Hello and welcome and a happy New Year to you all - I have put this site together to show off our beautiful country and to show my Probert relatives where their forebears used to live.

Most of the information that I have comes from Radnorshire. Together with Breconshire and Montgomeryshire these make up the county of Powys.

Around 1800 there was a large family of proberts in Glasbury. They lived at Gwernyfed, which is situated, on a lovely backroad away from the main village of Glasbury. Although Edward Probert whose grave is part of a family plot in Glasbury Church graveyard lived at Gwernyfed he also farmed at another farm on the other side of the River Wye.

Your ancestor ANNE was Edward's daughter. I don't know very much about her at all except that she married an Edward Farr and left Glasbury! But that hasn't stopped me looking for her - and her son Charles!

Edward Farr was the churchwarden at St. Peters Church Glasbury for many years but that didn't stop him getting into trouble with the law!

There have been at least two cases preserved in the archives at the National Library of Wales naming Edward as being named in court cases.

Before Edward and Mary moved to Glasbury they lived across the river at in a village called Clyro.

Edward and Mary had many children one of whom John died when he was quite young. In his will he mentioned his 'natural' daughter Harriet Maddy. John did not marry Harriet's mother - Mary - but left money in his will to help with her upbringing. Whether it was the Maddy's usual place of worship or she was unable to have Harriet baptised at St. Peter's in Glasbury Harriet was taken to Maesyronnen Chapel to be welcomed into the church.

Most of those who lived in the area made their living through working on the land - either as owners, tenants or agricultural labourers. Wealthy families owned most of the land and Edward and his family were tenants who employed labour to work their land.

The River Wye must have been a help and a hindrance to the farmers. It is prone to flood but also provided the people with fresh water. The bridge at Glasbury was washed away in the 'Great Flood' in the 18^th century but there is a smaller toll bridge over the Wye at Clifford.

Clyro church - where Edward's family might have worshipped

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