Mark,

I noticed that you are going to visit North Wales soon, including Bangor where my Nanney ancestors lived. I have some information which might be of interest to you. Some of the pictures are on a second email to reduce the size.

1. Richard Nanney (1691-1767) was canon of Bangor. See picture Bangor and Bangor.doc (a map)

2. John Nanney, my great grandfather married Anne Evans in Bangor cathedral on 9th October 1820.

3. They lived in Dean Street Bangor. See pictures Jane1, Jane2 and census

4. They had three sons and seven or more daughters, including Anne Ellen, my great grandmother.

5. He was captain of a ship called Lady Penrhyn. I was told that he and all of his sons were lost at sea in the ship, probably around 1850. See pictures Wallet (1825) and Letter1

6. They were said to be closely related to the Ellis Nanneys of Gwynfryn and Talhenbont (Plas Hen) and that my grandfather could have claimed the estates when the last of Ellis Nanneys died. See pictures Obit,Talhenbont,Talenb Gwynfryn, Lodge (to Gwynfryn), Arms, Map1 and Map2

There are a number of web sites that may be of interest where you can see maps and aerial photographs.

1. Multimap.com. Gives maps of streets or areas at different scales and details of places in the locality. Try Dean Street, Bangor

2. Getmapping.com. This has aerial photographs of most of England and some of Wales, including Bangor. They are not of a high resolution, but give an idea of what is there to tempt you to buy a detailed one. Nannau Hall is listed and says that it will become available in a few weeks, but it has been saying that for months.

3. Ordnancesurvey.co.uk. This is the main mapping agency for Britain and has a section on the site called Get a map. This is similar to Multimap, but also has historical maps as in the Bangor.doc. The resolution is not great, to tempt you to buy. The date of the historical maps is mainly 1891 and you can find Nannau Hall. Some other places need co-ordinates which I will forward to you shortly.

The last three pictures are Poem, OGDloco and Harriet.

The poem is a welsh version of the Howell Sele - Owen Glendower story and includes a picture of the tree.

OGDloco is of a locomotive named after Owen and runs on the Vale of Rheidol railway from Aberystwyth. So you can have a ride behind a Nanney relative. The other locomotives are Llewellyn ( a relative of Cadwgan) and Prince of Wales. There are some sites with more details which I will also let you have.

Harriet is a picture of Harriet Nanney taken around 1890. This was taken in Cornwall where she married Squire Bartlett. Cornwall is the south west tip of England and has a similar language to Welsh, although it is no longer spoken. The place names are similar e.g. Lan (church), Pen (head), Ty (house) Tre and Nan. I am not sure what Nan means but Nannau is said to be the plural of Nant which means stream, gorge or ravine. I also have photographs (not included) of Anne Ellen Nanney's children and possibly her. Theses are from 1895-90.

Regards,

David Brown