West Cross, Mumbles
Photo: Houses and gardens on West Cross Estate, are still under construuction
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Editors Note: Changing Boundaries: West Cross developed during the 20th Century and before that time, according to the censuses, houses in this areas would be addressed either: Norton, Blackpill or Mayals.
"Some Ideas on West Cross History"
from “Gower”, 58 (2007), pages 43-53.By Gerald Gabb'If you wanted to be provocative, you could say that West Cross (where I live) is more of a gap than a place . . . It denotes everything from the Mayals to Norton, from the West Cross Inn to 'East moor' on Clyne Common, but there never has been a village, or even hamlet, of West Cross. It is just a sprawl of houses in streets, randomly named, many of them after trees . . .'
West Cross
By Jacky Dodd
We moved into our new home on 22nd December 1952, when houses were still being constructed all around us on West Cross estate.
I was one of the first pupils at Mayals School, was it 1959 or 60?.
by Wendy Cope
In 1945 Swansea Council planned the estate to help overcome the shortage of housing and eventually compulsorily purchased Grange Farm.
Grandpa (Max Gronow) and Dad, (John Cooke) age 24, are in overalls and are pictured with the builders while building their bungalow at number 30, Riversdale Road, some time during 1955.
by Louise Davies
by Wendy Cope
Rev. Samuel Davies decided to build a new house on his property, which would be more in keeping with his position and chose a site nearer the turnpike road, with good sea views.
Ref. Modern boundaries:
by Wendy Cope
This house was possibly built about 1860 on land leased from the Duke of Beaufort. In 1865 it was owned and lived in by 28 year old John Ivor Evans and his wife Henrietta. He was an accountant with an interest in property.
by Wendy Cope
In June 1807 West Cross House was advertised as being for sale together with 12½ acres of meadow, now occupied by Grange and St. David’s schools. The estate was bought by Henry Andrews who lived at Norton Villa.
By Wendy Cope
Brynhyfryd, a large seven bedroom house with cellars, stables and two acres of land, was built on land leased from the Duke of Beaufort for 75 years from 25th December 1863 at an annual rent of £40 . . .
By Wendy Cope
The house we know as Longfields is one of a pair built probably in the early 1850s. The other house was known as Cae Hir, which is Welsh for long field, which was the name of the long and narrow field on which they were built.
by Robert Barnes
Bethany Baptist Church, West Cross 1851-2001 Rev Joshua Thomas, Baptist Minister at Leominster in the 18C stated that ..
by Jenny Secombe
... one of extremes. My adventurous and generous parents would jet us off to the West Indies for Christmas and to glamorous European resorts at Easter time, but I was never ...
Andrew, I spent most of the school holidays with our maternal grandparents in West Cross. Every morning, there was an exciting expectancy, when we woke up ...
by Carol Powell MA
Caring Within The Community Mumbles Red Cross Hospitals Victoria Hall Red Cross Nurses Tucked away in a corner of the main room at Victoria Hall in Dunns Lane, is a . . .
by Carol Powell MA
One occasion in the train during the Second World War . . .
‘We were going to West Cross and there was a train in front of us, which we were supposed to . . .
by Joyce Ellis (nee Maslen)
My Grandfather, Frederick Joseph Maslen of Arcadian Cottage, West Cross, was a carpenter, undertaker and boat builder. The smells of his workshop remain in my Memory . . .
... District Council, referred to the need for more light at the upper end of West Cross Lane. It had been decided to inform the owners of the new houses erected ...
by Carol Powell
... introduced a road widening and landscaping scheme along the shore line between Blackpill and West Cross. Several properties between the Mumbles Road and the shore were purchased and demolished and ...
by Carol Powell
... stray back to one sunny spring morning in 1952, when I walked nervously up West Cross Lane to my new school, Grange. It was not only ‘new’ because I had ...
by Joyce Ellis (nee Maslen)
... following Monday. We all had a good ‘leave’ together at home at Arcadian House, West Cross. Then on the Saturday, we went to the ‘Mackworth’ in High Street, Swansea for ...
Photo: My father, Alfred Cleveland MASLEN is on the left
by Sue Barr
... At Grange House, on the Mumbles Road between Blackpill and West Cross. My Grandmother, Ada Noyes, ladies maid (photo) was so proud of the days she ...
by Carol Powell MA
Cycling on the turnpike road between Blackpill and West Cross, pre 1890 Until 1826, when the Swansea to Oystermouth turnpike road opened, Mumbles had been a ...
by Carol Powell M.A.
. . . Many wives and mothers worked non-stop at home, without the help of what we today would consider essential modern aids.
... box on the shore, near the garage. This picture shows the Mumbles Train at West Cross, but you can also see, in the foreground, some of the anti-tank blocks ...
by Dave Richards
... Llwynderw seems to be no exception. My dad, Gerry Richards lived in Birchfield Rd, West Cross and was a caretaker at Llwynderw House following its closure. Recently, he was reminiscing ...