The Rolling Mill Pub

[J Evans]

Thanks for starting & hosting this great forum!!

I am looking for any information that anyone might have on the Rolling Mill owned by Abraham Evans in 1842. I found the reference in a history book on the Merthyr Chartist movement. The Evans I am interested in lived in Georgetown, so I am thinking that it is the Georgetown Rolling Mill listed on the pubs list here.

Can anyone help me nail down a location or any details?

The citation is on Google Books (http://books.google.com/books?ei=DLQoR6KjGKTOpwLH_43yDA&id=q3AwAAAAMAAJ&dq=the+rolling+mill%2C+merthyr&q=abraham+evans&pgis=1). More traditionally cited, it is at page 169 of The Chartists: Popular Politics in the Industrial Revolution By Dorothy Thompson (1984). I am awaiting a copy of that book to look for Ms. Thompson's sources.

[minstrel]

This may be no further help but Slaters Commercial Directory, Merthyr Tydfil 1858-9 lists 2 Rolling Mills under the heading of Taverns & Public Houses. In the directory, they are Rolling Mill Nant-y-gwenith Street run by Alexander Lewis & Rolling Mill, Dowlais run by David Jones.
There are Evans running other establishments being, James, Henry, Thomas, Edward, Daniel & 2 Margarets. There are lots of Evans listed as Beer Retailers & Thomas Evans at the Taff Brewery.

[joevans3]

Thanks. The Evans had left by 1858. However, would either of those two locations be in Georgetown? Family tradition has it that the pub was left to employees.

[bynwalters]

I'm surprised nobody answered. Nantygwenith St;, is part of Georgetown, Dowlais is elsewhere.

[flip43]

Can anyone provide the address of the Rolling Mill in Dowlais and can that address be located or identified in modern Dowlais?

[davies]

Hi - Yes and no. I believe that the Rolling Mill was in Horse Street. I remember going there often when it was a private home to two elderly ladies who were friends of my grandparents, one of them I believe had been a landlady of the pub previously. No, the whole area was flattened in the 60s/70s. Along with many interesting places, some of which would posibly have preservation orders on them in this day and age.

[TonyC]

Hi.
Yes, The Rolling Mill was in Horse St in Dowlais, it was at the bottom of the street so I think it would have been #1,
I used to live in #8 on the same side, and as has been said above, sadly it's now all gone.

[glam]

Hi

The rolling mill was number 1 - my great great grandfather was landlord of the pub in 1891. His name was Daniel Griffiths.