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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe. Image cartographique : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Morgan, Charles (1796-1857)
Titre(s) : A Gower gentleman [Texte imprimé] : the diary of Charles Morgan of Cae Forgan, Llanrhidian, 1834-1857 / abridged and edited by Rod Cooper and Prys Morgan
Publication : Swansea : South Wales Record Society, 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-298 p.) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), genealogical table
; 21 cm
Collection : South Wales Record Society ; no. 33
Lien à la collection : Publication - South Wales and Monmouth record society
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and index
Charles Morgan (1796-1857), a younger son of a wealthy Anglo-Welsh family, trained
as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn. In 1833 he was forced by his brothers to go to live
in Llanrhidian, Gower, to start a new life as a farmer at Cae Forgan farm and collector
of the tithes of that parish, which the Morgan brothers had inherited. He married
Caroline James, daughter of the rector of the neighbouring parish of Penmaen. From
1834 until his death in 1857 he kept a series of diaries: partly to help him record
his progress as a farmer, partly to keep accounts, but also, since he was a cultured
gentleman, as an outlet for his literary and artistic tastes. He describes not only
daily life in Gower, but his travels to many places such as Carmarthenshire, Bristol,
and London, while in the last years of his life he shared his time between Llanrhidian
and Sherborne. Charles is thus a valuable witness of the great change from the age
of the horse to that of the railway. The diaries give a lively picture of the quarrels
over the tithe, of the morals and social behaviour of the people, of building schools,
rebuilding churches, of running business ventures such as brickworks, while also giving
us more leisured accounts of parties, feasts, picnics, or cricket matches, which one
would expect from a country gentleman. What makes the diaries unusual is that they
cast light on the little-known 'working gentry', who could talk to grandees one day
and reap and mow with labourers the next
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Cooper, Rod. Éditeur scientifique
Morgan, Prys. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Morgan, Charles (1796-1857)
Conditions rurales -- Llanrhidian (GB) -- 19e siècle
Moeurs et coutumes -- Llanrhidian (GB) -- 19e siècle
Genre ou forme : Journaux intimes
Récits personnels britanniques
Indice(s) Dewey :
630.92 (23e éd.) = Agronomie, agriculture et techniques connexes - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1999832655. - ISBN 9781999832650 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46957117k
Notice n° :
FRBNF46957117
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