| EV ID | EV-0247 |
|---|---|
| Title | Swine fever at Llandough, 1894: five pigs of Mr Williams, Great House, slaughtered |
| Date of document | 3 August 1894 (outbreak “this week”; one pig reported affected on Tuesday 31 July 1894) |
| Type | press |
| Evidence label | PRESS REPORT (public online copy, OCR) |
| Repository / reference | Barry Dock News, 3 Aug 1894, p.5 (article); Glamorgan Gazette, 3 Aug 1894, p.5 (article). Welsh Newspapers Online. |
| Status | READ (public online copies; OCR read). VERIFIED. |
| Provenance | Found (Welsh Newspapers Online search), 19 Oct 2026, while adding the Marconi / Williams / Great House stories to bpvsbuckler.bucklerfamily.estate. |
| Related evidence | EV-0225 (directories: “Williams John, Great House farm, Llandough”) · EV-0226 (1892) · storyboard scene 1894 |
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Quotation (verbatim; obvious OCR letter errors corrected only): “Swine fever has broken out at Llandough and Rhoose this week. Five pigs belonging to Mr Williams, Great House, have been slaughtered. On Tuesday morning, one of a herd of 23 was reported as being affected, and it was feared that the whole would have to be slaughtered.” (Barry Dock News; the Glamorgan Gazette gives the herd as 22.)
Fits with: The directories place John Williams at Great House Farm, Llandough, from 1868 to 1901 (EV-0225).
Lead: Glamorgan County Council / Board of Agriculture swine-fever returns for 1894 may name the holding. SOURCE PENDING.
Cuts against: The report gives no first name. Another Great House exists near Cowbridge (Llandough-juxta-Cowbridge); this report is about Llandough with Rhoose, which leaves the parish to be confirmed (see the Excluded: not our farm page).
Proves: A Mr Williams of Great House, Llandough, kept a herd of over 20 pigs in 1894 and lost at least five to swine fever.
Does not prove: Tenure or ownership; which Llandough beyond doubt (Llandough-juxta-Penarth is the likelier, given the Barry paper and the directories).
Catalogued 19 Oct 2026.
