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Our next meeting:-

Full details of our forthcoming events can be found on our Programme Page.

Newsletter:

Our December Newsletter is now available online and contains the following interesting articles:-

  • Those Were the Days – Les Phillips
  • Affiliation and Bastardy Orders – Jon Roberts

Plus an ammusing editorial piece describing how one Christmas a man working at the Roath Tram Depot brought all the trams in Cardiff to a halt.

Our latest blog:

I wonder is King Charles recalls posing for his first portait? The painter was Margaret Lindsay Williams. To claim she was a Roath girl is probably stretching it a bit though she was born in Gordon Road, off Richmond Road but then her parents moved to Barry soon afterwards. She was a prolific and very talented artist. Read more about her life in our latest blog: Margaret Lindsay Williams – Royal Portrait Artist.

1953 – the first painting of Prince Charles and Princess Anne.

      Facebook

      You may like to consider joining our new Roath Local History Society Facebook group.  It is another way of sharing some of the fascinating history of the area and of advertising our society.

      Just follow this link:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/roathlocalhistorysociety

      You will be asked to answer one simple question on joining: ‘What city is Roath in?’  This may seem strange but it is to try and prevent robots joining the group.

      Society Background:

      Roath is a suburb of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Our area of interest is not just Roath as we know it today but all areas that were in the ancient parish of Roath.  That includes the suburbs of Adamsdown, Splott, Tremorfa, Pengam, Plasnewydd, Penylan, parts of Cathays and Cyncoed as well as Roath itself.

      St Edwards, Blenheim Road - Photo from church website

      Our lively and interesting meetings are held at 7.30pm on the second Wednesday of the month from September through to May.  See Programme for details.

      We meet at  St Edward’s church, Westville Road, Pen-y-lan, Cardiff. CF23 5DE.

      Annual membership is just £13 (membership form)  and visitors are welcome to attend any meeting for £3.

      In June and July we undertake a series of trips to places of historic interest in both Cardiff and the wider South Wales area.

      Roath, Splott and Adamsdown - 1000 Years of History

      We are now over 40 years old. More information on our activities can be found on the  Society page. A Short History of Roath Local History Society has also recently been added and can be found on the Society page. 

      We have published a number of books about Roath history.  These together with links to other books of interest can be found on the Publications page.

      On our Links page we have listed websites that ma be of interest to people studying local history in the Cardiff and surrounding areas.

      In our Local History section we have started to assemble articles on a whole range of topics connected to the old parish of Roath.

      Finally, we draw your attention to our Blog.  We hope you enjoy the posts and having a wander around the website.

      Thanks for visiting.