ROWLAND VAUGHAN JONES BORN 1860

[curiousone]

Hi
i am helping a friend with her family history. Her grandfather Rowland Vaughan Jones married her grandmother Mary Edwards in 1905 at Bala registry office. They both resided at Bochyrhaiadr in Llanycil.I cannot find any reference to this dwelling or farm as both families were farmers. Any information would be helpful.

[gortonboy]

hi,,The village of Capel Celyn and the Tryweryn valley near Bala were drowned in 1965 in order to supply water for the City of Liverpool. Eight hundred acres of land was drowned, as well as the school, the post office, the chapel and the cemetery, in order to create the Llyn Celyn (Celyn lake) reservoir.

Twelve farms and land belonging to four other farms were drowned.One of the farms was BOCHYRHAEADR.

[curiousone]

thank you that is sad. would you know if the bodies from the cemetery were moved to another place?

[gortonboy]

The scheme went ahead despite public opposition, and Celyn lake was officially opened on 28 October 1965. New roads had to be built since the road from Bala to Ffestiniog was drowned, and the total cost of the project was £20 million. Celyn lake held a capacity of 71,200 mega litres of water, the biggest dam in Wales. There is a memorial on the side of the lake and a memorial garden, and the grave stones from Capel Celyn cemetery have been moved there.