In the Welsh Costume display at St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff is a small blue teapot. It was made about 1900, and would have been sold as a souvenir. On one side it depicts three women in Welsh costume, and on the other it shows the Ladies of Llangollen. The Ladies are … Read More “Ladies of Llangollen Teapot” »
Tag: Sarah Ponsonby
1831 Sarah Ponsonby (1755–1831) one of the Ladies of Llangollen died on 9 December. Her partner, Eleanor Charlotte Butler had died two years earlier they were buried together at St Collen’s Church, Llangollen 1837 On the 18th ult. Llanberis, aged 76, Catherine Thomas; she had been celebrated by most of the modern Welsh tourists as the far famed … Read More “1830s” »
1705 Pontfaen is a small rural village and parish in the community of Cwm Gwaun, north Pembrokeshire and includes the country house of the Laugharne family. Francis Jones studied this family in the paper Pontfaen (1977) and records information on Vaughan Lausharne (1678-1705) who died aged 27 and unmarried. Laugharne’s will, dated 6 April 1705, … Read More “18th Century” »