KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE, 1901
KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE 1901

Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire,1901
The proprietors trust that the present Edition of Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire may be found at least equal in accuracy to the previous ones. Every place in Monmouthshire, and every parish will again be found to be included in the book. The Letters M.O.O. and S.B. are abbreviations adopted by H.M. Post Office to represent Money Order Office and Savings Bank.
FLEUR-DE-LIS
FLEUR-DE-LIS is an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1897 from the parishes of Mynyddyslwyn, Bedwellty, Gelligaer and Bedwas, 1 mile south from the Pengam :station on the Brecon and Merthyr railway and 17 west from Newport. It is in the Southern division of the county, Wentloog hundred, Bedwellty petty sessional division, Newport union and county court district, rural deanery of Bedwellty, archdeaconry of Monmouth and Diocese of Llandaff. The church of St. David, erected in 1894, is a building of stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an eastern turret containing two bells. There are 350 sittings. The register dates from the year 1897.

The living is a vicarage, with residence, net yearly value �160, in the gift of the Bishop of Llandaff, and held since 1899 by the Rev. Jonathan George, of St. Bees. There is a mission room in the parish in connection with the church, and a Mission church at Maes-y-Cwmmer. Here are also Congregational and Wesleyan chapels. Several collieries in the neighbourhood give employment to most of the inhabitants.

Post & M.O.O., S.B. & Annuity & Insurance Office - David Matthews, sub-postmaster.
Letters arrive through Cardiff at 6.50 a.m. & 6 p.m.; dispatched at 11 a.m. & 4 & 6 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Pengam, 1 mile distant

The children of this parish attend the school at Pengam.

PRIVATE
George Rev. Jonathan, vicarage
James Mrs., Beily-glas
Jenkins Evan, Yew cottage
Roberts Mrs., Gelly-haf
Thomas Edmund, J.P., Gelly-haf
Treasure James, Woodland house
Williams Rev. J. Archibald, (curate)

COMMERCIAL.
Brown Arthur, monumental mason
Davies John, butcher
Davies John, The Coal Hole P.H.
Davies Lewis, farmer, Buttry hatch
Gwatkin Rufus William, beer retailer
Jones& Co. grocers
Jones Edwin, beer retailer
Jones Thomas, colliery owner
Matthews David, shopkeeper, Post office
Morgan David, furniture dealer
Nash William, shopkeeper
Price David, blacksmith
Rees David, colliery owner
Richards William, shopkeeper
Roberts Henry, Tredegar Arms P.H
Roberts Philip, news agent
Treasure David, colliery owner
Williams Benjamin, shopkeeper
Williams David, New inn
Williams George, grocer
Williams James, beer retailer
Yeo William, carpenter