Barry Genealogical Records
Barry Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Name index linked to original images of the baptism registers of Barry. Records document parents' names and date of baptism and/or birth.
Digital images of baptism registers that can be searched by name. They record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth, and list the baptised's name, date of birth and/or baptism and parents' names. They may also list where the parents lived, their occupations and occasionally other details.
An index of close to 1 million baptism, marriage and burial registers extracted from records of the Church of England.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
Barry Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Banns registers list the names of people who intended to marry by the system of calling banns, in which the bride and groom's name were called for three weeks at church. At these callings objections could be made to a marriage. They record the bride and groom's parish of residence, which may be recorded differently in the marriage register.
Abstracts of marriage licences granted by the Vicar-General in London. These licences could be used to marry in any church in the Province of Canterbury.
Digital images of registers recording 67,257 marriages and intentions to marry in Glamorganshire.
Digital images of marriage registers that can be searched by name. They contain written records of marriages and typically record the name of the bride and groom and date of marriage. They may also record occupations, residences, fathers' names, witnesses and other information about the marriage.
Barry Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Burial registers are the primary source for death documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They record the date someone was buried, their age & residence.
Burial registers record burials that occurred at St Nicholas, Barry. They are the primary source documenting deaths before 1837, though are useful to the present.
Burial records covering those buried at St Nicholas, Barry_. This resource is an index and may not include all the details that were recorded in the burial registers from which they were extracted.
Digital images of burial registers that can be searched by name. They contain records of burials, which typically occur a few days after death, and record the name of the deceased and date of death and/or burial. They may also list where the deceased lived, their age, names of relations, occupation and occasionally other details.
Barry Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
Digital images recording those eligible to vote in part of Glamorganshire.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering Barry
A Cardiff-based conservative newspaper the covered local news, sport, family notices etc. Each edition has been indexed and digitised.
A journal publishing historical sources relating to South Wales, with introductory texts, indexes and illustrations.
A twice-yearly English-language local history journal containing articles on historical topics, with references, book reviews, notes and news.
2,700 fully searchable editions of a conservative newspaper. It contained local news, family announcements, sports etc.
A liberal newspaper that published local news, family notices, adverts etc. It was liberal in politics. Each edition has been indexed and digitised.
Barry Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
A searchable database of mid-17th Century probates performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Supplies details of testator and executor.
An index to most surviving wills, administrations and inventories proved in Wales' six ecclesiastical courts and the Peculiar of Hawarden. Most documents are available to view online.
A index to testators whose will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. They principally cover those who lived in the lower two thirds of Britain, but contain wills for residents of Scotland, Ireland, British India and other countries. A copy of each will may be purchased for digital download.
Barry Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
A list of over 40,000 passengers traveling from North America to the British Isles. Details of passengers may include: occupation, nationality, gender, age, martial status, class, destination, and details of the vessel they sailed on.
Barry Military Records
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Details on around 165,000 men serving in the British Army, Navy and Air Force who were held as prisoners during WWII.
Index and original images of over 5 million medal index cards for British soldiers It can be searched by individual's name, Coprs, Unit and Regiment. Due to the loss of many WWI service records, this is the most complete source for British WWI soldiers
This rich collection contains contains records for 1.9 million non-commissioned officers and other ranks who fought in WWI. Due to bomb damage in WWI, around 60% of service records were lost. Documents cover: enlistment, medical status, injuries, conduct, awards and discharge. A great deal of genealogical and biographical documentation can be found in these documents, including details on entire families, physical descriptions and place of birth.
An index to nearly 900,000 military personnel who were awarded the Silver War Badge for sustaining injures. Records include rank, regimental number, unit, dates of enlistment and discharge, and reason for discharge.
Barry Court & Legal Records
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Digital images of ledgers recording those registered to vote, searchable by an index of 220 million names. Entries list name, address, qualification to vote, description of property and sometimes age and occupation.
From the late 18th century many prisoners in Britain were kept on decommissioned ships known as hulks. This collection contains nearly 50 years of registers for various ships. Details given include: prisoner's name, date received, age, year of birth and conviction details.
This collection lists brief details on 1.55 million criminal cases in England and Wales between 1791 and 1892. Its primary use is to locate specific legal records, which may give further details on the crime and the accused. Details may include the accused's age, nature of crime, location of trial and sentence. Early records can contain a place of birth.
Barry Taxation Records
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
An index to wills and administrations that incurred a death duty tax. The index can be used to order documents that give a brief abstract of the will and details on the duty. It can be used as a make-shift probate index.
Index to personal names listed in the Royalist Composition Papers that dealt with the estates of royalists.
Barry Land & Property Records
Digital images recording those eligible to vote in part of Glamorganshire.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Abstracts of records detailing the estates and families of deceased tenants from the reigns of Henry III and Edward I.
A searchable database of thousands of transcribed and abstracted manuscripts, largely pertaining to land.
Barry Directories & Gazetteers
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
Barry Cemeteries
An index to vital details engraved on over 80,000 gravestones and other monuments across the county of Glamorgan.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
A searchable database of photographs relating to railways and canals in Britain.
Barry Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Barry Histories & Books
A journal publishing historical sources relating to South Wales, with introductory texts, indexes and illustrations.
A twice-yearly English-language local history journal containing articles on historical topics, with references, book reviews, notes and news.
An annual journal containing scholarly articles on geology, archaeology and natural history, with book reviews and society notes.
Photographs and images of churches in Vale of Glamorgan.
A growing database including millions of photographs of the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Ireland catalogued by latitude & longitude and OS grid reference.
Barry School & Education Records
Transcriptions of admission registers for 10 Glamorganshire schools. Records contain date of birth and the name of a pupil's parent or guardian.
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
Barry Occupation & Business Records
A liberal newspaper that predominantly covered mercantile and shipping matters. It did not contain family announcements. Each edition has been indexed and digitised.
An introduction to smuggling on the west coast of Britain & the Isle of Man, with details of the act in various regions.
An index of Glamorgan police officers who came from the West Country.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Books listing doctors who were licensed to operate in Britain and abroad. Contains doctor's residencies, qualification and date of registration.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Barry
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Barry Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
A dictionary of families elevated to the peerage of Great Britain & Ireland. It includes genealogies and biographical details.
Lineages of Britain and Ireland's untitled landed families; supplemented with biographical sketches.
Barry Church Records
The parish registers of Barry are a collection of books essentially documenting births, marriages and deaths. Their records can assist tracing a family as far back as 1724.
The primary source of documentation for baptisms, marriages and burials before 1837, though extremely useful to the present. Their records can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
Digital images of registers that record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth; marriages and burials. The registers can be searched by name and can help establish links between individuals back to the 16th century.
An index of close to 1 million baptism, marriage and burial registers extracted from records of the Church of England.
The parish registers of Wales are a collection of books documenting baptisms, marriages and burials from 1914 to 2013.
Biographical Directories Covering Barry
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Barry Maps
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
An interactive map featuring four OS map editions published between 1868 and 1954. To load a map select the menu tab on the far right, select the edition you wish to view and zoom in to a locality.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
Maps of parishes in England, Scotland and Wales. They are useful in determining which parish records may be relevant to your research.
Barry Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in Wales.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Historical Description
BARRY is a town, parish and seaport on the Bristol Channel, with a terminal station on the Barry railway, forming a junction at Cogan with the Taff Vale railway to Cardiff and Penarth; there are also branch lines connecting the dock with the Rhondda, Aberdare and Merthyr Valleys coal fields, which join the Taff Vale at Hafod and Treforest, and the Great Western at Peter-stone; the town is 178 miles from London, 8 south-west from Cardiff, 5 west from Penarth, 31 east from Swansea and 20 from Newport, Mon. in the Southern division of the county of Glamorgan, Dynas Powis petty sessional division and hundred, Cardiff union and county court district, rural deanery of Llandaff Lower (western division), and archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaff. Barry, until the commencement of the dock in 1884, was a small village of no importance, having at the census of 1881 only 17 inhabited, houses, in which is families resided, the total population being then 85; by 1891 it had grown into a town with a number of well paved streets, good shops, handsome villas and houses, a first-class hotel and a market hall, and it has now become a place of much consequence. The town is delightfully seated on rising ground, commanding fine views of the Bristol Channel, and was governed by a Local Board from July 12, 1888, until the “Local Government Act, 1894,” established the present Urban District Council. The district governed comprises the parishes of Barry, Cadoxton, Merthyr Dovan and part of Sully; it is lighted with gas by the Barry and Cadoxton Urban District Council Gas and Water Department, established September 25, 1886, by a company and acquired by the Council in November, 1894, from their works at Barry Dock, their reservoirs at Pencoedtre and Stumphall having a total capacity of 1,200,000 gallons, and they have a pumping station at Biglis, Cadoxton.
The church of St. Nicholas, standing on an eminence about half-a-mile west of the town, is a building of stone in the Early English style, erected in 1876, on the site of an older church, at a cost of £2,740; it consists of chancel, nave, north vestry, south porch and a western bell-cote, containing one bell: there are 150 sittings. The register dates from the year 1813, the earlier ones having been either lost or destroyed. The living is a rectory, attached to that of Porthkerry, yearly tithe rent-charge £50, joint met income £404, with 10 acres of glebe, in the gift of the representatives of the late Sir S. Romilly, and held since 1865 by the Rev. Edmund Edward Allen M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, hon. canon and prebendary of Llandaff and rural dean, who resides at Porthkerry.
The church of St. Paul, erected at a cost of £2,500, on a site given by Mrs. Jenner, of Wenvoe castle, and consecrated in Sept. 1893, is a structure of brick in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south, aisle, and a tower, and will seat about 400. Rev. John. Price, of St. Bees, has been curate in charge since 1885.
The English Congregational school chapel in Windsor; road, erected in 1890, is a brick building with Gothic, front and cost £750: it will seat 380; in connection with this chapel there is a Mutual Improvement Society.
The Presbyterian chapel in High street, erected in 1895 at a cost of £3,000, is a building of stone and will seat 550 persons.
Bethesda Welsh Congregational chapel, High street (formerly the Public Hall), was built in 1387, and purchased for its present uses in 1891 at a cost of £1,100; it will seat 600 persons.
The Bible Christian chapel, Court road, Barry Dock, is a stone building, erected in 1891, at a cost of £1,219 and consists of two floors, the ground floor being used as a chapel with sittings for about 350 persons and the upper floor as a Sunday school.
At the back of Dock chambers is an iron, church for the use of Norwegian and German seamen, erected in 1890 and cost about £350, contributed mainly by Cardiff merchants, it will seat 250.
The Barry Seaman’s Institute, in connection with the British and Foreign Sailors’ Society, standing between the Dock and railway station, is a brick building erected in 1890, at a cost of £900, subscribed chiefly by Cardiff merchants: the building comprises coffee bar, reading and service rooms.
The Coastguard Station at Cold Knap, includes a life-boat house, and is provided with the usual life-saving apparatus and a rocket stand provided by the Board of Trade.
The County Police Station in Holton road, Barry Dock, erected in 1886, comprises quarters for a superintendent, two sergeants and single constables, and has four cells: a new court house and offices adjoining were erected in 1891; the petty sessions are held here weekly: there is a branch station at 44 High street, containing 2 cells and quarters for a sergeant and 3 constables, and another at Illesleigh street, Cadoxton, with quarters for one sergeant and 2 constables.
The Barry Market, a commodious structure of brick with Bath stone dressings, erected in, 1890 by the Barry Market Co. Limited, at a cost of £3,500, is now used as a Concert Hall.
The Public Free Library in Holton road, Barry Dock, was opened in Nov. 1892, and contains 1,954 volumes; attached to the library are three reading rooms, situated respectively at Barry, Cadoxton and Barry Dock.
The statue near the Docks of the late David Davies, who died in 1890, was erected by the Barry Railway Company.
Near Barry are the ruins of Barry castle, founded by a Norman knight named De Barri, in the 13th century; a gateway and portcullis chamber alone are now remaining. Barry House is the residence of Edwin R. Moxey, esq. J.P. Lord Romilly is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is stiff clay; subsoil, lias limestone. The chief crops are wheat, oats and pasture. The area of the parish is 539 acres of land and 156 of fore-shore; rateable value, £8,723; the population in 1891,765.
The area of the urban district is 3,323 acres; and the population in 1891 was 13,278.
Holton is a portion of Merthyr Dovan parish, and is absorbed in Barry Dock.
BARRY DOCK AND RAILWAYS.-Barry Dock is on the north shore of the Bristol Channel, about 7 miles west of Cardiff and 31 miles east of Swansea; the Bristol Channel opposite here being 13 miles in width and the sea approach remarkably easy owing to the absence of any rocks or shoals in this part of the channel, which is well lighted. There is a depth of 26 feet at low water of spring tides within 700 yards of the entrance to the dock. The main object served by the Barry Dork is to afford increased facilities for the shipment of coal from the great coal-field of South Wales, and also to provide accommodation for an import trade. The Barry Railway Company has about 29 ½ miles of railways, to connect the dock with the various collieries and also with the Taff Vale Company’s line at Penarth Dock. The collieries in the Rhondda and Aberdare valleys are reached by means of junctions with the Taff Vale railway, at Hafod and Treforest, and the collieries in the Llynvi, Ogmore and other valleys in that neighbourhood by a junction with the Great Western railway at Peterstone. The Vale of Glamorgan Railway now (1895) in course of construction will afford a new and direct route from the Llynvi, Garw, and Ogmore coalfields to Barry Dock, a distance of about 20 miles, and will be worked by the Barry Railway Company in perpetuity. The Dock entrance is at the eastern end and lies-well under the shelter of the high land of Barry Island from all westerly and south-westerly winds, and sheltered southward and to the south-east by breakwaters, which cover completely these points of exposure. From Barry Island to Sully Island, which is about 3 miles east, there is good anchorage ground, and this is of importance from the fact that Barry dock, like ail the other docks in the Bristol Channel, is a tidal dock, accessible only within a few hours of high, water. The tidal range at Barry is 36 feet at ordinary spring tide-increased to 40 feet at equinoctial and extraordinary springs; and 19 ½ feet ab ordinary neaps-diminished bo 16 feet at extraordinary neaps. The breakwaters are formed of rubble, protected on the sea-side by large blocks of mountain, limestone. The eastern breakwater is 2,600 feet in length and the western one is 1,500 feet long. The waterway between the heads is 350 feet, and the entrance channel is lighted by a flashing white light of the 5th order exhibited in a lighthouse, 44 feet above high water ordinary spring tides. The channel has been dredged from the breakwater heads to the entrance to the dock, a distance of 450 yards. The entrance to the dock is 80 feet wide, and gives access to a basin 500 feet wide and 600 feet long, having an area of 7 acres, surrounded by vertican masonry walls. Timber guiding jetties, 200 feet in length, are erected seaward of the entrance. The depth of water on the sill, which is curved, is as follows: —
| High water ordinary spring tides | 37.7 | feet |
| Low water ordinary spring tides | 1.6 | feet |
| High water ordinary neap tides | 29.3 | feet |
| Low water ordinary neap tides | 9.7 | feet |
Between the basin and the dock is the inner entrance, or passage, also 80 feet wide, with the same depth of water on the sill; the passage is crossed by a rolling bridge for rail and road traffic. All the four faces of the entrance and passage have been made with smooth granite quoins and a caisson has been provided which will fit any of the four faces. A lock, having a length of 647 feet and a width of 65 feet is being constructed, making it the only dock on the Bristol Channel available at practically all states of the tide. The dock gates are opened and closed by direct acting hydraulic rams of sufficient strength to resist the is shock of waves in rough weather, and so to hold the gates rigidly during their movement. The clock is 3,100 feet in length, and the maximum width is 1,100 feet, divided at the western end by the mole into two arms 1,500 feet long and about 500 feet wide, and 1,200 feet long and 300 feet wide respectively; the full width is left at the eastern end for a length of 1,600 feet to give ample space for the largest ships to swing, even when the dock is crowded with shipping. As trade increases it will be possible to project jetties from the eastern side of the dock for the accommodation of export or import traffic, without unduly encroaching on the wide part of the dock. The water area of the dock, with 26 feet of water at high water of neap tides, is 70 acres, but the water area of the dock at high water, ordinary spring tides, is 73 acres. The shipping of coal takes place on the north side of the dock, on the mole, at the west end of the dock and at the west end of the south wall; twenty-four coal tips are provided; at four places on the north side of the dock provision is made for movable coal tips to permit of coal being loaded into two or three hatchways of a ship at once when unusual dispatch is required. One movable tip has been provided on the north side of the dock, and one on the south side. The eastern end of the dock is used for the timber trade, and the wide quay space further eastward, and a long space of ground 150 feet wide, along the south side of the timber pond, is devoted to timber merchants’ premises. At the western end of the dock provision has been made for sluicing out Barry harbour by the construction of a large culvert, 8 feet in diameter; and at spring tides, when the water impounded in the dock is more than is wanted, a large quantity can be allowed to Tun at low water along the channel of the harbour; the culvert is partly of iron and partly of masonry, and the sluices are worked by direct acting hydraulic cylinders. Hydraulic capstans for manipulating the coal wagons are provided at all the tips, and large hydraulic ship capstans are placed at the entrance jetties, entrance and passage: the work of the dock is chiefly carried on by hydraulic pressure, and pumping engines for this purpose are placed in an engine house near the east end of Barry Island and at the west end of the dock. The stone for the walls was brought partly from the shore near Sully, where a red sandstone is found, and the remainder and larger portion from a quarry of mountain limestone near Wenvoe, about 4 ½ miles northward of the dock: the quoins, sill stones, copings and similar parts are of Cornish granite. The dock and sidings are lighted by electric light, with an installation of 70 are lights, of 3,000 candle power, and 600 incandescent lights and this power is still being extended. The cost of the dock and its surroundings, which it is somewhat difficult to separate from the cost of the railway, has been about £850,000, including the breakwaters, sidings and machinery. The first sod was cut by Lord Windsor in November, 1884. The first pump began to work in March, 1886, and the second in October, 1886. The dock was opened for traffic on the 18th of July, 1889. There is a private graving dock, 700 feet long, 100 feet broad and 27 feet deep, belonging to the Barry Graving Dock and Engineering Co. The engineers of the company (excepting for the railway northward of Pontypridd, for which Sir J. W. Szlumper is engineer) are Mr. John Wolfe Barry, Mr. T. Forster Brown and Mr. H. M. Brunei, for the dock and railways. The resident engineer is Mr. James Bell C.E. The contractor employed for the construction of the dock was the late Mr. T. A. Walker.
Returns of Shipping and Shipments.-The following are the official returns issued by the Barry Company with reference to the shipping and register tonnage of vessels at Barry dock, together with the shipments of coal and coke, the imports and sundry exports at the same place for the years 1889 to 1894:-Number of vessels, registered tonnage, imports and exports for the years 1889 to 1893. From July 18, 1889, number of vessels 564, registered tonnage 528,206; imports of pitwood 7,470, timber 2,343, rails 2,224, silver sand 521, iron and iron ore 942, building materials 880, general merchandise 365; exports: coal 1,076,070, coke 12,387, iron and iron ore 2,496. general merchandise 713. Total imports, 14,745; exports, 1,091,666.
Number of vessels (1890) 1,721, registered tonnage 1,653,352. Imports: 63,675; exports, 3,201,597. Vessels (1891) 2,128, tonnage, 2,038,077. Imports, 87,533; exports, 3,968,041; (1892) vessels, 2,182, tonnage, 2,236,827. Imports, 81,764; exports, 4,201,865; (1893) vessels, 2,162, tonnage, 2,199,906. Imports, 145,406; exports, 4,217,171. Report for 1894:-Number of vessels, 2,166, registered tonnage, 2,510,603. Imports: pitwood 138,603, timber, 17,952, rails 1,607, silver sand 4,149, iron and iron ore 548, building materials 3,152, general merchandise 1,686. Total imports, 167,697; Exports: coal, 4,822,921, coke, 73,763, iron and iron ore, 253, general merchandise 2,380. Total exports. 4,899,317; total imports and exports, 5,067,014. Total imports and exports from July 18th, 1889 to 1894, 22,140,477 tons.
Places of Worship, with times of Services
St. Nicholas Church, Barry hill, Rev. Edmund Edward Allen M.A. rector; Rev. John Le Geyt Du Heaume, curate; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
St. Paul’s, East Barry, Rev. John Price, curate in charge; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.
Baptist (English), Harbour road, Rev. Harry John Horn; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; seat 400.
Baptist (Welsh), Holton road, Barry dock; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seat 300.
Bible Christians, Court road, Barry dock, Rev. Jabez Honey; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seat 350.
Brethren, Gospel Hall, Porthkerry road; 11 & 6.30.
Calvinistic (Welsh), Methodist, Newland street, Rev. Walter Daniel; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; seat 150.
Calvinistic (Welsh), High street, Rev. William Watkin Williams; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. & Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seat 450.
Congregational (English), Windsor road, Rev. David Henry Rees; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.; seat 380.
Congregational (Welsh), High street, Rev. John Howell; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; seat 600.
Congregational (Welsh) Tabernacle, Holton road; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; seat 475.
Presbyterian, High street, Rev. Christmas Jermain Lewis; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. 7 p.m.; seat 550.
Wesleyan, top of Windsor road, Rev. John Courtenay James; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seat 400.
Iron Church, Barry dock, served from Cardiff; Norwegian service at 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. occasionally; German service at 10 a.m.
Seamen’s Institute, Barry dock, Capt, Edwd. Sharpies, missionary; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
St. Stephen’s Mission Room, Spencer place, Barry dock, 6.30 p.m.
Schools
A School Board of 9 members was formed 24 Nov. 1874, for the United District of Barry, Cadoxton & Merthyr Dovan; W. H. Lewis, Holton road, Barry Dock, clerk to the board.
Board, with master’s residence attached, erected in 1889, at a cost of £5,242 & enlarged in 1892, for 300 boys, 230 girls & 187 infants; average attendance, 240 boys, 215 girls & 173 infants.
Board, Holton road, erected in 1891, at a cost of £15,000, for 1,416 children; average attendance, boys 520, girls 430, infants 430.
Board School (infants), Romilly road, Barry, erected in 1893, for 250 children; average attendance, 147.
Most Common Surnames in Barry
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Dinas Powys Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan | 13 | 1:8 | 0.11% | 7 |
| 2 | Wilson | 11 | 1:9 | 2.49% | 105 |
| 3 | Jones | 8 | 1:13 | 0.03% | 1 |
| 3 | Griffiths | 8 | 1:13 | 0.11% | 10 |
| 5 | Hopkins | 7 | 1:14 | 0.27% | 24 |
| 6 | Dunn | 6 | 1:17 | 2.50% | 197 |
| 7 | Williams | 5 | 1:20 | 0.02% | 4 |
| 7 | Hobbs | 5 | 1:20 | 2.33% | 218 |
| 9 | Price | 3 | 1:34 | 0.08% | 18 |
| 9 | Gibson | 3 | 1:34 | 4.84% | 660 |
| 9 | Burbidge | 3 | 1:34 | 20.00% | 2,302 |
| 12 | Thomas | 2 | 1:51 | 0.01% | 3 |
| 12 | Green | 2 | 1:51 | 0.36% | 84 |
| 12 | Marshall | 2 | 1:51 | 1.01% | 239 |
| 12 | George | 2 | 1:51 | 0.15% | 37 |
| 12 | Croker | 2 | 1:51 | 5.00% | 980 |
| 17 | Hall | 1 | 1:101 | 0.24% | 110 |
| 17 | Hughes | 1 | 1:101 | 0.03% | 17 |
| 17 | Davis | 1 | 1:101 | 0.05% | 31 |
| 17 | Baker | 1 | 1:101 | 0.13% | 58 |
| 17 | Jenkins | 1 | 1:101 | 0.01% | 9 |
| 17 | Kelly | 1 | 1:101 | 0.42% | 198 |
| 17 | Saunders | 1 | 1:101 | 0.21% | 94 |
| 17 | Shepherd | 1 | 1:101 | 0.46% | 215 |
| 17 | Stephens | 1 | 1:101 | 0.10% | 47 |
| 17 | John | 1 | 1:101 | 0.02% | 12 |
| 17 | Gifford | 1 | 1:101 | 2.17% | 864 |
| 17 | Neighbour | 1 | 1:101 | 25.00% | 7,020 |
| 17 | Burston | 1 | 1:101 | 5.88% | 2,071 |
| 17 | Foard | 1 | 1:101 | 50.00% | 9,414 |
| 17 | Deere | 1 | 1:101 | 1.01% | 424 |
| 17 | Chope | 1 | 1:101 | 100.00% | 11,165 |
| 17 | Harres | 1 | 1:101 | 100.00% | 11,165 |
| 17 | Carcy | 1 | 1:101 | 100.00% | 11,165 |
| 17 | Marvley | 1 | 1:101 | 100.00% | 11,165 |