Barry, Glamorgan One Place Study
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Barry, Glamorgan One Place Study
Name
Barry, also known as Y Barri.
Geography
- Continent: Europe
- Sovereign State: United Kingdom
- Country: Wales
- County: Glamorgan
- GPS Coordinates: 51.405, -3.27
- Elevation: 29.0 m or 95.1 feet
History
Points:
Different areas, Porthkerry/Highlight, Barry, Cadoxton/Cadoxton Barry/Cadoxton Juxta Barry, and Merthyr Dovan . Went by very different names. In 1905 agreed to change the name to Barry.
During the 1880;
Docks
In 1913, Barry was considered the largest coal port in the world.
Barry Islands ws an islands and had a man made causeway built to bridge the gap.
Bultins
Gavin & Stacey
Gavin and Stacey is a British sitcom written by James Corden and Ruth Jones.
The story revolves around 3 families, one from Billericay, Essex and one from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.
Gavin lives with parents, Pam and Mick in Essex. He spends most of his time with his best time, Smityh Stacey lives with her widowed mother, Gwen in Barry. Her uncle, Bryn, lives across the road from her visits regularly aswell as her best friend Nessa.
The show follows their relationship from their first meeting, meeting each other's families, getting engaged, marrying, looking for a property and then trying for children.
The series is predominately filmed in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.
Three series has been released starting in 2007 and 2 christmas special one in 2008 and another in 2019. A third christmas special due in 2024 following from the cliff hanger from 2019.
Main Cast:
- Gavin Shipman played by Mathew Horne
- Stacey West (Shipman) played by Joanna Page
- Neil "Smithy" Smith played by James Corden
- Vanessa "Nessa" Jenkins played by Ruth Jones
- Michael "Mick" Shipman played by Larry Lamb
- Pamela "Pam" Shipman played by Alison Steadman
- Brynford "Bryn" West played by Rob Brydon
- Gwen West played by Melanie Walters
Population
1841 (Taken from Census)
-Barry: 104 Full Stats are here
-Cadoxton Juxta Barry: 242
-Highlight/Merthyr Dovan: 149
-Porthkerry: 120
The majority of the work was agricultural labour
1851 (Taken from Census)
-Barry: 74
-Cadoxton Juxta Barry:
-Merthyr Dovan:
-Highlight/Porthkerry:
1861 (Taken from Census)
-Barry: 87
-Cadoxton Juxta Barry:
-Merthyr Dovan:
-Highlight/Porthkerry:
1871 (Taken from Census)
-Barry:
-Cadoxton Juxta Barry:
-Merthyr Dovan:
-Highlight/Porthkerry:
1881 (Taken from Census)
-Barry:85
-Cadoxton Juxta Barry:
-Merthyr Dovan:
-Highlight/Porthkerry
1891 -
Currently - 56,605 (2024)
Churchs
Schools
- Primary Schools
- Holton Road
- Cadoxton
- Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Morgannwg
- High Street
- Ysgol Gymrarg Sant Baruc
- Romilly
- Barry Island
- Jenner Park
- Ysgol Gwaun Y Nant
- Colcot Primary School
- Oakfield School
- St Helens Roman Catholic School
- Gladstone
- Palmerstone
- Ysgol Sant Curig
- All Saints
- Secondary/High Schools
- Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School / Pencoedtre High School
- Barry Boys Comprehensive School / Whitmore High School
- Saint Richard Gwyn
- Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Morgannwg
Hospitals
- Amy Evans Hospital
- Barry Arc
- Barry Hospital
Cemetery
Merthyr Dyfan Cemetary
- 17th Sept 1889 - Formal opening of the new cemetery.
- 24th Oct 1889 - First burial took place when William Marram, 18 year old sailor
- 1891 - Neighbouring land was purchased after population grew
- 1893 - Contract to Mr F Small of Barry to build the Cemetery Chapel - open after 9 months
- 1893 - First Muslim buried - Hawan Khaus
- 11th Nov 2005 - Chapel officially reopened in November by then Mayor Theodore Stenstorm.
- 1914 - 1918 - World war 1
- 1939-1945 - World war 2
- 2010 - Phase 1 of the extension with phases 2 and three continuing in 2014
- 2016 - Green Flag awarded
- 2019 - Race riots - 100 years - Frederick Longman, Jose Matinez, and Inspector Thomas buried.
- 4th May 2020 - reopened from covid
My work in progress on graves in Barry Merthyr Cemetery is Here
People
As Barry has over 50,000 people, I have decided to look street by street. I have started looking at Castleland Street, as the street I grew up on.
My freespace for researching Castleland Street.
Also here is an interesting finds of people living in Barry HERE
Memorial
Barry Memorial Hall
The main memorial is the Barry Memorial Hall. During the 1920's the people of Barry wanted to build a memorial for all the Barry people who died during the first world war. It was agreed for a hall and cenotaph would be fitting. The people of Barry were behind this idea wholeheartedly and each person donated a penny. The descendants of David Davies (David Davies who founded the docks) also generously donated. The cost of the hall was £26,000 - which in today's money is close to £4m.
The hall and Cenotaph were opened in 1932 and the theatre and hall were completed and opened in November 1933.
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| Picture of outside of Barry Memo |
There are XXX listed on the Memo finding an additional XXX linked to Barry but their name does not appear on the list.
Here is are the list of names:
Notables
| Notable | Born | Died | Claim to Fame | Status | Photo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Williams | 1906 | 1977 | Composer | Unconnected | |||
| Gareth Jones | 1905 | 1935 | Journalist | Unconnected |
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| Gwynfor Richard Evans | 1912 | 2005 | Polictian, Lawyer and author | Unconnected |
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| Robert Tear | 1939 | 2011 | Tenor Singer, teacher and conductor | ||||
| Julia Gillard | 1961 | Living | 27th Prime Minister of Australia | Connected | |||
| Derek Brockway (Wikipedia) | 1967 | Living | Meterologist | ||||
| Rhodri Williams (Wikipedia) | 1968 | Living | Sports Journalist | ||||
| Bryn Merrick | 1958 | 2015 | Bassist | ||||
| Derek Tapscott | 1932 | 2008 | Footballer | ||||
| Gerran Howell (Wikipedia) | 1991 | Living | Actor | ||||
| Elfyn John Richards | 1914 | 1995 | Aeronautical engineer and asoustical engineer | ||||
| John Habakkuk | 1915 | 2002 | Economic historian | ||||
| Abdulrahim Abby Farah | 1919 | 2018 | Somali diplomat & Politician | ||||
| Irving Davies | 1926 | 2002 | Dancer and Choreographer | ||||
| Barnett Janner | 1892 | 1982 | Politician | ||||
| Damian Green (Wikipedia) | 1956 | Living | Politician | ||||
| Alan Evans (Wikipedia) | 1952 | Living | Neuroscientist | ||||
| Lee Selby (Wikipedia) | 1987 | Living | Professional boxing world champion | ||||
| Andrew Selby (Wikipeida) | 1988 | Living | Professional boxer | ||||
| Margaret Lindsay Williams | 1888 | 1960 | Welsh artist | Unconnected |
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| Annes Elwy (Wikipeida) | 1992 | Living | Actress | ||||
| Jimmy Wilde | 1892 | 1969 | Welsh Professional Boxer |
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry,_Vale_of_Glamorgan
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