World's End, Swansea

[welshgirl]

Does anyone know anything about World's End area of Swansea.  I know it existed, but where was it?

[pinot]

Hi WG,
    Googling gave me this extract on Genuki from the 1871 census (the only details)

Sch. 244. 8 World's End

WATKINS John/h/m/19/House Carpenter/b/Swansea

WATKINS Margaret/wife/18/b. Swansea

WATKINS Thomas/son/11 months/b. Swansea

                 World's End is in District Four in 1871, some other streets being Wellington St., Garden St. and Clarence St. No doubt someone more knowledgeable than me will give you more detailed info soon.

                            Pinot (missing his warm hat) 

[heddwch]

Hell, Happy 2010

Garden Street in the Quadrant( the main shopping area ) Near by is Clarence and Wellington Street. There is a new road ,FforddyGollewin and a bus station. Perhaps this replaced `Worlds End`
Happy Searching
Heddwch

[bernard_lewis]

I can't see it on a repro map I have dated 1878 near the streets you mention. But the map ends just south of these streets (just south of the gas works) and there is what seems to be a large strip of 'empty' land to the west. Not labelled but it extends off the map. The sea is not too far off to the slouth, either.

Bernard

[Jan Jones]

Calvert Richard Jones of Veranda, Swansea

<D/D Z 2/1> Lease for 99 years (attested copy), for £7
There were 8 entries for the 1871 Census on the street named Worlds End. Family names were: Brown, James, Pike, Jones, Thomas, Welch, Hopkins and Watkins.
Following is a description from Swansea City & County Archives:
12s.0d. yearly, 29 Sep. 1804: Calvert Richard Jones of Veranda, Swansea, esq., to Jacob Coh,Sn of Swansea, salesman: Land for building, between the road leading from Calvert Street towards Gower and the road leading from World's End towards St. Helen's, in Swansea. Enclosed: Licence to transfer Lease of property built on above land at the corner of Orange Street, Swansea, from Matilda Cohen of Swansea, spinster., to Rob. Savage and Hen. Clivey, for the residue of the term, 3 Feb. 1866. 1804
[1 file of 7 ff]

Hope its helpful!    Janice

[Roger Wedlake]

Dear All,
I  had a family member living at No 1, World's End, Swansea and was also uncertain about it's location. Last Friday I visited the West Glamorgan Archives and the archivist was most helpful. She was able to follow the enumerators route when taking the census and almost certainly able to pinpoint the location as being on the south side of Wassail Street, running almost in an East-West direction between Thomas Street/Garden Street and Rutland Street. It is actually in Wassail Street and must have been a local name at the time. This is at the back of the Market on the ground where Debenhams now stands. I have an old map obtained from the Archives. The Rutland Arms is shown to the east of No 1, World's End at the junction with Rutland Street.

[Ironman52]

Here is a link to a map showing World's End
https://viewer.library.wales/4715288#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=24&xywh=10139%2C9468%2C2712%2C2813

[Mabel Bagshawe]

A newspaper item from 1888 says

"...Wassail-street (a district better known as the World's End),"