Hi
I am researching into some great aunts and an uncle who lived in Clifton house, Belmont
Road, Hay-on-Wye during the late 1930's, forties, fifties and early sixties. I was
brought up in southern England and while on holiday at Llanigon my father took me to meet
them a few times in the mid fifties when I was about eight or nine.
The individuals are:
Lewis POWELL died 1950 or 1951.
Margaret POWELL nee PRICHARD , born 1887 at Cilycwm, died 1964 (wife of Lewis)
Anne PRICHARD, who I think might have died 1980's. She was a spinster and sister of
Margaret, who came to Clifton House about 1950.
Catherine PRICHARD born Cilycwm 1889, sister of Anne and Margaret. I think she she died
25 May 1987. I can remember as a child meeting her with her two sisters on several
occasions. I cannot remember whether Catherine was ever married or not. She does not
appear on the electoral rolls for Clifton House, and I could be mistaken in thinking she
was living at Clifton House, but if not I think she live in the Hay-on-Wye area.
Either Catherine or Anne, or both of them together, moved into a bungelow in a small
estate just by the junction with the Capel-y-ffin road in Hay-on-Wye.
I would be grateful for any information on these individuals but just to start there are
several things I am trying to find out. What was Lewis Powell's occupation, and where
he was born, and what are the marriage details? Whether these people were cremated or
buried. If they were buried, where? I had a quick look at Hay's MI's at the
Archives Office and could not find them. Most of my Hay-on-Wye relatives used to use
Webb's as undertakers and I was hoping to contact them but I understand they went out
of business in 1979
There is a small 1931photograph reproduced on the Hay-on-Wye Firestation website which
shows an L. Powell, could this be Lewis Powell. I have tried to make contact with the
firestation using the phone numbers given but no-one answers.
Are there any local Hay-on-Wye listers out there who might have actually known some of
these people who could be in a position to help me?
Many thanks....................David - Llandrindod Wells