Wenvoe, The Castle 1899

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I am researching my family tree and am looking for information on family members who lived in Twynyrodyn, Wenvoe and also on family members who I believe lived on a farm. The family members who lived in Twynyrodyn are the Donald family. The information I have so far is: The head of the house was John Donald and he was a tailor. He was married to Margaret and they had two children (possibly three). The eldest ...see more

I was so pleased to find these photos of the gardens, as there don't seem to be very many around. My grandfather Trevor Dimond was the head gardener there. He started just after the war and was there for 30 years and boy, did he and his men work hard, starting at 6.00am and finishing at 10.00pm to maintain the standards. I lived with him and my grandmother in The Gardens House, a large house tucked away in the museum, now ...see more

My grandmother was born in Yackla, Wenvoe (the cottages near the Whitehall Quarry) in 19th January 1888 and was the daughter of Mary Morgan and George Jones and baptised on the 19th September 1888 at St. Mary's Church Wenvoe. Sometime around 1891, Annie Mabel was found living with her mother at the Whimms which overlooked Cardiff known later as Wimms Houses. It was a terrace of five houses. At the time of ...see more

The front room of The Laurels used to be used as the pay office for the estate workers when they collected their weekly pay. The Estate Bailiff lived there, which is near to the Estate Yard, which really was the nerve centre of the Wenvoe Estate building operation. At the time the estate was owned by Mrs Laura Jenner, who died in 1935.