Vas's History of Aberystwyth

Old Districts

Old Town - Area inside the old town walls^[4]
Under the Town (Tan Dre) - Road just outside the town wall = Chalybate Street & Mill Street^[4]
Rhofawr - Boat building quater^[4]
Great Marsh (Morfa Mawr) - Area along queens road^[4]
Under the field (Tanycae) - area below High Street^[4]

Changed Street names

Alexandra Road (Chalybeate Street -to- Brewer Street) << Lewis Terrace (David Lewis)^[19]
Alexandra Road (Brewer Street -to- Thespian Street) << Railway Terrace^[19]
Alexandra Road (Chalybeate Street -to- Terrace Road) << Alexandra Terrace << Railway Terrace << Lewis Terrace (David Lewis)^[4]
Alexandra Road (Chalybeate Street -to- Thespian Street) << Chalybeate Terrace^[4]
Bath Street << Newfoundland Street^[4]
Cambrian Street << Moor Street << Waterloo Street(built 1815)^[4]
Castle Street << Butchers Row^[4]
Chalybeate Street << Old Chalybeate Terrace^[4]
Crynfryn Terrace << Bonsall's Row - house of Fronfraith ^[4]
Custom House Street << Sea View Place^[4]
Eastgate Street << Little Dark Gate Street^[4]
Gray's Inn Road << Gray's Inn Lane << Back Lane^[4]
Great Dark Gate Street (Castle Street -to- Michael's Place) << Church Street^[4]
Great Dark Gate Street (Castle Street -to- Clock Tower) << Bow Street^[4]
High Street << Castle Lane << New St (Street Newydd)^[4]
Laura Place << Laura Gardens^[13]
Marine Terrace << Weeg^[4]
Mill Street << Mill Lane^[4]
Park Avenue << Smithfield^[19]
Pier Street << Weeg Street^[4]
Plascrug Avenue << Plascrug Road^[19]
Portland Road << Portland Lane << Mews (known as in 1834)^[4]
Princess Street << Rosemary Lane^[4]
Queens Road << Sandmarsh Road^[4]
Queen Street << Baker Lane << Pig Street (Heol y Moch)^[4]
Sea View Place << Beach Street^[4]
South Road << Shipwrights Row^[4]
South Road << Ship Builders Row^[19]
Terrace Road (East section) << Mary Street (David Lewis's Daughter)^[4]
Trinity Place << 1901 << Pound Place (/pinfold = stray animal impound)^[4]

George Street, William Street & Powell Streets
(names from the Nanteos family - built on their plot)
Laura Place named after Laura Powell

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Local Statistics

Population of Aberystwyth 1801-1971^[12]^[27]

Year

Population

1570

70

1750

80

1801

1,758

1811

2,264

1821

3,556

1831

4,128

1831

4,975

1841

4,916

1841

5,231

1851

5,641

1861

6,898

1871

7,088

1881

6,725

1891

8,014

1901

8,411

1911

8,794

1921

11,211

Unlike other years, this census was in summer and so included tourists

1931

9,473

1951

9,315

1961

10,427

1971

10,688

Key:
Estimates based on old Maps	Chapelry	Borough	new boundaries

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Local Statistics

Number of postgraduate full-time degree and diploma students at Aberystwyth University, 1872-1974.^[12]

Year

Boys

Girls

1872

25

0

1873

70

0

1874

86

0

1875

96

0

1876

81

0

1877

71

0

1878

77

0

1879

77

0

1880

57

0

1881

57

0

1882

69

0

1883

74

2

1884

105

1885

108

24

1886

119

28

1887

126

23

1888

137

40

1889

123

42

1890

94

33

1891

104

45

1892

217*

217

1893

292*

292

1894

330

1895

352

1896

358

1897

375

1898

407

1899

437

1900

474

1901

476

1902

424

1903

405

1904

413

1905

394*

394

1906

384*

384

1907

424

1908

450

1909

445

1910

416

1911

422

1912

413

1913

395

1914

401*

401

1915

147*

184

1916

88*

172

1917

100*

198

1918

162*

248

1919

729

280

1920

766

305

1921

677

295

1922

562

283

1923

454

313

1924

398

316

1925

365

311

1926

353

322

1927

345

322

1928

356

307

1929

391

302

1930

422

275

1931

484

265

1932

527

259

1933

519

247

1934

542

241

1935

542

251

1936

488

231

1937

447

214

1938

410

200

1939

386*

194

1940

252*

216

1941

253*

260

1942

233*

311

1943

199*

298

1944

215*

318

1945

390*

365

1946

691*

340

1947

795

341

1948

946

332

1949

932

325

1950

754

289

1951

770

272

1952

609

270

1953

686

284

1954

610

297

1955

613

334

1956

666

404

1957

706

408

1958

797

432

1959

838

424

1960

900

431

1961

961

521

1962

929

572

1963

943

611

1964

974

578

1965

1,057

690

1966

1,093

707

1967

1,110

783

1968

1,166

753

1969

1,226

758

1970

1,332

819

1971

1,291

882

1972

1,317

917

1973

1,280

942

1974

1,287

970

Key:
Female students admitted for the 1st time in 1884^[17]
* These Numbers also include postgraduates
Gender not recorded
Boys
Girls

Note the dip during the years of the 2 world war year and the subsequent spike in the number of male students

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Local Statistics

Number of postgraduate full-time degree and diploma students at Aberystwyth University, 1904-1974.^[12]

Year

Boys

Girls

1904

0

1905

0

1906

4

1907

2

1908

13

1909

11

1910

26

1911

27

1912

24

1913

29

1914

..

1915

..

1916

..

1917

..

1918

..

1919

16

7

1920

12

5

1921

18

2

1922

36

2

1923

42

3

1924

23

3

1925

20

5

1926

23

5

1927

17

9

1928

15

8

1929

23

5

1930

29

8

1931

20

5

1932

32

5

1933

38

6

1934

41

4

1935

36

6

1936

48

4

1937

43

6

1938

46

7

1939

..

1940

..

1941

..

1942

..

1943

..

1944

..

1945

..

1946

..

1947

38

9

1948

53

7

1949

61

8

1950

142

50

1951

139

43

1952

139

53

1953

139

40

1954

134

55

1955

139

52

1956

144

44

1957

165

30

1958

147

50

1959

160

70

1960

184

62

1961

203

71

1962

215

71

1963

262

77

1964

260

93

1965

268

99

1966

268

101

1967

270

102

1968

255

132

1969

271

135

1970

288

134

1971

312

135

1972

402

152

1973

406

143

1974

416

188

Key:
.. Recorded data does not differentiate from undergraduates
Gender not recorded
Boys
Girls

Post-graduate figures are unreliable until the 1930s because different institutions put different interpretations on the phrase 'advanced work'.
Students studying for ordinary diplomas are included with Under-graduates; those for higher diplomas with post-graduates. Before 1914 the figures may include part-time students.

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Local Statistics

Copper ore output of Cardiganshire 1855-1919^[12]

Year

Tons

1855

106

1856

67

1857

155

1858

63

1859

35

1860

76

1861

68

1862

242

1863

266

1864

300

1865

301

1866

223

1867

155

1868

123

1869

132

1870

116

1871

115

1872

17

1873

71

1874

93

1875

79

1876

42

1877

127

1878

494

1879

733

1880

921

1881

287

1882

494

1883

465

1884

100

1885

81

1886

62

1887

22

1888

29

1889

20

1890

33

1891

5

1892

19

1893

5

1894

0

1895

0

1896

20

1897

20

1898

0

1899

0

1900

20

1901

46

1902

65

1903

49

1904

21

1905

0

1906

0

1907

0

1908

0

1909

0

1910

0

1911

0

1912

0

1913

0

1914

0

1915

0

1916

0

1917

0

1918

0

1919

0

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Lead ore output of Cardiganshire 1845-1938^[12]

Year

No of Mines

Tons

1945

19

5726

1846

12

5719

1847

16

4899

1848

18

4882

1849

..

5989

1850

..

6698

1851

..

7183

1852

..

7371

1853

27

6552

1854

27

7034

1855

36

7043

1856

38

8560

1857

35

9914

1858

26

7087

1859

22

7467

1860

28

7355

1861

24

7755

1862

29

8300

1863

22

7132

1864

30

464

1865

30

7835

1866

22

7714

1867

28

8067

1868

22

7463

1869

21

8180

1870

32

7307

1871

36

7552

1872

38

6764

1873

29

5373

1874

31

5423

1875

35

5835

1876

33

5962

1877

31

5850

1878

32

6801

1879

30

5080

1880

33

6405

1881

28

4598

1882

32

4037

1883

24

2979

1884

19

2293

1885

16

2072

1886

21

1744

1887

21

2122

1888

21

1974

1889

22

1862

1890

20

1666

1891

18

2150

1892

14

1345

1893

9

843

1894

5

323

1895

6

700

1896

5

553

1897

5

422

1898

7

625

1899

7

598

1900

6

584

1901

8

1090

1902

6

1314

1903

8

1823

1904

6

911

1905

6

1062

1906

4

1021

1907

5

987

1908

6

891

1909

9

1273

1910

9

1736

1911

10

1368

1912

8

998

1913

7

1335

1914

..

1824

1915

..

1802

1916

..

1163

1917

..

896

1918

..

553

1919

..

3910

1920

..

228

1921

..

14

1922

0

1923

..

9

1924

..

90

1925

..

165

1926

..

174

1927

..

249

1928

..

60

1929

0

1930

0

1931

0

1932

0

1933

0

1934

0

1935

0

1936

..

63

1937

..

450

1938

0

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Total of Agricultural Holdings in Cardiganshire, 1875-1973^[12]

Year

acres

1875

5,572

1880

5,897

1885

6,205

1890

..

1895

6,217

1900

..

1901

..

1902

..

1903

6,348

1904

6,341

1905

6,414

1906

6,382

1907

6,454

1908

6,366

1909

6,364

1910

6,383

1911

6,418

1912

6,530

1913

6,474

1914

6,445

1915

6,431

1916

6,406

1917

6,373

1918

6,351

1919

6,398

1920

6,289

1921

6,239

1922

6,133

1923

6,079

1924

6,018

1925

5,967

1926

5,975

1927

5,970

1928

5,947

1929

5,919

1930

5,903

1931

5,859

1932

5,813

1933

5,795

1934

5,737

1935

5,658

1936

5,611

1937

5,556

1938

5,468

1939

5,416

1940

5,329

1941

5,437

1942

5,416

1943

5,385

1944

5,328

1945

5,302

1946

5,277

1947

5,230

1948

5,217

1949

5,215

1950

5,235

1951

5,235

1952

5,248

1953

5,256

1954

5,235

1955

5,211

1956

5,192

1957

5,128

1958

5,092

1959

5,029

1960

4,940

1960

5,018

1961

4,984

1962

4,949

1963

4,919

1964

4,887

1965

4,804

1966

4,766

1967

4,661

1968

3,971

1969

3,861

1970

3,577

1971

3,514

1972

3,444

1973

3,344

Key:
.. No data
Now includes grass, rough grazing, woodland, etc
Now excludes holding with less than 10 acres

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Slate output of Cardiganshire 1882-1938^[12]

Year

Tons
x 1000

1882

3.4

1883

3.4

1884

4.0

1885

4.5

1886

3.0

1887

4.0

1888

1.3

1889

1.5

1890

1.3

1891

1.8

1892

2.1

1893

2.2

1894

3.9

1895

3.6

1896

4.6

1897

5.9

1898

7.4

1899

6.3

1900

5.9

1901

5.6

1902

6.4

1903

6.3

1904

6.2

1905

5.6

1906

5.1

1907

4.6

1908

5.3

1909

4.7

1910

4.8

1911

4.6

1912

4.6

1913

5.6

1919

1.8

1920

3.3

1921

3.2

1922

3.4

1923

3.8

1924

4.4

1925

4.9

1926

4.4

1927

4.6

1928

3.8

1929

4.3

1930

4.0

1931

3.5

1932

3.5

1933

3.6

1934

4.4

1935

3.8

1936

3.5

1937

3.0

1938

2.8

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References

1: New Guide to Aberystwyth and its environs; comprising Notices, historical and descriptive, of the principle objects of Interest in the town and neighbourhood, by:Thomas Owen Morgan Esq, Pub: J Cox of Pier Street Aberystwyth, 1851
2: Aberystwyth and North Wales (Southern Section) Pub: Ward, Lock & COs 1928-29
3: Born on a perilous Rock (Aberystwyth Past and Present) by:W.J. Lewis, Pub: Cambrian News Aberystwyth, 1980, ISBN 0 900439 04 1
4: Aberystwyth and its court leet, G E Evans, Printed by the Welsh Gazette, 1902
5: Aberystwyth 1277-1977, Edited by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, Gommer Press, 1977, ISBN 0 85088 497 7
6: Aberystwyth and North Wales (Southern Section) Pub: Ward, Lock & COs about 1960
7: Aberystwyth Yesterday, Jones, Howard C. 1980, Stewart Williams, Barry. (c/o David Rowlands)
8: Aberystwyth - A portrait in Old Picture Postcards, W. Troughton, S.B. Publications, 1989, ISBN 1 870708 32 6
9: The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth 1872-1972 Ellis E.L. Pub: University of Wales Press, 1972, ISBN 0 7083 0570 5
10: Gossiping Guide to Wales Askew Roberts & Edward Woodall, Pub: Woodall, Minshall, Thomas and Co, 1901
11: The Story of The Nations - Wales, O.M. Edwards, Pub: T Fisher Unwin, 1901
12: The National Assembly for Wales
13: Nanteos - A Welsh House and its Families ed Morgan G. Pub: Gomer Press, 2001, ISBN 1 85902 802 0
14: Territorial Camps Near Aberystwyth, by J D Spencer
15: The New Aberytwyth Guide to the Waters, Bathing Houses, Public Walks, and Amusmants, by TJL Pritchard, Pub, J Cox Aberystwyth, 1824
16: National Union of Teachers Souvenir of Aberystwyth Conference 1911, (edited) by John Ballinger Pub National Union of Teachers, London, 1911
17: "ABER" 1872-1972, by Ben Bowen Thomas University of Wales Press, 1972, ISBN 0 7083 0508 3
18: Aberystwyth - a photographic history of your town by Tony Cornish & James Plant Black Horse Books, 2001, ISBN 1-904033-01-6
19: OS Map 1889
20: The Story of Ceredigion (400-1277) JE Lloyd, 1937, University of Wales Press Board
21: A Guide To The Watering Places and Sea-Bathing Places . John Feltham , 1803-25, Longman, London
22: Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales . John Marius Wilson, 1870-72, Edinburgh, A. Fullarton & Co
23: Cardiganshire Historical Atlas / Ceredigiion Atlas Hanesyddol WJ Leewis, 1969, Aberystwyth, Cymedeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion Gyf
24: Tenth Plenary Congress Conference of the International Federation of League of Nations Societies and the Annual Conference of the Welsh National Council of the League of National Union 1926, Aberystwyth, The Aberystwyth Corporation
25: The King of Saxony's Journey Through England and Scotland in the Year 1844 Carl Gustav Carus / S.C. Davison (translation), 1846, London, Chapman and Hall
26: The Cambrian traveller's guide, and pocket companion George Nicholson, 1840, Stourport, London
27: A Fashionable Watering Place / Aberystwyth W.J. Lewis, 1997, The Cambrian News

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