Llandudno in the 1851 census.

[suepp]

Had a look on Ancestry, John Stephen's birthplace was Ireland

[suepp]

[suepp]

[Helig]

Thanks to all for the replies to my post. I will order the book by Chris Draper.

The engravings posted by suepp give a wonderful picture of the way it was way back then.

Helig.

[DaveR]

February 1837 - North Wales Chronicle:

[Hugo]

Helig, here's a photo of the last surviving 1783 cottage that was built on the West Shore.  It still looks impressive today and will be worth a lot more than when it was first built!

[Hugo]

Thank you for all the replies. I will try to find the photograph of the drawing on the site if it not that which has been posted.

The cave dweller is named as John Stephen, unmarried, age 48, an Agricultural Labourer. I cannot decipher his place of birth. The enumerator has written in his details and then crossed them out with a line through them. This entry is the last for the second area of Llandudno. It runs west from the road that runs from Eglwys Rhos. The property before the cave is The Vicarage, occupied by James Davies, Head of the household, his occupation is shown as National School Master. Prior to that is Penymynyd. This is occupied by William Owens, Head of the household, his occupation is shown as a Farmer.  The Telegraph Service Station is immediatley before this, head of the household, Job Jones, Telegraph Keeper. The descriptions suggest it is on the Great Orme, close to the summit.


I was reading Chris Draper's Book "Walks in Llandudno" last night and read a bit about John Stephen the cave dweller.   John claimed to have lived in Ogof Arth,( the cave that is above the old Gogarth Abbey Hotel)  and said that he lived there for at least 14 years.   He was fortunate to have been given an iron bedstead by Lady Augusta Mostyn when she paid him a social call in the 1850's.
A more recent occupant of Ogof Arth was Gwilym Hughes who was so comfy there he had to be evicted by Llandudno Council who gave him a council flat.