons Show 2006 (Rural Crafts & Past Times) (8)