History of Aberystwyth

Contents

These pages have been set up in the form of a time line. This information is inlayed with key dates from world and UK history so as to place Aberystwyth's development into context

• to 1 BC
• 1BC-1100
• 1100-1300
• 1300-1400
• 1400-1500
• 1500-1600
• 1600-1700
• 1700-1800
• 1800-1850
• 1850-1900
• 1900-1920
• 1920-1940
• 1940-1960
• 1960-1980
• 1980-2000
• 2000+
• as it is now
• as it is now - Illustrated

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

Local Statistics

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

Key

Local Statistics

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

Key

Notes

• Female students admitted for the 1st time in 1884^[17]
• Note the dip during the years of the 2 blocks of world war years and the subsequent spike in the number of male students

Local Statistics

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

Key

Notes

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.

Local Statistics

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

Local Statistics

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

Key

Local Statistics

Slate output of Cardiganshire 1882-1938^[12]