School in Carmarthen Wales[1]
Also known as Parc-y-felfed (or simply Parcyfelfed) preparatory school. Possibly also referred to as Park-y-Velvet Grammar School.
May have been a tertiary institution.
An 1877 advert described it as a classical, mathematical, and commercial school and it prepared young men for different colleges, with special attention on those preparing for the medical professions, pharmaceutical and civil service, Oxford and Cambridge entrance exams, and commercial pursuits.[2] So a finishing school of sorts or like a modern day sixth form college?
History
editOpened by Rev Titus Evans (father of Walter Jenkin Evans). He was a tutor therein 1855[3]
Also said to have been opened (for the year?) on 7 August 1884 by Rev J Cerridfryn Thomas
There was some controversy about the school in 1892.[4]
Principals
editRev. Titus Evans
Rev J Cerridfryn Thomas in 1884[5][6][7]
J B Thomas[8], the former's brother, in 1892)(sometime before 1919)[9]
Notable alumni
edit- Walter Jenkin Evans
- James Charles (1846 - 1920), Independent minister and theologian[10]
- Thomas Lewis (1837 - 1892), Independent minister and tutor[11]
- Watcyn Wyn, poet in 1875 about age 31[12]
References
edit- ^ "News from CARMARTHEN". National Library of Wales. South Wales Daily News. 30 April 1878. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ "Advertising". The Welshman. 17 August 1877. p. 1.
- ^ Davies, Jonathan Ceredig (1911). "Folklore of West and Mid-Wales". Project Gutenberg. p. 84. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ "Letters to the Editor". Newspapers.com. The Welshman. Jun 18, 1892. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ "Advertising". National Library of Wales. Wales: Tyst a'r Dydd newspaper. 1 February 1884. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ "Advertising". Y Tyst a'r Dydd newspaper. National Library of Wales. 19 September 1884. p. 1.
- ^ "Advertising". National Library of Wales. Tyst a'r Dydd - Welsh Newspaper. 1884-12-26. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ "Advertising". National Library of Wales - Welsh newspapers. The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser. 1919-06-27. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ "Correspondence with the Editor". The Welshman. Newspapers.com. 4 June 1892. p. 8.
- ^ "CHARLES, JAMES (1846 - 1920), Independent minister and theologian | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". biography.wales. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ "LEWIS, THOMAS (1837 - 1892), Independent minister and tutor | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". biography.wales. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ "The life and influence of Amman Valley's Victorian poet". South Wales Guardian. 2022-12-25. Retrieved 2024-03-15.