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KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE 1901
TREDEGAR

Part 4: Poor Law Union (Bedwellty) and Public Officers

BEDWELLTY UNION.

Board day, alternate Wednesdays, at 12 noon, at the
Board room, Workhouse.

The union comprises the parishes of Abertillery, Aberstruth, Bedwellty, Ebbw Vale, Rhymney & Tredegar.

Chairman of Board of Guardians: W. B. Harrison, St. Julian, Abertillery
Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee: John Alexander Shepard, Town hall, Tredegar
Treasurer, Edward Jones, London & Provincial Bank, Tredegar
Relieving Officers & Collectors to the Guardians:-
William Williams, Blaina Valley
Arthur Philips,Tredegar Valley
David B. Miles, Ebbw Vale Valley
Daniel Lewis, New Tredegar Valley
School Attendance Officers: Thomas Lewis & Thomas Powell, Tredegar; George Owen, Rhymney & John Price, Rhymney; Matthew Gower, Ebbw Vale; David Thomas, Blackwood.
Vaccination Officer, John J. Hale, New Tredegar
Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators:-
Abertillery district, David Clark Muir M.B., C.M., D.P.H. Cwmtillery.
Ebbw Vale district, John William Davies L.R.C.P.Lond., Ebbw Vale
Nantyvglo district, George Henry Browne, Brynmawr
Rhymney district, Thomas Hall Redwood M.A., M.D., C M. Rhymney
Rock district, Howell Evans M.R.C.S.Eng., D.P.H. Blackwood
Tredegar district, George Arthur Brown M.R.C.S.Eng., Church street, Tredegar
New Tredegar district, Rees Thomas Edward Davies L.R.C.P.Edin., Brooklands, Elliotstown, New Tredegar

Superintendent Registrar, Frederick Henry, Sirhowy; deputy, Thomas Jenkins, 44 Morgan street, Tredegar.
Registrars of Births & Deaths:
Aberystruth sub-district, E. K. Stafford, Abertillery
Tredegar sub-district, Mrs. Susan Morgan, 1 Richmond terrace, Tredegar; deputy, Miss Edith Morgan, Tredegar
Rock Bedwellty subdistrict, Evan Jones, Blackwood; deputy, Alfred Richards, Blackwood

Registrars of Marriages:
Aberystruth, Thomas Bevan, Abertillery; deputy, Rev.Hugh Williams, Nantyglo
Bedwellty, Evans Jones, Blackwood; deputy, Alfred Richards, Blackwood
Tredegar, John Richard Lewis, 2 Richmond terrace, Tredegar; deputy, Frederick. Lewis, Tredegar.

The Workhouse, a building of stone, erected in 1852, stands on an eminence near the town & will hold 311 inmates.
J. A. Moffitt, master
George Arthur Brown M.R.C.S. Eng., medical officer
Mrs. M. A. Moffitt, matron


PUBLIC OFFICERS.

Certifying Factory Surgeon, George Arthur Brown, Church st
Clerk to Commissioners of Taxes for the Bedwellty Division, John Porter Fowler, Bridge street
Collector of Taxes, Benjamin Jarman, George Town


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