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Note: n at Burghill. They had a 9 year old son Edward and a 12 year old niece , Priscilla Price, a farmers daughter born Burghill living with them. There was also an unmarreid 19 year old servant Mary ann Baker and 27 yo grocers shopman John C James residing at the house.
1857 - Philip married Elizabeth Sheers at Lugwardine on January 18th 1857.
1861 - The Eardisley Census found Phillip and his wife Elizabeth living at number 43 " The Holme" and recorded as General shopkeepers.
Their Eardisley born daughter Elizabeth was 7 months old and also in the house was 28 yo general servant John Owen and 17 yo housemaid Elizabeth Tudor.
First and second born sons James Philip and Arthur were not in the house but a 3 year old Philip Llewellyn was recorded as a vistor nearby with Thomas Hatton a 54 yo widower born in Kington.
This would most likley be James Philip Llewellyn and the Thomas Hatton an in-law. Phillip's uncle Richard, had a daughter mary ann who married a John Hatton of Kington.
Records prove that John Hatton was the nephew of this Thomas Hatton living at Eardisley in 1861.
1867 - A commercial directory & the 1876/7 Littlebury's directory and gazetteer for Hereford records Phillip Llewellyn, shopkeeper at Eardisley as the agent for the Hereford times and for the South Wales Coal company.
1871 - The Eardisley census recorded Philip as grocer and in the house was wife Elizabeth and daughters Elizabeth , Mary ann , Clara and Alice. There was no mention of son Philip who would have been 13 years old and had perhaps already commenced his apprenticehsip a sailor and away on a vessel. Also in the house were 30 year old brother in law Edmund Sheers an accountant born at Pembridge , 35 year old Thos. Parry ser.(servant) un (unmarried) Gen. serv. (General Servant) born Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire 25 year old Eliza Preece ser (servant) un(unmarried) Gen. serv (General Servant) born Kunelingley (according to typed index) but more likely Kinnersley. 32 year old Elizabeth Francis visitor, un (unmarried) no occupation born Kington and 37 year old married brother George Llewellyn occupation Butcher, born Dilwyn.
Philip was still residing at " The Holme" which easily accomodated 11 people on census night 1871.
1873 - The return of owners of land had a Phillip Llewellyn of Eardisley as the owner of 13 acres with a gross rental of 22 pounds 4 shillings.
1876 - Phillip was the informant on his mothers death certificate in May 1876 and his residence given as Eardisley.
1881 - Phillip was in the Eardisley census with wife Elizabeth and his three youngest daughters, Mary ann, Eliza clara and Alice.He was a shopkeeper and running the store established by his father.His brother in law Edmund Sheers born Pembridge was also a visitor in the house.
After " The Holme" was sold in 1882 Philip ended his long tenancy and moved to 66 Great Oak, Eardisley with his wife and daughter Clara and was buy now working as a Coal Agent.
1898 - Philip's death was recored in the June quarter of 1898 , 67 year old Phillip Llewellyn, Kington district Vol 6a Page 305.
It is reported by Mark Llewellin that both Phillip & Elizabeth are possibly buried in Eardisley cemetery with daughter Mary Ann, who died a spinster well after them.
1901 Eardisley daughter Clara 36 and his wife Elizabeth 72 were still residing at 66 Great Oak .
Malcom Mason of the Eardisley History Group wrote - I live in Eardisley and am interested in all aspects of the villages history. I came across this site while searching for another Eardisley resident. I recognise the name because Phillip Llewelyn was the enumerator for the census in this village in 1871 and 1881. He lived in a house called 'The Holme'. He is mentioned in the minutes of the Eardisley Institute meetings, he spoke briefly at the inaugural meeting on the 5th September 1876, he was nominated, he declined to be the President. He lent some photographs for an exhibition to launch the Institute soon after. Although he was probably a member, he does not appear to have been active in the Institute, A 'Llewelyn' does appear again on October 27th 1879, I assume this is Philip.
The minutes note: "Mr R. Griffith then said the Edwards the Police Superintendent in Kington had received a report from Llewellyn at Eardisley that Lewis the Constable had been gambling with Griffin the steward and that Griffin had given Llewellyn the information. Mr Griffith added that Griffin had been questioned on the subject in the presence of several of the members and he utterly denied having given any information of the sort. After some conversation on the subject it was decided that Griffin be sent for to attend the meeting in order that his statement might be heard, and when he came the chairman asked him whether it was the case that he and Lewis had gambled together in the Institute and he distinctly stated he had not. The Chairman then asked whether he had ever played with Lewis and he replied yes in the public room but not in the private room and he had never played for money with him. Griffin then withdrew. The meeting was unanimously of the opinion that the Report was quite unfounded and that there had been no gambling at all on the part of either Lewis or Griffin and further from the observation of those members who are most in the habit of frequenting the Institute no gambling takes place there at all."
From an account of the opening of the Methodist Chapel: The Chapel was opened on August 4th 1876. The first Minister to take up the position was Rev. George Middleton. The first eleven Trustees were:
Mr. John Edwards Wool merchant Kington Mr. John Jones Draper Kington Mr John Jay Taylor Eardis1ey Mr. John Saveker Saddler Eardis1ey Mr. Phillip L1ewellyn Grocer Eardis1ey Mr. Richard Llewellyn Medical Officer Leominster Mr. James Morris Grocer Hay Mr William Davies Farmer Upper Welson Mr. George Williams Labourer Lower Welson Mr. Thomas Fletcher Farmer Woodseaves Mr James Underwood Shoemaker Dilwyn To complete payment for the building a loan was made by one of the Trustees together with donations from other members of the congregation. The final payment of the loan was achieved in 1888.
Following is from website : http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/post-medieval/chapels/chapels_e.htm
Eardisley - Primitive Methodist Chapel, SMR NO. 36917 Grid Ref: SO 3100 4964
The plot on which the chapel is built was once part of the garden of the neighbouring cottage which is now known as 'Chapel House', which at that time belonged to local preacher John Saveker and his wife Elizabeth. Prior to the building of the chapel Methodist services had been held in a room at Chapel House.
The chapel was built in 1867 and in 1934 a porch was added to the front of the building and dedicated to the memory of the first trustees ( being Richard & Phillip Llewellyn ) . In 1950 a schoolroom was added, which had been donated by the Sunday School attendant Mrs Triffit. Under the supervision of Mrs Triffit the Sunday School entered the Scripture Examination held by the Cardiff and Swansea Districts and displayed in the chapel are two shields which had been won most by Eardisley. © Paul Wood
Electric heating was installed in the chapel sometime after the Second World War. In 1983 the chapel was still opening its doors for worship. (Source - Methodism in the Marches, Fred Bluck)
And again quoting Malcolm mason : " Phillip seems to have been a solid member of the community.He was the enumerator for the 1881 census, but seems to have left the village soon after. No Llewellyn`s is listed in the Kelly`s of 1885 or 1900. There is a clue in later directories: The Boys' Home, founded here in 1885 by Mrs. C. S. Palmer, and supported by the rates, will hold 20 boys. The Boys Home was in The Holme`; the Llewellyn`s` house, so he left this house, (and the village?) between 1881 and 1885.No members of the Llewellyn family are listed in the catalogue for the sale of the Eardisley Estate in 1918 (about 90% of the village was sold to pay death duties!), although Clara and Alice continued to live here, this may mean that they were one of the few families in the village that owned their own home, or they rented some of the few houses not owned by the estate.
The Graves in Eardisley churchyard with the Llewellyn (or similar) name are:
Grave No. A.6.
In Loving Memory of CLARA E. LLEWELLYN, Who Died 25th Nov. 1939, Aged 74 years.
In Loving Memory of ALICE LLEWELLYN, Died 4 Dec. 1954. Aged 88 years
Grave No. B.53
In Memory of JAMES LLEWELLIN, of this Parish, who died June 18th 1845, aged 56 years.
In Memory of ANN, wife of JAMES LLEWELLIN, of this Parish, who died Dec 11th 1824, aged 34 years.
Also to the Memory of ANN, daughter of JAMES and ANN LLEWELLIN, who died Sept. 18th 1824, aged 1 year 1 month
Grave No G.297
LLEWELLYN RICHARD d. 18.6.1891 Aged 28 years
LLEWELLYN RICHARD d. 16.5.1894 Aged 29 years
Re Above two Richard's grave info also advised by Malcolm Mason - The churchyard information was compiled by the Womens Institute in the 1980's as part of a project to record local history. I have been transcribing and updating their work. On the whole they were very accurate in their recording, but in some cases it is difficult to check as the gravestones have worn in the last twenty years and the lettering is no longer clear. This is the case with the inscription you wanted information on. I have attached a photograph ( authors note * it relates to the above richards ) . I have also attached an article that a friend of mine wrote, it mentions Phillip and confirms the picture of the man as a solid and respectable citizen. Perambulating Manor Bounds and the holding of a Court Leet By David Gorvett ( as supplied by Malcolm Mason )
This very ancient procedure used to be held every five years and the last occasion it was noted in the parish was in 1912 when Mrs. Perry-Herrick was still alive and was the Lord of the Manor of Eardisley, Borough and Foreign. It was quite a different ceremony from the annual 'Beating the Bounds', which dated from Queen Elizabeth I's reign, and had to take place during the three Rogation Days before Ascension Day. The Perambulation replaced the Sheriffs tour, or circuit, to enable the Tenants to make known their grievances, to secure the preservation of rights and to bind masters of families by 'frank-pledge' for mutual security. Frank-pledge was a part of old English Law by which units, or tithings, of ten households were formed in which the members were held responsible for one another's conduct~ a sort of mediaeval Neighbourhood Watch. Accounts of these Perambulations in Eardisley are scarce. It was known that one occurred on October 15th.1858, again on June 3rd. 1875 and the last of
which there is a record was 1912. The late Mrs. Margaret Hall collected the account which possibly came from a Deanery Magazine of that year.
"On the rising of the Court (Leet) the jury and a number of villagers walked to Woodseaves and hoisted a lad into an oak (Great Oak), and duly smoked him by burning a bolt of straw under him, painted some of the other lads and started off They had an hour for lunch and finished about 3.30pm. At 10.00am. next morning they restarted until they got back to Woodseaves Oak Here cheers were given for Mrs.Perry-Herrick who provided a dinner for all at the Tram Inn that evening" A great deal more detail appeared in the Parish Magazine for May 1875, written by the then Curate, Rev. Donald Cameron, whose contributions to the magazine have left us with some wonderful pictures of life in the parish in the 1870's and 1880's. It is
hoped to include this account, complete, in the Eardisley Archives on CD-Rom.
In addition to giving the itinerary of the Perambulation it shows how the Court Leet appointed the twelve-man Jury whose task it was to adjudge any grievances or infringement of rights of the Tenants within the Manor. The Steward of the Manor, Mr. A. Temple of Kington, met the tenants at the New Inn at 10.00am. on June 3rd 1875 and then swore in the following as Jurors: Mr. S. Evans of Parton, Mr. T. Griffiths of the Castle, Mr. J. Marston, Mr. W. Bufton of Willersley, Mr. Richard Wall, Rev. D. Cameron, Mr. J. Turner, Mr. J. Vaughan, Mr. J. Harper, Mr. P. Llewellyn, Mr. J. Phillips and Mr. J. Powell of the Mill. They all took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity to the Queen and to the Lord of the Manor. Then Mr Samuel Evans of Parton was elected High Bailiff, Mr. William Bufton of Willersley as Crier, and Mr. Phillip Llewellyn as Constable. These were joined by a number of other villagers including the Doctor (Hoffman), Powells, Cartwrights, Easts, Bromage and others. Then off they went to Woodseaves and two days of tramping round the farms with a 'capital dinner' at the New Inn at 5pm. each day, complete with toasts and speeches!
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Note: 1851 - Phillip was a 19 year old apprentice grocer residing at his masters house at 30 Eign Street, All saints, Hereford in the 1851 census. The head of the house was 49 year old Grocer, Abraham Powell born Staunon on Arrow and his wife Ann bor
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