Aberaeron, Dyfed
Aberaeron maps
Historic maps of Aberaeron and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Aberaeron maps
Historic map of Aberaeron
Illustrated Victorian map of Dyfed
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Aberaeron books
Displaying 3 of 3 books about Aberaeron and the local area. View all Aberaeron books
Haverfordwest Town and City Memories
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Carmarthenshire Photographic Memories
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Tenby and Saundersfoot Photographic Memories
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Memories of Aberaeron
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The first time we visited Aberaeron, apart from the road bridge, one way of getting across the river was by the Aeron Express. Propelled by some sort of pulley arrangement, it looked like it could seat about 6 to 8 people. It wasn't actually working when we there; we've since been back quite a few times & it seems to have... [more]
Shared on 19 May 2008
A cottage holiday in Aberaeron
My wife Elizabeth and I had decided we needed to get to know the west Wales coast as our son David's fiancee Amanda was studying at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. After a number of visits to Aberystwyth itself we were ready to explore further afield so we booked a week's stay in a holiday cpttage in nearby... [more]
Shared on 03 September 2008
The lady waiting for the bus is my mother, Rona Jones nee Jones, my gran lived in Alma, Tabernacle Street, which was a Chapel house, my Nan and Dadcu had to take care of the Chapel across the road, and in those days had to feed and provide an overnight stay for visiting preachers. As a boy I had to go... [more]
Shared on 21 November 2009
Dyfed memories
I used to live in the farm house and my grandparents lived next door in the barn to Bed House. I loved it there and I hope whoever is there now is having a fantastic time. Wish we hadn't moved. x
Shared on 20 October 2008
Mary Ann Griffiths Lewis and John Lewis, my great great great grandparents were both born in Llanarth, Wales. Mary Ann died on the boat coming to America and John Lewis died later in a mine accident in Oak Hill, Missouri.
Shared on 03 August 2007
My childhood memories of New Quay
My memories of New Quay begin in the 1950s I suppose. I was born in Cnwc y Lily in my grandmother's smallholding and lived the first 3 years of my lfe in Gilfachrheda before moving a few miles to Cross Inn. Every school summer holidays on sunny days, my mum, ,my sister and I would walk the 2 miles to New... [more]
Shared on 13 December 2008
Of all our (my wife & I) favourite places in Wales, Newquay comes top of a long list of places. It was only sometime in the mid 1980's, that we first discovered this haven. We've been back numerous times, never bored with it. Two things spring to mind, Dylan Thomas & Dolphins. I would love to hear a local's view. What... [more]
Shared on 11 June 2008
The wartime Liverpool Evacuees
William Manning was allocated to us in Church Street. On the day of his arrival he climbed onto the rear of the stone pier and watched the waves breaking against the stones, became dizzy and fell in. He was rescued just before he drowned by New Quay's retired Captain Rees. My mother a retired nurse gave him a brandy in hot... [more]
Shared on 05 January 2008
Extracts From Aberaeron & Dyfed books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Aberaeron, inspired by Frith photos.
Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories
In 1800, Aberaeron was little more than a farm and inn by the main coast road where a bridge crossed the Aeron. Local gentry applied for an Act of Parliament to allow them to build a new town and to develop the harbour, and work began in 1807, when the grid of streets was laid out.
This is an extract from Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories.
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Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories
The original plan for building the town included a harbour, which provided a large and safe place for coastal vessels and fishing boats. From early in the 19th century, boats with visitors and goods from elsewhere along the coast made Aberaeron their destination, if only for a day trip.
This is an extract from Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories.
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Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories
Nearly all the buildings we see here were built in the Georgian period, and they now look most attractive painted in different colours.
This is an extract from Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories.
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