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Index to 'Aberystwyth : A History and Celebration', M. Freeman, Francis Firth Collection, 2005
Aber Rheidol (castle), 14, 15
Aberystwyth, placename, 19
Aberystwyth and West Coast Railway, 72
Aberystwyth Castle, 15-19, 25, 26, 27
Aberystwyth Improvement Commission, 47, 68, 71, 76
Aberystwyth Public Baths Company, 42
Alexandra, Princess, 69, 74, 87
Alexandra Road, 26, 27, 72, 98
Alexandra Road School, 73
Alfred Place, 46
Anglican Church, 32
Anglicanisation, 40
Aquarium, 90
Ardwyn School, 73
Assembly Rooms, 96
Athletic Club, 98
Baker Street, 24, 25, 36
Balcome (builder of Queen's Hotel), 71
Baldwin (Archbishop), 15
Bandstand, 101, 102
Barracks, 73
Bath Street, 78, 97, 99
Baths, 41, 42, 77, 78
Bay windows, 77
Belle Vue Hotel, 43, 69, 70
Bethel Chapel, 35, 36, 41
Black Death, 26
Bonsalls, 37, 41, 43, 91
Borth, 10
Bourne and Grant, 69, 88
Bowling and skittle alley, 98
Bowling Green Company, 99
Bowling grounds, 98
Brewer Street, 77
Bridge Street, 20, 24, 26, 35, 37, 39, 46
Brindiodde (Bryndioddef), 41
Bronze Age, 11
Brut y Tywysogion, 12, 13, 15
Bryn Dioddef, 41
Bryn y Mor, 48, 100
Buarth, 78
Building plots, 41, 42
Burgesses, 24, 33
Burial chamber, 11
By-laws, 75
Cadwaladr, 13
Cambrian Street, 42, 77, 98
Candle factory, 74, 109
Cannon, 27
Cardiganshire Agricultural Society, 32
Cardiganshire Constabulary, 48
Cardiganshire Turnpike Trusts, 37
Cars, 91, 94
Casino Hotel, 99
Castle Hotel, 68
Castle House, 36, 40, 68
Castle Point, 90
Castle Street, 26
Castles,
Aber Rheidol, 14, 15
Aberystwyth, 15-19, 25, 26, 27
Tan y Castell, 12, 13
Catholics, 46, 74
Cattle pound, 72
Chalybeate Street, 24, 25, 46
Chapels,
Bethel, 35, 36, 41
St. Pauls, 109
Seats at, 78
Tabernacl, 36
Charles, Price, 74
Charles 1, 27
Charter, 20
Cheetham, Arthur (Palladium cinema), 97
Church, 36
Holy Trinity, 78
St. Mary's , 25, 46, 72
St. Michael's Church, 36, 43, 44-45, 46
Civil War, 27
Cliff railway, 88
Cinemas,
Coliseum, 97
Imperial, 97
Palladium, 97
Rink, 97
Clock, 52
Coaches, 38
Coliseum theatre, 90, 97, 99
College hall, 99
Common land, 25, 26, 40
Concerts, 99
Constitution Hill, 26, 41, 88
Cor y Castell, 104
Coultart, William Ritson (architect), 46
Council houses, 96
Court Leet, 33
'Craft', 116
Cromwell, 27
Croquet grounds, 98
Crusades, 15
Crynfryn Buildings, 24
Crynfryn House, 37, 41
Custom House, 34, 42
Davies, David, 71
Davies, Ralph (dance band leader), 101
Davies family, 102
Description of Wales, 15
Devil's Bridge railway, 90
Dispensary, 46
Eastgate, 20, 24, 37
Edmund, 15
Edward, Prince, 69, 74, 87
Edward 1, 15, 74
Edward VIII, 74
Eisteddfod, 68
EJ registration, 91, 94
Elizabeth 11, 74
Elysian Grove, 88
Enamelling, slate, 75
Entertainment, 37, 46, 97, 98, 99, 101, 111
Exports, 34, 35
Fair, 101, 111
Fish pond, 25
Fishing, 34
Flint tools, 10
Football ground, 98
Furnace, 27
Galloway Bookshop, 115
Gallows, 41
Gas Works, 48
Geoffrey Clement, 19
George V, 74, 78
George VI, 74
George Street, 26, 72
Gerald of Wales, 15
Gogerddan Arms, 38, 39
Golf course, 98, 99
Great Darkgate Street, 20, 35, 36, 38, 41
Great Sessions, 35
Great Western Railway, 78
Green (house), 36
Green's Foundry, 72, 98
Greenfield Street, 96
Guide books, 39, 40
Guide to Watering and Sea Bathing Places, 39
Guildhall, 26, 35
Hafod, 32, 37
Hafod Hotel Company, 69
Hanse, 26
Harbour, 33, 34, 46
Henry V, 74
Henry IV, 27
Herring fishing, 34
High Street, 20, 26
Hollier, W. H. (built cars), 91, 94
Holy Trinity, 78
Hoskins and Miller (slate enamellers), 75
Hotel Cambria, 69, 88
Hotels,
Belle Vue, 43, 69, 70
Casino Hotel, 99
Castle Hotel, 68
Hotel Cambria, 69, 88
Queen's Hotel, 69, 70, 71, 78
Waterloo Hotel, 99
House of Correction, 36
Houses,
Building, 41, 42, 46
Castle House, 36, 40, 68
Council houses, 96
Crynfryn House, 37, 41
Green, 36
Lawn, 36
Lisburn House, 37
Loveden House, 37
Mount Pleasant, 42
Rock House, 42
Ty Mawr, 28, 37
Hutton, Catherine (visitor), 38, 39
Hywel ab Owain, 13
Imperial cinema, 97
Imports, 34, 35
Infirmary, 46
Infirmary, North Road, 78
Inns, 38, 39, 116
Iron Age, 11
Jenkins, Dafydd (y nailer), 41
John Evans's Navigation and Mathematics School, 46
Johnes, Thomas, 32, 37
Jones, Peter (slate enemeller), 75
Jones, Rees (borough engineer), 90
Jones, Thomas (ropemaker), 41
Kicking the bar, 68
King Street, 25
King's Hall, 101
Lawn (house), 36
Lead ore, 90
Leland, John, 25
Lifeboat, 71, 116
Lisburn House, 37
Lisburnes of Trawscoed, 37
Little Darkgate Street, 20, 24
Little theatre, 99
Llanbadarn Fawr,
church, 12, 13, 15
stone, 11
Sulian, 12
Llanilar, 11
Llanrhystud, 10
Llywelyn Fawr, 15
Llywelyn the Last, 16
Lodging house (description of), 39
Lord Rhys, 14, 15
Loveden House, 37
Maelgwyn, 15
Maesglas, 26, 40, 76
Manchester and Milford Railway, 71, 72, 74
Marine Baths, 42
Marine Terrace, 42
Market, 35, 111
Market Street, 38, 46, 97
Mart, 74
Mary, Queen, 74
Mayors, 33
Medical Officer of Health, 76
Mesolithic, 10
Militia Barracks, 73
Mill, 25
Mill leat, 72
Mill Street, 24, 25, 26, 36, 48
Mint, 27
Monkhouse brewery, 98
Morfa Mawr, 26, 40, 73
Morfa Swnd, 26, 40, 41, 76
Morris, Lewis, 25, 34
Mount Pleasant, 42
Municipal Hall, 101
Nash, John, 36
National Eisteddfod, 69
National Library, 96, 114
National Schools, 46
Neolithic, 10
New Street, 46
Newfoundland Street, 46
Nicholson's Guide, 40
Nonconformists, 32
Normans, 12, 13, 14, 15
North Parade, 42, 77
North Road, 70, 78, 98
North Road Infirmary, 78
Northgate, 37, 96
Northgate Toll house, 38
Old Black Lion, 39
Old College, 36, 73, 90
Owain Glyndwr, 26, 27, 74
Palladium cinema, 97
Park Avenue, 108
Parliamentarians, 27
Pen Dinas,
excavations, 11
Penglais, 96
Penglais school, 114
Penparcau, 96
Penweddig, 15
Penweddig school, 114
Piccadilly, 38
Piears, E. G. (motor shop), 94
Pier, 64, 68, 69, 88, 97
Pier Street, 20, 25, 34, 37, 42
Plas Crug,
bowling, 99
castle, 14
llys, 15
tunnels, 14
Plas Crug Avenue, 25
Pleasure gardens, 88, 90
Police, 48
Poplar Row, 77
Population, 24, 32, 108
Portland Road, 42
Portland Street, 42, 97
Post Office, 79
Powell Street, 26, 72
Powells of Nanteos, 26, 37, 40, 46, 72
Powis, Lord, 91
Price, Sir Uvedale, 36
Promenade, 43, 48, 68, 75, 90, 116
Pryces of Gogerddan, 28, 37, 40
Public Baths, 41
Public Library, 73
Publicity, 76
Putting green, 98, 99
Quarries,
Constitution Hill, 90
Ystrad Meurig, 90
Quarry theatre, 99
Quarter Sessions, 35, 52
Queen's Road, 72, 74, 97, 98, 99
Queen Street, 20, 26, 46, 91
Queen's Hotel, 69, 70, 71, 78, 98
Railway, 52, 64, 68, 73
Railway, Devil's Bridge, 90
Railway Station, 72, 109, 116
Rebecca Riots, 50
Rhys ap Maredudd, 16
Richardes of Penglais, 88
Rink Cinema, 97
Riots, 32
Roads, 37, 38
Robert and Nicholas (castle carpenters), 16
Rock House, 42
Roller skating rink, 97
Romans, 12
Royal Cardiganshire Artillery, 73
Royal visitors, 74
Royalists, 27
Rutelli, (war memorial designer), 103
St. David, 12
St. Mary's , 25, 46, 72
St. Michael's Church, 36, 43, 44-45, 46
St Padarn, 12
St. Paul's, 109
Salmon, T. E. (built Buarth houses), 78
Savin, Thomas, 68, 71
Schools,
Alexandra Road School, 73, 114
Ardwyn School, 73, 114
John Evans, 46
National, 46
Penglais, 114
Penweddig, 114
Ysgol Gymraeg, 114
Ysgoldy, 46
Seddon, J. P., 68, 70, 109
Seminary, 74
Sewage system, 48, 49, 76
Shipbuilding, 34
Skrine, Henry (visitor), 39
Slate enamelling, 75
Slaughter house, 74
Smithfield, 74
Smuggling, 34
Society of Gentlemen, 32
South Road, 24, 90
Southgate, 38
Sports,
athletics, 98
croquet, 98
bowling, 98, 99
football, 98
golf, 98, 99
putting green, 98, 99
tennis, 98
Steamers, 52
Stepys Mawr, 25
Storms, 91
Streets,
Alexandra Road, 26, 27, 72, 98
Alfred Place, 46
Baker Street, 24, 25, 36
Bath Street, 78, 97, 99
Brewer Street, 77
Bridge Street, 20, 24, 26, 35, 37, 39, 46
Bryn y Mor, 48
Buarth, 78
Cambrian Street, 42, 77, 98
Castle Street, 26
Chalybeate Street, 24, 25, 46
Crynfryn Buildings, 24
Eastgate, 20, 24, 37
George Street, 26, 72
Great Darkgate Street, 20, 35, 36, 38, 41
Greenfield Street, 96
High Street, 20, 26
King Street, 25
Little Darkgate Street, 20, 24
Maesglas, 26, 40, 76
Marine Terrace, 42
Market Street, 38, 46, 97
Mill Street, 24, 25, 26, 36, 48
Morfa Mawr, 26, 40, 73
Morfa Swnd, 26, 40, 41, 76
New Street, 46
Newfoundland Street, 46
North Parade, 42, 77
North Road, 70, 78, 98
Northgate, 37, 96
Park Avenue, 108
Piccadilly, 38
Pier Street, 20, 25, 34, 37, 42
Plas Crug Avenue, 25
Poplar Row, 77
Portland Road, 42, 77
Portland Street, 42, 97
Powell Street, 26, 72
Queen's Road, 72, 74, 97, 98, 99
Queen Street, 20, 26, 46, 91
Smithfield, 74
South Road, 24, 90
Southgate, 38
Terrace Road, 37, 41, 42, 46, 77, 94
Thespian Street, 46
Victoria Terrace, 70, 99, 109
Weeg Street, 20, 34
Welsh street names, 110
William Street, 26, 72
Submerged forest, 10
Sulian (Abbot), 12
Szlumper and Ardwinkle (Alexandra School designers), 110
Tabernacl Chapel, 36
Talbot's Head, 38, 39, 46
Tan y Castell castle, 12, 13
Tannery, 74
Tennis court, 98
Terrace Road, 37, 41, 46, 77, 94
Theatres, 46, 90, 99, 101
Theological College, 69
Thespian Street, 46
Thomas, Samuel, 41
Tiles, red, 88
Timeline (300BC – 2000), 7-8
Toll house, 38
Tourism, 37, 39, 40, 68, 75
Tourist Information Centre, 37
Town clock, 52
Town Hall, 35, 53
Town Toll, 40
Town walls, 24, 25, 32
Transport,
Cars, 91, 94, 108
Railway, 52, 64, 68, 72, 73, 90
Steamers, 52
Trefechan, 34, 36, 96
Ty Mawr, 28, 37
University, 36, 73, 90, 98, 109
Vicarage Fields, 98
Victoria Terrace, 70, 77, 109
Vikings, 12
Visitors, 37, 39, 40, 68, 75
Wall, 24, 25, 32
War memorial, 103
Water reservoir, 48, 76
Waterloo Hotel, 99
Weeg Street, 20, 34
Welsh Books Council, 74
Welsh language education, 114
Wetherspoons, 116
William Street, 26, 72
Williams, Rice, 41
Wood, John (map), 46
Workhouse, 53
Worthington, Alfred (artist), 75
Ynyslas, 10
Ysgol Gymraeg, 114
Ysgoldy, 46
Index to photographs and illustrations
Aberystwyth and Tregaron Bank Note, 32
Aberystwyth from Constitution Hill (c. 1860), 64
Aberystwyth from Constitution Hill (1897), 86-87
Aberystwyth from the east (2003), 10
Aberystwyth from the south (2003), 11
Aberystwyth in 1904 (map), 86
Aberystwyth Ordnance Survey Map (1904), 82-83
Alexandra Road School (c. 1915), 73
Alexandra Road School (2005), 110
Arial photo of Aberystwyth (1932), 4-5
Bank Note (Aberystwyth and Tregaron), 32
Beach (1899), 88
Beach (c. 1960), 104
Belle Vue, advert for (1840), 43
Bethel Chapel (2005), 35
Bryn y Mor Dingle (1921), 100-101
Caravan site (1960), 98
Cardiganshire County map (c. 1850), 60-61
Castle (1892), 16-17
Castle (1903), 18-19
Castle (1964), 49
Castle (2004), 20
Castle House (c. 1840), 36
Chapels,
Bethel (2005), 35
Seilo Chapel (1866), 65
Seilo Chapel (1964), 65, 66-67
Churches,
Llanbadarn Church, painting by Alfred Worthington, 75
Llanbadarn Church and Churchyard (c. 1880), 8-9, 14
St. Michael's Church (1921), 104-105
St. Michael's Church (1964), 44-45
Cliff Railway, 55
CND, demonstration (2005), 115
Constitution Hill (c. 1950), 89
Demonstrations,
CND (2005), 115
Eisteddfod circle (Castle), 49
Forts (three forts of Abersytwyth), 2004), 20
Galloway, bookshop advert (c. 1900), 115
Galloway and Morgan's Bookshop (c. 1965), 114-115
Gogerddan Arms, 52
Golf links (1931), 99
Great Darkgate Street, 30-31, 62-63
Great Darkgate Street (c. 1880), 79
Great Darkgate Street (1911), 78-79
Great Darkgate Street (1949), 52
Great Darkgate Street (1964), 58-59
Guide Book cover (1934), 76
Harbour (1882), 33
Harbour (2005), 116
High Street (c. 1900), 21
Hotels,
Belle Vue, advert for (1840), 43
Waterloo Hotel, advert for (1902), 101
House of Correction, 51
Houses,
Castle House (c. 1840), 36
Iron Age fort (Pendinas, 2004), 20
Iron Age roundhouse, 12
Land ownership and the new town (1818, map), 47
Laura Place (c. 1835), 43
Lifeboat Slip (1899), 71
Llanbadarn Church, painting by Alfred Worthington, 75
Llanbadarn Church and Churchyard (c. 1880), 8-9, 14
Maps,
Aberystwyth in 1904, 86
Aberystwyth Ordnance Survey Map (1904), 82-83
Cardiganshire County map (c. 1850), 60-61
Land ownership and the new town (1818), 47
Medieval Aberystwyth, map of, 21
Town in 1821 and 1834, 47
Marine (2005), 115
Market, North Parade (2005), 111
Medieval Aberystwyth, map of, 21
Milk Bar (2005), 77
National Library of Wales (1949), 97
National Library of Wales (1960), 98
National Library of Wales (view from, 2004), 15
Norman ship, 13
North Parade (1900), 53
North Parade (1949), 22-23, 27, 51, 53
North Parade (1964), 54, 112-113
North Parade (2005), 111
Northgate (c. 1880), 38
Old College (1899), 54, 56-57
Old College (1903), 94-95
Old College (1921), 105
Old College (2005), 55
Pendinas, 20
Pier (c. 1885), 69
Pier (1903), 94-95
Pier entrance (1925), 69
Pier Street (1900), 102
Pier Street (1964), 28-29
Plascrug Avenue (2005), 108
Pleasure grounds, Trefechan (c. 1900), 88-89
Police Station, 54
Pont-yr Odyn (2005), 109
Post Office (2005), 59, 96
Promenade (1899), 68, 70
Promenade (1925), 84-85, 102
Promenade (1934), 103
Promenade (c. 1960), 104
Promenade (2005), 55, 72
Promenade, building (1902), 94
Promenade, storm (1903), 91, 92-93
Railway,
Cliff Railway, 55
Station (1872), 65
Station (1911), 78
Station (1949), 106-107
Station (2005), 116
Roman helmet, 12
St. Michael's Church (1921), 104-105
St. Michael's Church (1964), 44-45
Schools,
Alexandra Road School (c. 1915), 73
Alexandra Road School (2005), 110
Seilo Chapel (1866), 65
Seilo Chapel (1964), 65, 66-67
South Marine Terrace (1899), 71, 80-81
Storms (1903), 91, 92-93
Streets,
Bryn y Mor Dingle (1921), 100-101
Great Darkgate Street, 30-31, 62-63
Great Darkgate Street (c. 1880), 79
Great Darkgate Street (1911), 78-79
Great Darkgate Street (1949), 52
Great Darkgate Street (1964), 58-59
High Street (c. 1900), 21
Laura Place (c. 1835), 43
North Parade (1900), 53
North Parade (1949), 22-23, 27, 51, 53
North Parade (1964), 54, 112-113
North Parade (2005), 111
Pier Street (1900), 102
Pier Street (1964), 28-29
South Marine Terrace (1899), 71, 80-81
Terrace Road (1964), 51
Victoria Terrace (2005), 110
Tan-Y-Castell – the original Aberystwyth (2004), 13
Terrace Road (1964), 51
Timeline (300BC – 2000), 7-8
Tourists (1798), 50
Town in 1821 and 1834 (map), 47
Trefechan Pleasure grounds (c. 1900), 88-89
Victoria Promenade (1899), 70-71
Victoria Terrace (2005), 110
War Memorial (2005), 103
Waterloo Hotel, advert for (1902), 101
Woolworths, 59
Worthington, Alfred (artist, painting of Llanbadarn Church by), 75