Author Topic: "3 Rhydcaisfach" Llanfihangel Ystrad address in 1851 , Is it Still There ??  (Read 9230 times)

Offline mlrsuperstar

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Re: "3 Rhydcaisfach" Llanfihangel Ystrad address in 1851 , Is it Still There ??
« Reply #18 on: Saturday 01 December 18 09:58 GMT (UK) »
Hi Jane,
It's four and a half years since I last posted on this thread. I am remiss about three years ago (sorry ) I visited the ruin of Rhydycais Fach  after meeting with the farmer at Frongelyn who owns R.Y.C.F.
A very late post to say thanks.

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Re: "3 Rhydcaisfach" Llanfihangel Ystrad address in 1851 , Is it Still There ??
« Reply #19 on: Saturday 01 December 18 10:45 GMT (UK) »
It only works for adopted roads, and not in every country in the world, but Google Street View is very useful for finding if a building still exists. Recently I planned to visit a significant house in my research, but thought I'd look to see which end of a long road was the position of the house, and I discovered that there was a gap from number 30 to number 36, and a block of flats have been built in the place of these houses. A bit more Internet research showed that the house I was looking for was destroyed in 1940. It saved me a journey.  Google Earth can also be useful. Plus it's great fun anyway.

Martin