Volume Thirteen - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - Penarth - born of the economic and geological shift from iron to coal. . . . .

In 1845, Penarth was still a relatively small rural and coastal settlement with a landscape of open farmland, hedgerows, grazing animals and scattered farmsteads.

Back in 1801, the population of Penarth was 72, by 1851 it had increased to 105 residents, but just after the Ely Tidal Harbour opened in 1859 the population had increased to 1,406, however, this figure, we should remember, is subject to potential differences in the geographical area being counted under the Census of 1861.

The following maps are repeated from the first chapter of our Penarth Dock story.

1824 - The map of the Bute estate nearby the Penarth Pill. 1833 - OS map of 1833 showing Penarth Pill.

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