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Monmouthshire Wales

Welsh councils face rising costs of faculty repairs

Hundreds of school properties have significant defects or are at risk of imminent failure, according to Welsh councils.

Each and every secondary in Pembrokeshire and Merthyr Tydfil had "major shortcomings" while greater than half the primaries in Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Ceredigion need to have "considerable" repairs.

The headteachers' union claimed schools have been suffering from years of neglect.

The Welsh Meeting Goverment explained it had committed greater than £700m to faculty money assignments in the past 18 months.

Particulars from the surveys ended up obtained by BBC Wales, also asked councils for particulars from the cost of outstanding education repairs.

From the 12 authorities which responded, Swansea faces the highest bill to clear its preservation backlog at £147m, with Manselton Main Faculty in the city needing over £7m value of improvements, higher than any other primary faculty.

The complete school restore invoice reached £517m, meaning the Wales-wide figure is possible to get close to £1bn.

The surveys were commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Administration as councils draw up 10-15-year plans to enhance college properties.

Local authorities will need to bid for funds to finance their faculty developing plans from your assembly government's twenty first Century Faculties Programme, together with the very first stage in the procedure beginning in December.

Carmarthenshire council is looking for funding for £336m of school creating, even though in Monmouthshire it can be estimated £300m will likely be needed.

Councils are most likely to seek close to £3bn in complete on future faculty building assignments.

However, Chris Llewelyn in the Welsh Native Administration Association warned that the 21st Century Colleges Programme, which it's running in co-operation using the meeting administration, won't have the funds to meet expectations.

"Capital funding is heading to be close to 50% much less than was expected and you will find large challenges that must be addressed so inevitably there is certainly going to become disappointment," he said.

"If educational institutions can't be built or refurbished there is certainly pressure then on the servicing spending budget, which draws from your exact same pot so it makes it a very difficult balancing act."

A Welsh Meeting Government spokesperson stated: "We have made a commitment to deliver faculties match for the twenty first Century and we are determined to create that occur.

"Over the final 18 months we've got committed above £700m in new money initiatives for educational institutions in Wales.

"This extremely significant funding will offer authorities with all the implies to assemble new schools and increase faculty facilities.

'Snapshot'

"It is value noting the restore and servicing details offers a snapshot from the position as regards current architectural structures.

"It does not take account from the must get rid of surplus university locations and to invest in new assemble and renovation tasks which are essential if all university structures are to get match for purpose.

"In numerous circumstances funding in new structures or renewal of current structures will eliminate the requirement for repairs and servicing work since existing properties will be replaced or brought as much as standard as a result of important investment."

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What is Llanfourt? Or What does it Mean? Wales/Welsh?

I am doing my family tree, any way on the 1881 census it states that Elizabeth Browne (nee Taylor) was born Llanfourt, Montmouthshire, yes I know they mean Monmouthshire.
On the 1891 and the 1901 it states that she was born in Blaenavon, which I have found out is in Abergavenny.
Elizabeth Taylor was born 1851 and marreid to Frank Browne in June 1876 in Kingston, Surrey.

So what I am asking is what does Llanfourt mean?

And where was she on the 1851, 1861 and the 1871 censusWhen her name was Elizabeth Taylor.
Many Thanks

This is probably an old or incorrect spelling of Llanfoist in Monmouthshire. Spelling was not very consistent in old census records.

The 1861 census shows an Elizabeth Taylor, born around 1851, living at Llanboist (another spelling variation!) in Blaenavon, Abergavenny with parents Samuel and Alice, and sisters Alice Jane, Sarah Ann and Harriet.

The family are still there in 1871, with a few additional children - Eadeth, Francis, Haldred, Mary and William. Elizabeth is not there. My guess is that by this time she had gone into service, the most usual thing for young unmarried women.

I've tried to find her in Surrey, but with no success.

Hope this is the family you are researching.

Good luck.

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