West Radnor Hunt
Kennels: Llanwrtyd Wells and Knighton. Master: Invited Packs. Chairman: Capt E Aubrey Thomas, Cefndyrys, Builth Wells. Secretary: Mr AJ Lewis, Llanerch Hotel, Llandrindod Wells. No fixed subscription. Hunting days: Tuesday, and Friday, with the occasional bye day. Description of Country "Rather hilly, but excellent scenting". Hunting centres: Knighton, Builth Wells, Llandrindod Wells.
[The foxhunters' yearbook 1930-1931]
[The foxhunters' yearbook 1930-1931]
Williams, Albert Richard (1905-1974)
Footballer (b Newtown 1 May 1905; d Maidstone, Kent 14 May 1974). 1 international cap for Wales 1931. Outside right/Inside forward (circa 1920s-1930s) for: Chester; Wrexham; Gillingham; York City; Gillingham; Chatham.
[Davies & Garland]
[Davies & Garland]
Williams, David (d.1742)
Rector of Crickhowell 1701. He was also Rector of Cwmdu and a Prebendary of the Collegiate Church of St John, Brecon. He died in 1742 aged 90 years. His son, William Williams, became Vicar of Crickhowell 1722.
[Crickhowell & District Civic Society]
[Crickhowell & District Civic Society]
Williams, Eliza (fl.1832)
Breconshire. Convict on the ship Jane to Van Diemen's Land for 7 years. Tried at Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions October 1832 for stealing clothes. "A red-haired" farm servant who had a "difficult home life". There is no mention of a mother but her father was a drover and often away. He took "little or no account of her" and she got in with very bad company.
[County Archives Office MQS/ Beddoe]
[County Archives Office MQS/ Beddoe]
Williams, Jane "Ysgafell" (1806-1885)
One of the seven children of David Williams, she was descended from Henry Williams of Ysgafell near Newtown in Montgomeryshire who was a friend and ally of Vavasour Powell . She was said to have been born in Chelsea, but the family must have moved to Wales not long after as her childhood was spent at Neuadd Felen, Talgarth, though she was living for a while at Pipton. In 1824, while living here she published a volume entitled Miscellaneous Poems. She took to writing with great energy and determination and published essays on literature, religion and education, often using the bardic name Ysgafell. She also worked on a history of Glasbury parish. She became a friend and correspondent of Rev. Thomas Price "Carnhuanawc" (later publishing The Literary Remains of the Rev. Thomas Price), and The Halls of Llanover.
She forged a strong bond with the Welsh culture and when the infamous Report on the State of Welsh Education was published in 1847 she was quick to publish an anonymous pamphlet examining the reliability of the witnesses called to give evidence and quoting sections of the Reports to disprove the generalisations made therein.
In 1856, after publishing The Paper People, she moved to London where among other works she produced The Literary Women of England, The History of the Parish of Glasbury and The History of Wales before her death at the age of 79.
[WBO; B 7]
She forged a strong bond with the Welsh culture and when the infamous Report on the State of Welsh Education was published in 1847 she was quick to publish an anonymous pamphlet examining the reliability of the witnesses called to give evidence and quoting sections of the Reports to disprove the generalisations made therein.
In 1856, after publishing The Paper People, she moved to London where among other works she produced The Literary Women of England, The History of the Parish of Glasbury and The History of Wales before her death at the age of 79.
[WBO; B 7]
Williams, John (c.1626-1706)
Belonging to a branch of the Williams family of Cochwillan, Caernarfonshire, John's father Lumley Williams inherited Ystumcolwyn, Meifod through marriage, and so it came to John on his death. He was appointed Sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1678.
[MC 61]
[MC 61]
Williams, Matthew (fl.1646)
One of three Ministers or Preachers of the Word at Llangattock during the Commonwealth, in office 1646. He appears to have ministered for 4 years before Matthew Herbert , the Rector of the parish from 1621, was deprived of the living in 1650.
[Crickhowell & District Civic Society]
[Crickhowell & District Civic Society]
Williams, Reginald (fl.1546)
The Williams family were holders of the Willaston or Wollaston estates and came originally from the parish of Alberbury in Shropshire. Reginald Williams' father was William ap David of Willaston who was one of the sequestrators of the Alberbury Priory at the dissolution of the monasteries. His mother was the sister of Humphrey Lloyd the first sheriff of Montgomeryshire. Reginald Williams was the first in the family to take his father's name as a surname in the English way. He was involved in litigation with the Earl of Stafford and was Sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1546.
[W.V. Lloyd - the Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire]
[W.V. Lloyd - the Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire]
Williams, Stephen Joseph (1896-1992)
Welsh academic. Son of small mine owner at Ystradgynlais, he went to school at Ynyscedwin and the Intermediate School (now Ysgol Maesydderwen). His time at Cardiff University was interrupted by war and he served with the Gurkha rifles in Northern India. He began his academic career as a lecturer in Welsh at Swansea University and went on to become Professor there from 1954 t0 1961. Published books for Welsh learners and was editor of the widely used Y Geiriadur Mawr. He was active in the national Eisteddfod and a member of the Gorsedd of Bards.
["Awakening the Giants" leaflet]
["Awakening the Giants" leaflet]
Williams, Stephen William (1837-1899)
Architect, surveyor and archaeologist. He was at born at Lower Mellington, Churchstoke in 1837. Served his apprenticeship as a surveyor with Samuel Bates of Staffordshire. He was posted to Rhayader 1862 to work on a proposed railway and set up there in private practice. By 1874 he had become County Surveyor of Radnorshire, but he continued his freelance work for the large local estates and local authorities. He was appointed agent of City of Birmingham Elan Valley Works. He was an active member of militia rising to the rank of Lt.Col. and taking command of the Herefordshire battalion. Like Thomas Nicholson he was responsible for restoring or rebuilding many of Radnorshire's churches. He also wrote on the churches of Radnorshire for Archaeologia Cambrensis (1873). Among his best work was considered to be the chapel of ease he designed for the Elan valley to replace one flooded by the new reservoir scheme. He was a keen archaeologist and surveyed the abbeys at Cwmhir and Strata Marcella, and directed excavations of Strata Florida, publishing a book on his work there. He was elected FSA and became High Sheriff of Radnorshire in 1899, the year of his death .
[CAO R/D/CL/1/127, R/D/LEW/5/192-193, R/D/WWA, R/D/X/27/50, R/X/11/148, R/X/11/149-151; MC 80.]
[CAO R/D/CL/1/127, R/D/LEW/5/192-193, R/D/WWA, R/D/X/27/50, R/X/11/148, R/X/11/149-151; MC 80.]
Williams, Thomas (fl.1560)
The eldest son Reginald Williams (above) of Willaston, Sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1546 and deputy to him in that year. He was deputy sheriff again in 1552, this time to Sir Edward Leighton He was sheriff of the county himself in 1560 and magistrate the following year. By 1567 he was chief steward of the manors of Strata Marcella and Teirtref for Sir Rowland Hayward who held them from the crown and went on to become Lord Mayor of London. Thomas Williams held the demesne lands of Teirtref in his own right and went on to be Sheriff of Shropshire.
[W.V. Lloyd - the Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire]
[W.V. Lloyd - the Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire]