HANESION MELIN-Y-COED A'R CYLCH - TALES OF MELIN-Y-COED AND ITS ENVIRONS




Melin y Coed
By the late Philip Williams when he was 14 years old.

Melin y Coed sy'n ardal hyfryd -
Dyma'r fan sydd imi ngwynfyd.
Mewn cornel fechan ces fy magu;
Swn y dwr a'm sua i gysgu.

(PW)

Melin y Coed, this lovely place
Is where I am blessed with grace.
I was raised in this small corner,
My lullaby the sound of water.

(RE)


FAMILY AND LOCAL HISTORY - PHOTOS - ESSAYS



QUICK GUIDE TO LATEST ADDITIONS:

A U G U S T - - 2 0 0 8
Photo on "Friends and Neighbours" (Bottom of page) of Gari (Bethel) and Sian down under in July.
On Page "Black and White" - old newspaper items including the story of a cow who produced five calves within twelve months, and the ruling that no locomotives should pass over the bridge in the village!

J U N E - - 2 0 0 8
9 JUNE - ADDITIONS TO PAGE HENDRE HOUSE & OAKLANDS. Advertisements for sale and lease of various premises.
2 June - new photos - pages Friends and Neighbours, Wildlife and Environment, and May/June 2008.

M A Y - - 2 0 0 8
31 May: A couple of new photos on MYC May. This site has now recorded a year of life in and around Melin-y-Coed.
27 May: NEW PAGE: BABY SHOWER: Uncaptioned photos of a century of local babies for you to identify family likenesses over the generations. Photos added to "Weddings" page and "Local Talent" page.
18 May: Page - Weddings. Photos added of weddings in Canada and Llanrwst.
8 May: A photo of Morris Lloyd Hughes of Hwylfa Ddu aged 16 or 17 when he joined the Army during WWI has been added to the page "Guest Book Archives and Mail". Morris moved to Canada.
Another Canada connection: On Page Friends and Neighbours, Irene of Glan Llyn Terrace.
More Canadian content and Men in Uniform: Page: Old Portraits: Morris Lloyd Hughes, Hwylfa Ddu, Thomas Lloyd Jones, Capel Garmon, and Wynford Stanley Roberts, Capel Garmon.
NEW PAGE: MYC MAY 2008 (Photos added progressively during the month).
Mail on the guest book from Lynne in Canada, descended from the Hughes family of Hwylfa Ddu, and from Dawn Williams in Australia, also looking for her ancestors.
Lori Rulison will soon be visiting; she says "I leave on June 12 and will be there until July 17. I have rented a cottage in Betws y Coed and my sister will be joining me. I am sure we will spend many days in Melin y Coed and the area." (See page "Roots: Williams" for Lori's information.) Lori also hopes to visit the records office while she is over.



Archived lists of additions to pages for 2007 and 2008 can be found at the bottom of this page.


Above: Aerial view of the village as shot in 1999 by Howard. More of these photos on "Bird's Eye View" page.


Above: an old photo of Melin y Coed.


CROESO - WELCOME - MELIN Y COED
Croeso cynnes i bawb, a diolch yn fawr i chi am ymweld a ni.
A warm welcome to you all. Thank you for visiting melin-y-coed.co.uk
Sie sind herzlich wilkommen in Melin-y-Coed. Wir danken Ihnen für Ihre Besuch!
Bienvenu a Melin-y-Coed! Nous vous remercions de votre visite.
Kor torn rub Melin-y-Coed soo. Kopkwmkap tee maa ywen prod klab ma ywen eek.
Céad míle fáilte romhat! Fàilte! In buis!
Bem vindo ao website do Melin-y-Coed!
Viteite na webove strance Melin-y-Coed!
Witamy na stronie internetowej Melin-y-Coed!
Dobro pozhalovat na cait Melin-y-Coed!
Bienvenido! Wilkommen! Welkom! Benvenuto! Wilicom! Wälkommen! Välkommen! Velkominn! Willkamen! Velkomen! Karibuni! Ahup yan! Mirë se vini! Willkomme! Ahlan wa sahlan! Ongi etorriak! Z dobym prybytsyom! Dobro dosli! Dobrodoshli! Degemer mat! Benvinguts! Dynnargh dhis! Van harte welkom! Benvenguda! Tere tulemast! Vælkomin! Tervetuloa! Wäljkiimen! Witajcie! Benvignût! Khosh geldiniz! Mobrdzandeet! Kalos orisate! Aloha mai! Bruchot habaot, Bruchim habayim! Suswaagatam! Isten hozta! Tikilluaritsi! Irashaimasu! Choš kiel'di! Terveh tulgua! Esiet sveicinati! Sveiki atvyke! Dobre doshle! Selamat datang! She dty vea! Haere mai! Bien ati veni! Benvegnüu! Mišto reslan! Bun venit! Buerie biejjie! Bene bennios! Mipela welkam yupela! Hosh geldiniz! Laskavo prosimo! Zayt vilkum!


Above: a map of the Houses, Rivers and Leats of Melin-y-Coed.

The diagram above indicates the position of homes old and new in Carmel and Nant y Rhiw, up the hills from the village of Melin-y-Coed. For more maps of the area, please look at "Maps" page. There is one map which demonstrates the North-South corridor passing through Melin y Coed from the Abergele Road near Tafarn y Fedw down to the A5 at Rhydlanfair showing the relationship of farms and villages "as the crow flies".



ABOUT THIS WEBSITE

Above: The village of Melin-y-Coed c. 1876

This website has been set up to focus on the village of Melin-y-Coed in the Conway Valley and the surrounding rural area. The village lies a little south of Llanrwst, the local market town, but is off the beaten track. Once past the last turnoff before the village, every road you choose will take you to "y topiau", the tops, the high ground of the Hiraethog running from the Carmel area through to Nebo and beyond.


Above: A local wag rearranges the front page of the local community paper to reflect his impression of our wide-ranging interest in the vicinity.

We have pages dedicated to the homes and gardens in the village and on the tops, roaming the tops, life today, life yesterday, old houses, old photos, old weddings and news cuttings, family and local history, aerial views, the Llanrwst Show, the Livestock Market, overseas descendants of families of MYC and the tops, and even people we can't identify (though we hope you can!). New pages are added regularly.


Above: The gate to Ty Uchaf.

We invite all with a connection to Melin-y-Coed and the tops to contribute stories, photographs, news items, art work and song.
We leave it to other specialised websites to concentrate on Llanrwst, the Conway Valley, and the wider subject of North Wales.
Anyone with a connection to or interest in Melin-y-Coed and the surrounding rural areas is welcome, whether to browse or to contribute. Contact details below.
VISITORS AND NEIGHBOURS - please let us know you came today!

LANGUAGE:
Contributions in Welsh or any other language are welcome (translations are also welcome).
The working language of the site is English in order to be accessible to visitors world wide.

POETRY
We are very proud to be able to present four of the elegaic poems of Mr Thomas Williams of Gorsedd Grucyn, whose bardic name was "Grucyn". These are to be found on "Pennillion Thomas Williams". For these we are indebted to the late Mr Phillip Williams of Melin y Coed, a descendant of Thomas Williams, and the relative to whom he entrusted them, Mr Ken Davies, who has transcribed them for us.

MYC AR WASGAR - MYC ABROAD
Here you will find photos and stories of people from Melin-y-Coed; some have moved to America, Canada, Patagonia, the West Indies, Australia, and other parts of the world.
We love to hear from them or their descendants and publish their stories and photos. See our "Roots" pages for these historical stories.


Above: A bird's eye view of the Chapel, Cae'r Berllan and the road up to Carmel. See page "A Bird's Eye View" for more.


Above: View from the Mill. An old Xmas card from the Mill shows Maes y Felin, the site of Highgate, and other features of the village.

FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCHERS: A Window on the Past via the census returns is sure to be of interest to you. Also look at the sites "Roots" which showcase the research of descendants of expatriate locals and "Gorsedd Grucyn", which presents family history and stories thanks to the work of Rhianwen Roberts, Ken Davies, and the late Phillip Williams of Melin y Coed. "Fronwen" features the families who lived in this whitewashed stone cottage near the top of the Hiraethog slopes, and its white front used to be visible near the skyline when one stood on the Llanrwst Bridge. Hendre House, Cyffdy, Tyddyn Gilbert, Bryniog Isaf, Pen Ucha'r Gwyllt, Bethel and Ty Mawr, are among the homes already written about on this website.


KEEP IN TOUCH!
You can also leave a message for everyone on our Guest Book page, via an email with the subject heading "Guest Book MYC" to our email address. MYC MAIL @ melin-y-coed.co.uk Please close the anti-spam spaces on either side of the "@".
Read other people's stories - and write your own for us!
If you can supply names of people or places, please send us an email.
Buasem yn hynod o falch o'ch cymorth i gadw popeth yn gywir. Diolch i chi am meddwl dros y peth. Mi fasa e-bost bach yn dderbyniol iawn.


Above: Looking down on Melin y Coed.

DIPYN O GEIRCH: Our volunteer correspondents have no other reward but to be useful and to give you pleasure.
So please: let us hear from you! Let us know when you visit, however often that might be!
You can write to us about a page, or for the guest book for all to see, or just to say hello.
Cyfeiriad e-bost / e-mail address: MYC MAIL @ melin-y-coed.co.uk
Close spaces on address. Add MYC to distinguish from spam which is deleted unread and a heading to indicate the subject, please. This helps us find your mail among the pages of spam. Item for guest book can be marked such and will be uploaded.

The site is still under construction and developing. New pages and pictures are being added all the time, so it is likely to look different next time you visit.

We hope you enjoy looking around today.
Mwynhewch eich hunain!


Above: Mill Bank


Above: The Mill at Melin-y-Coed c. 1876
This painting shows the chapel and the western side of the mill with the mill pond.

We thank Wyn and Sylvia of Bryniog Isaf for permission to photograph and use the above paintings of Melin y Coed in the nineteenth century. Wyn's great grandfather owned the mill and lived at Mill Bank when it was a single house, not divided into two dwellings as it is now. Wyn's grandfather was a harp maker as well as a miller. He imported oats from Ireland and exported harps to Ireland. He also donated timber from his land to build the chapel's roof, floors, and pews.



The painting at the top shows Highgate cottage on the hilltop on the left and the row of cottages near the mill, numbered 1 to 7 in those days, not named as they were later. A gap in the cottages was formed when one cottage was burnt down. The cottages were owned by the mill owner and rented to the workers as tied houses.

In the 1700s Melin-y-Coed consisted of the mill, Mill Bank house, the seven cottages, Ty Newydd and the outlying farms, as well as Cyffdy Hall.

Please visit our page "The Mill" dedicated to the mill at Melin-y-Coed.

Cyfeiriad e-bost / e-mail address: mail @ melin-y-coed.co.uk Close spaces and add MYC to clear heading to distinguish from spam which is deleted unread. Your MYC stories and photos are invited and welcome.


Above: The Village of Melin-y-Coed (Mill in the Trees) as it is today.

Cyffdy dates back to 1596. We have a page dedicated to Cyffdy Hall on the site.
Other buildings such as farms and dwellings, and the mill which gives the village its name, date from the 1700s.


Above: Looking down on Cyffdy, the Mill, and Glan Llyn Terrace, Melin y Coed. Spring 2007.


This photo shows the mill converted to a dwelling.


There are an estimated 140 dwellings and farms in the Melin-y-Coed area nowadays.


Bont y Clwt as it was in April 1967, when it was the home of Hywel (in picture) and Sally Jackson.
Many years before, it was the home of Anne who moved to Penuchargwyllt. The estate which stands there now was called Cae'r Berllan because it was built on the orchard.
Photo: Sent to Melin-y-Coed by Ken Davies (Gorsedd Grycun descendant) and originally owned by Mrs Alwenna Evans. Many thanks for this little time capsule.


Above: Ty Mawr is on higher ground to the south of the village. See the Ty Mawr page for more photos.


But for Bethel Chapel, Melin-y-Coed would have remained a hamlet. See the page devoted to Bethel Chapel.

There is no evidence to date that there was ever a public house in the village.

NAME OF VILLAGE IN 1800

According to a survey conducted in 1800 for a map printed over thirty years later, the village was then called "Pentre y Coed". Some of the place names on that map were slightly different to today's, for instance:

Careg Groes
Poethwol (Poeth Foel, often written Porth Foel)
Llwyn Gronw
Llety Drw (Llety Dryw, Wren's Lodging)
Pennant y Bribwll (now Priddbwll, "earth pit", a trap for wolves)
Orsedd Grychyn
Moel Hogan (Maelogen)
Pwll Mawnin (mawn=peat, peat pool) Pwll Monyn.
Cae Melwyr
Garth y Pegau
Ty'n y Twll
Cwmin Gaer (Gwninger?)
[Cummin (spice); Cwmin (common, land)
cwninger - rabbit warren, coneygar.
Cwnin gaer - reformation of word supposing that it means rabbit fortress (cwning+caer with soft mutation).]

kimkat.org/amryw/1_vortaroy/geiriadur_cymraeg_saesneg_BAEDD_cr_1040e.htm


An example of the stone cottages built near the Mill pond, originally un-named but later called Glan Llyn Terrace. They were then given house numbers, but now have individual names. This house is called "Pen y Llyn".


Above: Looking green! Wind farm on the Carmel / Maethebrwd tops.
1 May 2007

Where is "Mathebrwd / Maethebrwd"?
Mathebrwd covers 2 districts on census, Llanrwst N04 and N05, The area in 4 is. 'Dyffryn Aur hamlet of Tafarn y Fedw, 8 houses, Tynycauau,Cerniach, Tai Candryll, Rhydlechog, Ty'n y Ffordd Bach Ty Capel Carmel, Rhydloyw, 2 house, Brynsyllty, Coed y Brain, Garthyrhwylbren, Poethfoel, Gwern Rhisgl - 2 house -Ty Newydd, Bryn Dyffryn, Coed Bryn Dyffryn, Coed Llydan Isa, Pont y Clwt, Garth y Foel and Gwyllt Isa.' District 5: 'Part of the Township of Mathebrwd' lies to the east of Pennant, Rhydlechog, Henblas and Cefn Coch and that part of the township of Mathebrwd that lies to the east of the road leading from Bethel Chapel to Farmyard Tollgate.'
(Information from Patricia Williams, Llanrwst Historical Society)




Archived Information on MYC Months pages for 2007 and 2008

A P R I L 2 0 0 8
25 April: PRINCE CHARLES PHOTOS: Our MYC photographer was on the job today to bring you photos of the Prince of Wales, who was visiting Llanrwst and Bodnant Gardens. On MYC April 2008 page.
Spring is here, and so is a new page: MYC April 2008
7 - 20 April: more pictures on MYC April page, and April showers with a difference, as well as a look at the progress of new lambs in the area.

MARCH 2008
29 March: Two new photos on MYC Jan/Feb/March. On Williams Gorsedd Grucyn, photos of gravestones of Ynyr Williams and Ceridwen, and of Howell and Sarah Olwen Jackson.
19 March: Photos added to Black and White (Old Chair), Old Photos Groups (temporary), Houses and History (Berth Ddu Sale 1922) and Gallery slideshow (Fox Hunter Photo from local historical home.
1 March: New photos, old page - MYC Jan/Feb/March 2008

FEBRUARY 2008
28 Feb: New Memorial Inscriptions on "Top People at Rest".
27 Feb: New pictures on page "MYC January/February 2008"
10 Feb: New photos "Friends and Neighbours" page - Cai and Tiger Morris (bottom of page).

NEW PAGE: MYC January 2008
30 January - additions to the 1881 census for Melin-y-Coed on "Window to the Past" page.
19 January - additions to Cae Melwr page and Village in the Trees.
14 January: Congratulations to Ken Davies (www.penmon.org) who has completed the transcription of the 1871 census, a mammoth task. There are also additions to the 1881 census. There has also been more work on the Cae Melwr page.
11 January: NEW PAGE: Cae Melwr. Photos, history, links.
8 January: Bird's Eye View: Addition to Howard's Aerial Photo, First longitudinal section with names - House name "Heulfryn" added to the Carmel Road area.
7 Jan: Additions to page Roots Williams. Now includes reference to Williams family of Pentre Mawr.

Below: Archived Information on MYC pages for 2007 starting in April.
NEW ON 1 APRIL: More old photos on Group and Portraits.
NEW ON 6 APRIL: Additions to 1841 details of Melin-y-Coed and environs. New Page "A Window on the Past".
NEW QUERY: There was a potter in Maethebrwd (Carmel) in the 1600s. Does anyone know of any claypits in the area that might have been used? Or anything about potters and their families in the area? mail @ melin-y-coed.co.uk - header "Pottery". See query on "Solve a Mystery" page.
NEW 11 APRIL: Ken Davies has completed work on the Window on the Past for 1841 and photos have been added.
NEW 14 APRIL: Window on the Past for 1901 - First Instalment.
NEW 19 APRIL: Added photos by Lori to Roots: Cyffdy - Williams
NEW 19 APRIL: Mary Morris tells us about William and Ann Jones of Bethel and Cyffdy and their families on Window to the Past.
NEW 20 APRIL: Next instalment of MYC history from 1901 - Window on the Past - Ken Davies
Also NEW PICTURE on Old Photos - Groups: 1950 William Parry Ffyrdd Gleision Nebo, Robert E Hughes ClytiauTeg, Dei Fronwen, Bryniogs
NEW 21 APRIL: The Hill Farmers - Lambing 2007 and Homes and Gardens - New pictures
NEW PAGE 22 APRIL: DOCTOR'S ORDERS 1805 - Medical Works of Myddfai
NEW PHOTO 23 APRIL: Gorsedd Grucyn 1966 - Jo Williams with Ken and Paul Davies
ALSO: UPDATE on Doctor's Orders 1805 - list of pages, more transcription and page scans.
ALSO: New Pic at very bottom of Hill Farmers - Fox Kill - what the Hill Farmer risks every spring - don't scroll down unless you are strong enough.
NEW 25 APRIL: Ken Davies takes us through 70 decades of life at CYFFDY thanks to the records of the census enumerators 1841 - 1901.
NEW 27 APRIL New photos on Homes and Gardens, Environment, Animals today, Portraits.

23 MAY: Additional photos on GREEN POWER - the windmills in Carmel.
Also MYSTERY AT Y GLYN: Pictures illustrating a rock site with a mystery attached.
21 MAY: POEM BY Wm OWEN DAVIES about a lucky tramp - Dolgarrog Disaster - "Y Crwydryn".
ALSO new pictures on the MILL page and more aerial pictures of the village below.
20 MAY: Additional aerial photos of Carmel at bottom of this page and on Green Power. (Carmel Tops / Windmills)
19 MAY: ADDITIONS TO DOLGARROG DISASTER AND OLD NEWS.
NEW ON 18 MAY: NEW PAGE: DOLGARROG DISASTER
NEW ON 18 MAY: NEW PAGE "OLD NEWS" Births and Deaths for Family History Researchers.
NEW ON 16 MAY: TWO NEW POEMS ON PENNILLION THOMAS WILLIAMS "GRUCYN".
NEW ON 14 MAY: GORSEDD GRUCYN: Census records, Obit for Jane Wms, Family after 1901, Joseph a Mair.
NEW ON 12 MAY: Four new pages: Y Glyn, Archaeology MYC, Fronwen and Green Power, Water Power.
NEW ON 12 MAY: PENNILLION THOMAS WILLIAMS (Grucyn).
NEW ON 11 MAY: Completed list of residents in area 1901 with added pictures of homes.
NEW ON 5 MAY: Further instalment of names of residents in 1901.
NEW ON 4 MAY: Aerial shot of village with names and another of the tops at Carmel - this page.

26 JUNE: Additional pictures taken by Lori in 2006 on "Roots: Williams - Cyffdy".
New picture on "Hill Farmers" (Got a puncture kit handy?)
Local Talent page. At bottom of page, program of old concert in Berth Ddu.
Also, names of members of Carmel Choir 1982 added.
25 JUNE: More information from 1891 on "A Window to the Past".
More pictures on "June in Melin y Coed".
15 JUNE: New page, 'THE BRIDGE" - who is TI? Look for the new photos on this page, and see if you can help.
11 JUNE: New photos on Wildlife and Environment, Bethel Chapel, and Roaming the Tops
10 JUNE: New entries for 1891 on A Window to the Past.
More pics on Ty Mawr (timbers of barn roof). Coming soon: history of Ty Mawr owners.
6 JUNE: New Photo Friends and Neighbours
4 JUNE: New Photos on Dolgarrog - Survivor's descendants.
NEW PAGE: Local Talent.
NEW PAGE: Bird's Eye View - Aerial photos of the area.
NEW PAGE: Friends and Neighbours.
1891 Census returns - first instalment by Ken Davies.
1 JUNE 2007: Archaeology MYC page: View of site of burial mound at Gorsedd Grucyn.
Also addition to DOLGARROG: Life in Dolgarrog after the disaster (family of Glyn Postman's son). Stories and photos.
Also new photos on BETHEL CHAPEL.
Also more photos FRONWEN

31 July: The final look at MYC in July - a Kool Pool.
30 July: NEW PAGE: PERNANT - Poet Bob Owen of Carmel is remembered on this page.
Also addition to LOCAL TALENT.
More pictures on MYC JULY.
28 July: Some new information on the old name of the village (this page, below picture of Bethel Chapel).
Above: Poem by the late Philip Williams with English translation.
New photos added to page "Weddings".
25 July: Addition to Friends and Neighbours - Orsedd Wen family with Evan Edwards, Bryniog y Plas.
24 July: Newest instalment of 1851 census on A Window to the Past by Ken Davies. Up to Bryn Ty Brith (Bryn Dybrith) via Ty Uchaf and Tyn y Bryn, Tan y Graig, Hwylfa Ddu, Clytiau Teg, Cefn Rhydd and Cefn y Moch.
Also, a new story on Williams Family of Gorsedd Grucyn (at bottom of that page).
More photos on Old News BMD. (Memorial Inscriptions).
18 July: MYC July - addition of photos.
15 July: First instalment of 1851 census record for area from Ken Davies on Page Window to the Past. Also on Williams Gorsedd Grucyn page a copy of a letter from Idwal Glyn Davies. New Page, Guest Book Archives.
14 JULY: New Pages July 2007 and Steps to the River; Additions to Window to the Past, Old News, Friends and Neighbours, MYC June, and Ty Newydd Owners.
8 JULY: Additions: New Doc Ty Newydd Owners: Harker & Williams; Additional names "Old News BMD" Capel Garmon Gravestones. Local Talent: Words to Song Melin y Coed and a poem by the late Philip Williams when aged 14.
4 JULY: New Page: Ty Newydd Owners. Old Documents
Local Talent: New Picture of The Singing Shepherd's cassette.
Window on the Past: Local information from 1891 census completed.
3 JULY: New Page: Ty Mawr Owners - Old Documents. Names of Fields and Old Homes and their Tenants.


AUGUST 2007
28 August: Top People: Llangernyw Show, Davies Family Cornwall Isa
25 August: Name change - The Tops is now called TOP PEOPLE.
Also additional entries and photos on Guest Book Archives.
24 August: NEW PAGE - Carneddau - The Blacksmith's Shop.
NEW PAGE: The Tops - Top people from the Hiraethog Tops - Gwytherin, Pandy Tudur, etc.
19 August: More August MYC pictures. Addition to 1881 census transcription on "A Window to the Past".
12 August: NEW PAGE: BRYN DYFFRYN "Storybook" pictures with story to follow later.
Also a start on the 1881 census on A Window to the Past.
10 August: New photos on The Bridges and The Livestock Market, also a new photo on August in MYC. New photo on Friends and Neighbours.
6 August: New Page - MYC August - Keeping an eye on Melin-y-Coed this month.
Also, the latest instalment of the census of 1851 listing the inhabitants of local homes in that year. (Transcribed by Ken Davies).
Also, another new page, Houses & History (Bethel, Tyddyn Gilbert, Pen Ucha'r Gwyllt and Ty'n Twll.
3 August: New Photo on Williams Gorsedd Grucyn Page (Joe, Ynyr, Katie)

SEPTEMBER 2007 ADDITIONS:
24 September: The MYC paparazzi, like Inspector Gadget, is always on duty - MYC September page.
23 September: On Local Talent Page, a poem by Tom Bryniog thanking his friends and neighbours for their kindness while he was in hospital.
On A Window to the Past page, a story about Owen Evans, Sychbant, under census details for Sychbant in 1901.
On MYC September, more pictures of the locality.
22 September: Additions to page Roots: Evans - photos, sinking of SS Tuscania and SS Willesden sunk by German raider Thor.
21 September: Additional information on local naturalists in A MILL IN THE WOODS - Dr John Williams who worked with the Robertses on the natural history of the area.
12 September: Updated information on A MILL IN THE WOODS (Millers families over the years).
10 September: Addition to page LOCAL TALENT (Bottom of page).
9 September: More info on HENDRE HOUSE and the Blackwell family.
NEW PAGE; SHEEPDOG TRIALS SEPTEMBER 2007
7 September: More photos on MYC SEPTEMBER.
More photos on TOP PEOPLE AT REST (End of page) - Roberts, Parry. Memorial Inscriptions (Lee Wetton photos).
Siloam MIs and photos moved from "Old News BMD" to TOP PEOPLE AT REST.
Additions to HENDRE HOUSE.
3 September: CYFFDY Page - additional details of the owners and their transactions - the Ashleys etc.
NEW PAGE: MYC SEPTEMBER - The Village this September.
Also new page: TOP PEOPLE AT REST which contains memorial inscriptions of a number of Hiraethog residents laid to rest in a variety of cemeteries. The page "Top People" contains photographs of people of the Hiraethog tops.

OCTOBER 2007
31 October: New map of Carmel and tops (see below).
29 October: Thanks once more to Ken Davies, for another mammoth task in transcribing more of the census results for the area in 1861.
26 October: First instalment of local census for 1861 by Ken Davies on page "A window to the Past".
On MYC October a shot of restoration work beginning on Cyffdy's old buildings.
Also, new photos on the Gorsedd Grucyn page.
21 October: Temporary map of village showing rivers and leats on MYC Bridges Page, also shown below.
More photos on MYC October page.
18 October - more pictures on MYC October page.
16 October: Ken Davies has completed the transcription of the 1851 census returns for the area. They are to be found on "Window to the Past" page. Thanks again, Ken!
14 October: New photos MYC October 2007
10 October: More information about the Blackwall family on Hendre House Page.
8 October: Local Talent: message from David Evans added at bottom of page.
1 October: New page for MYC in October.

NOVEMBER 2007
24 November: Carneddau page: Additions to text.
Also more progress on transcribing the 1881 census records for Rhyd Loyw and Hen Odyn. (Window to the Past).
23 November: New look to site. Our previous site template, called "Clay" has now been deleted by the team running the service and won't be coming back. This made our site invisible for a few days, so we're sorry if you tried to log on and failed recently. We may play around a bit with the styles currently available until we find one we like, so don't be surprised if you log in to find it looking different every few days for a while!
We were very proud recently to find an employee of a certain utility company which shall be nameless visiting the local homes in the course of his work clutching a copy of one of our "home-made" maps in his hot little overworked hand, likely to help him find the house names more easily. Please let us know if you find them useful too, or have an unusual reason for using them!
21 November - More Photos on MYC November page.
11.11.07: Link to Arthur Bryniog singing solo with Cantorion Colin Jones on Links page youtube.com/watch?v=XyPDorQvd8A
10 Nov: On Cyffdy Page: photos of the grave of Cyffdy residents Robert Keet Jones, Daisy (Keet) Jones and John Jones in Cae Melwr Cemetery. Also a photo of renovations begun on the listed building of Cyffdy.
9 Nov: New photos on MYC November page.
Cyffdy page: pictures relating to Col Ritchie, who used to visit and live in Melin y Coed. Can you shed more light on the Ritchie family?
3 November - ever on the ball, the MYC paparazzo has delivered his first batch of November photos for the NEW PAGE - MYC November.
Also, more photos on the page WILLIAMS FAMILY OF GORSEDD GRYCUN.
2 November: New map showing MYC in relation to other localities in a north-south corridor on MAPS page.
NEW PAGE: MAPS with separate page for LINKS.

DECEMBER 2007
Views of the wet end of 2007 on MYC December page.
On the page called "Bird's Eye View", Howards 1999 aerial photos have had place names added to them to help identify the various locations in and around the village of Melin y Coed.
30 December: Ken Davies has completed transcription of the first instalment of the Census Returns for 1871, starting with the houses in the village of Melin y Coed. (Page: A Window to the Past).
29 December: Since the MYC site was started one year ago, a great deal of historical information has been posted, with more to follow. A number of people with local family connections have posted their stories and search results, and more are working on their research and write-ups with a view to letting MYC put them up for all to see here. In the meantime, some of the connected correspondence and guest book contact has been posted on the page 'GUEST BOOK ARCHIVES' (Sorry - the actual guest book was closed down because of abuse by jolly jokers, but can be "accessed" by using our email address with Subject Header 'GUEST BOOK') Have a look at the Archives page to see stories unfolding as research is continued. Be assured that your own family history is also of interest to us here at MYC!
26 December: Newly edited photo just uploaded to page "Top People" (at bottom of page). This is of Maria Ann, Carreg y Fran, Siloam, 1915, from the collection of the late Margaret Jane Roberts of Siloam.
25 December: latest photos of MYC. These will be the last photos for the year - unless it snows!
Also, we hope to put up pictures of Howard's aerial 1999 photo with place names added in the next few days.
Otherwise - show's over for 2007, folks, see you in 2008!
18 December: Aerial photos of the village in 1999 taken by Howard have been uploaded to the page called "Bird's Eye View". See below for one of them.
More photos on MYC December as winter gets a grip.
16 December: New photo on this page (below) showing view of cottages and homes labelled, as seen from Cyffdy land.
Also photo update on Cyffdy renovations on Cyffdy Page.
13 Dec: more pictures on MYC December 2007 page.
9 December - New Page - Garth y Pigau.
New photos on MYC December page.
3 December - New page for new month - MYC December 2007 is now up - and our paparazzo - oops, photographer - has got his man - oops, bird. Yes, a buzzard which has eluded him for three years was so incautious as to sit still for a few seconds and is now preserved for MYC posterity.



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