Ray
Town School or George St would be the most likely. Records for both have survived and are
at the Gwent RO.
Nicola
Pontypool
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G'day List
I am stuck again. Have used the Archives Wales site to search for
Pontypool school registers for the years 1885 - 1892 when I could
reasonably expect my late grandfather to have attended school there. No
luck, even though I tried a variety of search strategies..
Let me explain and tell you what I know. On the 1891 Census Hector Lewis
is shown as living at 8 Upper Bridge Street and he is shown as scholar.
He was born in 1878 so I took a stab at 1887 for a reasonable chance
that he would be a pupil at one of the local schools. I realise that
Pontypool has changed somewhat from that period but is there someone on
the list who might know what school(s) he could have attended. That way
I might perhaps narrow my search and strike gold. Of course, the school
registers for Pontypool may not have survived from that period. If this
is the case, I'd still like to know so that I can stop what will be a
fruitless search.
Thanks in anticipation
Ray Lewis
Hazelmere Western Australia