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Name	Age	Address
Matthew Henry Arnold Henry Roderick Emily Howell Gwendoline Gertrude Howell Jenkin Arthur Howell David Evans Sidney K Heppell Wilfred H Heppell Thomas Garfield Jones John C Harmston Annie Beatrice Jones Ivor Jones Davies Harold Humphreys Gladys Hughes Margaret Cecil Grier Trevor Flooks Dorothy Ann Morris David Davies David John Edwards William Edward Dovey Thomas Henry Dovey Martha Jane Griffiths Mary Hughes Margaret Morgan Fred C Goodwin Cledwyn Davies Gwladys Mary Lloyd Alfred Oswald Mander Ethel Gwen Jones Maggie May Lewis Josiah Edwards William Edwards David Giles Leigh Maggie Gwen Lewis Trevor Evans Edith Thomas David Jones C.M. Edith Hughes Thomas Charles Johnstone George Gould Gordon Johnstone Mary Evans Frederick Garnant Thomas Morgan Jones Elizabeth Jane Meyler Lizzie Jones Edwin John Williams Maggie Thomas Margaret Ann Davies Aenid Picton Mabel Shaw Philip Jones David John Evans Lillie Goodwyn Annie Elin Jones John Jenkin Harris John Daniel Jones David Llewelyn Annie Herbert Gertrude Jane Davies Gladys Helena Kate Jones Myfanwy Harris John Lloyd May E Protheroe David Thomas Philip Jenkins Margaret Hannah Rees William Hamlyn Whiting Pollie Mills Thomas Hopkin Morgan Evan Griffith Howells Henry James Williams John Harries John Edward Martin Bishop Mary Elizabeth Davies Mary Rebecca Jane John	11.5 11.3 12.7 10.8 13.7 13.7 11.3 11.3 16.7 13.1 13.9 11.8 15.0 10.0 13.0 12.6 14.4 12.4 12.9 11.3 14.0 13.7 14.0 15.2 14.6 15.7 13.9 9.6 12.7 14.3 15.5 13.2 13.9 13.5 — 12.7 19.5 13.2 14.8 12.6 15.4 12.4 13.1 12.3 12.6 12.0 12.5 13.7 10.8 12.9 14.5 11.1 12.6 13.4 12.0 12.0 13.5 13.4 14.3 14.1 13.1 12.9 12.9 12.9 11.8 14.0 — 13.4 11.9 12.5 12.3 12.6 13.6 13.2 11.8	12, Margaret St Ashbrook House, Clifton St Greenhill, Aberaman Greenhill, Aberaman 67, Bute St 5, Llewellyn St Fforchneol House, Cwmaman Fforchneol House, Cwmaman 28, Station Rd, Hirwaun 7, Cardiff St Taff Vale House, Aberdare 6, Cardiff St Rose Aman Cottage, Cwmaman The Newlands, Trecynon Stationer’s Hall, Mountain Ash 1, Dover Terrace, Gadlys Road 19, Fforchaman Road, Cwmaman 8, Cardiff St 100, Fforchaman Road, Cwmaman Queen’s Hotel, Aberdare Queen’s Hotel, Aberdare Green Dragon, Aberdare 6, Park Lane, Trecynon Ynysdeg, Glynneath 15, Tudor Terrace 6, Cardiff St 39, Albert St 42, Commercial St Cefndon Farm, Hirwaun 25, Pendarren St Bute Arms, Aberdare Bute Arms, Aberdare 4, Tanybryn St 25, Lewis St, Aberaman 13, Cynon Terrace, Hirwaun Castle Inn, Cwmdare 4, Agent›s Row, Abernant Apple Tree Inn, Trecynon St Cloud, Cwmbach St Cloud, Cwmbach 18, Stuart St Berthlwyd Cottage, Hirwaun Dyllas, Llwydcoed 31, Merthyr Rd, Hirwaun 3, Bute Place, Penderyn Rd, Hirwaun 63, Tramway, Hirwaun Lamb & Flag, Aberaman 5, Gadlys Hall Terrace (sic) Ivy Green, Hirwaun Campbell Terrace, Mountain Ash 22, Hill St, Aberaman 13, King St, Aberaman Court Lodge, Hirwaun Tanybryn, Mountain Ash Glanaman Cottage 357, Cardiff Rd, Aberaman Penfathor Farm, Ystradfellte Sunny Bank, Mountain Ash The Poplars, Mountain Ash 29, Clifton St 2, Margaret St, Trecynon Emlyn House, Mountain Ash 1, Pendarren St New Inn, Rhigos Station House, Mill St 2, Bwllfa Road, Cwmdare Industrial Farm 11, Stuart St 5, Tramway, Hirwaun Maesgwyn, Cwmdare 2, Wyndham Crescent, Aberaman Heol-las Farm, Rhigos 62,Tramway, Hirwaun 43,Oxford St, Mountain Ash 12, Merthyr Rd, Hirwaun

Notes

Age on Entry Pupils entering Form 1 were aged 12+ in the early days of the school. There was no Form 2 and the four-year course to School Certificate concluded in Form 5.
In 1898 the school was recruiting pupils for all Forms, as well as for Form 1, so for example ? ? ? ? , would have entered directly into a higher Form.

Henry Roderick

Howell of Greenhill

John Howell Auctioneer etc Greenhill House stood at in a field sandwiched between Brook Street, Aberaman, and the Dare-Aman branch railway line

Heppells Fforchneol Farm, also known as Fforchneol House, was for 17 years the home of W.J. Heppell, (1856–1911), mining engineer and colliery agent. Heppell came from South Shields, but spent the last thirty years of his life in the South Wales coal industry living for almost all these years in Cwmaman. He was managing director of the Cwmaman Coal Company, was a member of the South Wales Coalowners' Association, and was chairman of that body in 1909. He was for many years a member of the Aberdare School Board and was its chairman from 1901 until the dissolution of the Board on September 30th 1903. Mr & Mrs Heppell sent three of their daughters and two of their sons to the County School in Trecynon. Heppell was a life-long abstainer and was an ardent advocate of temperance principles. The family attended St David’s Presbyterian Church in the High Street. Heppell moved to Radyr two years before he died.

? ? ? Harmston was the son of Albert Edward Harmston who ran the Harmston Music Warehouse at 7 Cardiff St., in Aberdare. Willie became a pipe organ builder. He died in Sussex in 1959. Mr Harmston senior was also a musician and was organist at Green Street Wesleyan Methodist Church. He was the first to play the newly installed Conacher organ in October 1894. (This organ was subsequently replaced in the 1990s by a Sweetland organ, and is played by the current organist Sheridan George, ABGS 1951–58.) The RCT Photographic Archive has an excellent photograph of Harmston senior seated at the Green Street Methodist Church organ; Archive Item Number: 31/b/031.

Taff Vale House -???

Rose Aman Cottage, Cwmaman

Son of Thomas Humphreys a Baptist minister.

Harold became a clerk in the colliery.

Newlands Large House near the top of Broniestyn Terrace, Trecynon.

Queen’s Hotel Burtons

Green Dragon Pub Green St, demolished 19??

6 Park Lane Daughter of David Hughes, an auctioneer

Ynysdeg, Pontwalby

Mander, Comercial St later Cliton St, then Glanynys. AOF fought in WW1 rising to the rank of major. In 1915 Married to Marguerite Frances Morgan daughter of Col. Morgan Morgan of Maesydderwen Mountain Ash. He died in Porthcawl aged 41 in January 1930. AL 15th May 1915 page 4 ,
Glancynon

Cefndon Farm - near & north east of Hirwaun railway station.

Bute - Commercial Place - now Victoria Square. Still in business.

Castle Inn in the centre of Cwmdare.

St Cloud, Cwmbach Scottish family of David Johnstone, physician & Surgeon. Later the residence of Dr Patrick Murphy.

Berthlwyd Cottage

Dyllas, Llwydcoed - well known at one time as being the home of Dr Alistair Wilson.

Lamb & Flag

Ivy Green

Court Lodge

Tanybryn

Penfathor Farm

New Inn

Mill St, Station House

Industrial Farm

Evan Howells was a member of the Howells of Maesgwyn family. They were farmers and landowners. Marie Howells the school’s peripatetic strings teacher was also a member of this family. Evan had Winifred and her three sisters eventually moved, in the early twentieth century, to Broniestyn House in Trecynon.

Heol - las Farm, Rhigos

 

Amongst the parental occupations of the 1898 intake, there were ? colliers, ? grocers, ? farmers/agricultural workers, ? publicans, ? mining related occupations, and ? drapers.

 

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