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    ChrisKelly
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    According to the 1861 census for Montgomeryshire my great grandmother was born in Llansaintffraid, 'Barrack House'. As there are 3 or 4 other families living at the same premises, I assume that Barrack House is some sort of work house or poor house. Would that be correct?
    Has anyone any information about this place?

    Thanks.

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    Ann Bryan
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    Chris.
    Try rootschat----they might come up with your answer.
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    Patrisia
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    I can't help with that particular place but I do know that there were Barracks at Llandudno Junction, then Gwynedd, when the railways were built and extended. Sorry I don't have the date, probably some railway buff will
    They were for the rail workers mainly, though there may have been some 'families' too. There is a Llansanfraid in the Conwy Valley, though it is probably not the same one.
    Hope this might give you a clue.

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    ChrisKelly
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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrisia
    I can't help with that particular place but I do know that there were Barracks at Llandudno Junction, then Gwynedd, when the railways were built and extended. Sorry I don't have the date, probably some railway buff will
    They were for the rail workers mainly, though there may have been some 'families' too. There is a Llansanfraid in the Conwy Valley, though it is probably not the same one.
    Hope this might give you a clue.
    Thanks for the reply. The Llansaintffraid I'm referring to is definitely in MGY and would appear to be present day Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain (west of Shrewsbury and south of Oswestry). A short description of the parish appears in the 1868 National Gazetteer as reproduced by GENUKI. Interestingly it mentions that the Llanfylllin branch of the Cambrian railway had a station there, so your hunch about rail workers could be correct. Thanks again.

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