1811 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1811 to Wales and its people.

← 1810 1809 1808 1807 1806 1811 in Wales → 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1811 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
• Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick

Events

• 5 February - The Prince of Wales becomes Prince Regent.[1]
• 25 March - Sir Joseph Bailey takes over Nantyglo Ironworks.
• 25 May - The Hay Railway is authorised by an Act of Parliament.[2]
• 19 June - The first Methodist Association for the ordination of new ministers is held at Llandeilo. Thomas Charles plays a leading role.[3] The Presbyterian Church of Wales thus secedes from the Church of England.[4]
• 20 August - Thomas Sheasby resigns as engineer of the Aberdare Canal,[5] to be replaced by George Overton.[6] As part of the canal works, a free-standing metal rail bridge is built at Robertstown, Aberdare - the first of its kind in the world.[7]
• 17 September - Completion of The Cob embankment across Traeth Mawr by William Madocks is celebrated.[8] His nearby model town of Tremadog is also completed by this year.
• date unknown
  • At Hereford Assizes, Samuel Homfray and his partners in the Penydarren ironworks sue the Dowlais Company for fouling the Morlais brook with cinders and slag.
  • Pont-y-gwaith built near Merthyr Tydfil.

Arts and literature

New books

• Thomas Charles - Biblical Dictionary, vol. 4
• Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) - Cyfansoddiad o Hymnau
• Richard Fenton - A Tour in Quest of Genealogy
• Ann Hatton - Poetic Trifles
• Peter Roberts - Brut Tysilio (English translation)

Music

• John James - Pigion o Hymnau

Births

• 14 January - Rowland Prichard, musician (d. 1887)[9]
• 26 January - Roger Edwards, minister (d. 1886)[10]
• 11 March - Thomas Jones (Glan Alun), poet (d. 1866)[11]
• 12 March - Mary Pendrill Llewelyn, translator and writer (died 1874)[12]
• 7 April - John Williams (Ab Ithel), antiquary (d. 1862)[13]
• 29 May - Charles Meredith, pioneer grazier and politician in Tasmania (died 1880 in Australia)
• 25 June - Jane Hughes, poet (died 1880)
• 11 July - William Robert Grove, inventor (d. 1896)
• date unknown - John Jones (Shoni Sguborfawr), Rebecca rioter (died 1858)[14]

Deaths

• 1 May - Titus Lewis, Baptist minister and writer, 38[15]
• 30 May - Nicholas Owen, priest and antiquarian, 59[16]
• 4 July - Mariamne Johnes, botanist, 27[17]
• 25 September - Joshua Eddowes, printer and bookseller, 87
• 3 October - Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet, politician, 68[18]

References

1. "No. 16451". The London Gazette. 5 February 1811. p. 227.
2. Donald J. Grant (31 October 2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
3. David Ceri Jones; Eryn Mant White (4 January 2012). The Elect Methodists: Calvinistic Methodism in England and Wales, 1735-1811. University of Wales Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-7083-2502-5.
4. Thomas Spencer Baynes (1878). The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature. A. and C. Black. p. 193.
5. Stephen Hughes (18 December 2008). Copperopolis: Landscapes of the Early Industrial Period in Swansea. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. pp. 151–. ISBN 978-1-871184-32-7.
6. Rowson, Stephen; Wright, Ian L. (2001). The Glamorganshire and Aberdare Canals. 1. Black Dwarf Publications. pp. 117–119. ISBN 0-9533028-9-X.
7. "Robertstown Tramway Bridge". Engineering Timelines. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
8. Jacqueli YALLOP (2 June 2016). Dreamstreets: A Journey Through Britain's Village Utopias. Penguin Random House. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-0-09-958463-6.
9. Robert David Griffith. "Prichard, Rowland Huw (1811-1887), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
10. Gwilym Thomas Jones. "Edwards, Roger (1811-1886), Calvinistic Methodist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
11. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones, Thomas (1811-1866), Calvinistic Methodist minister and man of letters". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
12. Ray Looker. "Llewelyn, Mary Pendrill (1811-1874), translator and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
13. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Williams, John (Ab Ithel; 1811-1862), cleric and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
14. David Williams. "Jones, John (fl. 1811-1858; 'Shoni Sguborfawr'), Rebecca rioter". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
15. William Joseph Rhys. "Lewis, Titus (1773-1811), Baptist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
16. Pollard, Albert; Walters, Huw (2004). "Owen, Nicholas (1752–1811)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
17. The Gentleman's Magazine. F. Jefferies. 1815. p. 292.
18. "STEPNEY, John (1743-1811), of Llanelly, Carm". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 24 June 2016.