Some of my great great grandparents are shown on the 1891 census living in 'Baraks,
Festiniog.' I discovered that these rows of small dwellings were built for the men
working in the local slate quarries. I believe there still exists an example of these
little 'houses' in Ffestiniog.
Dianne (Somerset)
From: ken.j.richards(a)sympatico.ca
To: gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com; wls-merionethshire(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 09:53:51 -0400
Subject: Re: [MER] Barracks Bala U.S.D.
U.S.D. means Urban Sanitary District, a precursor of local government
(Urban District Council and Rural District Council). The USD was
responsible for the provision of a safe water supply and the disposal
of sanitary waste, and may have administered housing standards.
As to Barracks, I cannot think of a military connection but would
hazard a guess that the the building housed workers who built the
railway between Bala and Blaenau Ffestiniog, which was completed in
1882.
Ken Richards
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> Can anybody help!
> I have received my great grandmothers birth certificate from General
> Register Office but don't know what the aboe reference means.
> It shows she was born on 27 June 1881 and the location is Barracks
> Bala U.S.D. Her father on her birth certificate is shown as a
> labourer.
> Does anybody know what Barracks Bala U.S.D may mean?
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