Coedriglan <1>
July 10th
My dear Henry
We shall be very happy to see you the 18th or 19th and I hope that Mama <2> will be with us about the same time, but I cannot feel sure of that as it is always difficult to leave home as soon as one intends and they are given to delays, but I dare say they will come before you leave us at any rate – We had intended being at the scientific meeting at Bristol <3> but since I was ill we have determined on going to Lanwrtyd and afterwards to Tenby which will take us quite out of the way, and mean to set out on this excursion the first or second of August, so I hope you will stay with us till then – perhaps you will take a fancy to Penlline yourself which would be very obliging – there is a very enjoyable mountain behind Llanelay <4> and the country all round is pretty – Mr Franklen <5> is altering the roof at Clemenston – and the building at Penllergare <6> is now in such a state that Emma & Mr Llewelyn <7> must turn out for a couple of months but they are so rooted to home that they will not move further than Swansea I am afraid – I think you will be pleased to see Margam <8> which you can do either from here or from Merthyrmawr <9> –
I hope Aunt Lily & Horatia <10> are well give my love to them
Your affectionate cousin
Charlotte Traherne
H. F. Talbot Esqr
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Wilts
Notes:
1. Coedriglan, near Cardiff, Wales: home of the Rev John Montgomerie Traherne, husband of WHFT’s cousin Charlotte.
2. Lady Mary Lucy Cole, née Strangways, first m. Talbot (1776–1855), WHFT’s aunt.
3. The 6th Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science was held in Bristol in August 1836.
4. Sometimes Llanely or Lanely, Glamorganshire: home of Lady Mary Cole and Mary Thereza Talbot. She was admiring the Mynydd Garth Maelwg hill, known locally as the Smaelwg.
5. Richard Franklen, husband of Isabella Catherine Franklen, née Talbot (1804–1874).
6. Penllergaer, Glamorgan, 5 mi E of Loughor: home of the Llewelyn family.
7. Emma Thomasina Llewelyn, née Talbot (1806–1881), photographer; WHFT’s Welsh cousin, and John Dillwyn Llewelyn (1810–1882), Welsh photographer, JP & High Sheriff.
8. Margam Park, Glamorgan: home of Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot.
9. Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, on River Ogwr.
10. Lady Elisabeth Theresa Feilding, née Fox Strangways, first m Talbot (1773–1846), WHFT’s mother, and Henrietta Horatia Maria Gaisford, née Feilding (1810–1851), WHFT’s half-sister.