Temperance Town, Cardiff
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Coordinates: 51°28′37″N 3°10′48″W / 51.4770°N 3.1799°W | |
Country | Wales |
City | Cardiff |
Established | 1850s |
Temperance Town,
History
Temperance Town was built on reclaimed land next to the
Development took place in the late 1850s and the early 1860s. Schools were opened in January 1879 and a church,
In the early 20th century Cardiff's prosperity had been reduced by the decline in coal exports. Poverty and overcrowding in Temperance Town increased, and conditions deteriorated. In 1930 the Great Western Railway built a new station on the edge of the district and the railway company was concerned that the visible poverty of the district would affect its image and its business. It persuaded the Cardiff Corporation (the local authority) to improve the area; the Corporation (without consultation with the inhabitants) obtained the Cardiff Corporation Act 1934 to provide the necessary powers. The redevelopment plans included new public facilities such as a bus station.
The Corporation rehoused Temperance Town's residents elsewhere in better housing elsewhere in the city, and the district's demolition started in late 1937.
In the event
See also
- Temperance Towns, other settlements built by followers of the Temperance movement
Sources
Fisk, Stephen (June 2009). "Abandoned Communities - Temperance Town". Retrieved 19 Aug 2009.
References
- ^ 'Cardiff and its Neighbourhood', The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette, 1 January 1859, p. 3.
- ^ "Empire Pool". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2013.