Hi Denise
What a wonderful find.....quite a description.
St Paul's Church Llanelli was demolished, but the graveyard still
remains......we have a transcription of the graveyard monumentals, but no
Nurse mentioned.....you could check in Carmarthen record office if they have
him in their records, maybe he did not have a headstone, or perhaps it had
not survived at the time of the recording of the headstones.......
ask at
archives(a)carmarthenshire.gov.uk
let us know how you get on....
regards Pauline
----- Original Message -----
From: "Denise C. Lambkin" <d.c.lambkin(a)reading.ac.uk>
To: <carmarthenshire(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:18 PM
Subject: [CMN-L] Arthur NURSE 1857-1889
John and Pauline: Thank you for your advice - I'll follow it up.
I've just got back from a fun day in the British Newspaper Library. The
Western mail contained a sketch of Arthur Nurse and 2 of his fellow
poachers and a description. Apparently he was a 'gigantic fellow, over six
feet high', 'broad and muscular in proportion', 'possessed a giant's
strength' and was 'of more than average intelligence'. They also provided
a sketch of the location in Stradey Woods where the event took place (with
an X to mark the spot!).
According to the newspapers Arthur Nurse was buried in St Paul's cemetary.
I did a search and found that the church was pulled down some years ago.
Are the gravestones still there or if not, have they been transcribed?
By the way, one of the articles in the Western Mail said Arthur's brother,
Wyndham Nurse, had led the attack on the Llanelly Conservative Club in
1885 - it seems there were demonstrations against the game laws. Yet more
history to follow up.
Thanks again for your help.
Denise
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