HAMER
,
EDWARD
(
1840
-
1911
;
DWB
, 335).
B.
6 Feb. 1840
at
Llanidloes
, son of the
shoemaker
Meredith
Hamer
and his wife
Ann
. He d. at
Bordesley
,
Birmingham
,
24 Nov. 1911
, aged 72.
Author:
Edward Ronald Morris, Llanidloes / Llanfyllin
Corrections and additions:
HAMER
,
EDWARD
(
c.
1840
—
1911
),
antiquary
;
b.
c.
1830
at
Llanidloes, Mont.
, son of
Meredith
Hamer
[of the
Close
, a
fuller
. From
Battersea training college
(where he won a
gold medal
,)] he went to
teach
in
Monmouthshire
— at
Snatchwood
,
Tal-y-waun
(
1867
), and at
Abersychan
(
1875
). In
1878
he returned to
Llanidloes
, where he lived for some years [as
book-keeper
to a relation in the cabinet-making business.] He then moved to
Birmingham
, and is thought to have d. there early in the present century. His first published work was
The Chartist Outbreak at Llanidloes
(
1867
, 2nd ed. in
1939
). He was a contributor to
Arch. Camb.
(e.g. ‘
Earthworks of Ancient Arwystli
’), and to
Mont. Coll.
, in which were published his articles on the parish history of
Llangurig
(
1869-70
), of
Llanidloes
(
1871-8
), and of
Trefeglwys
(
1879
, uncompleted). He also gave assistance to
W. V.
Lloyd
(q.v.)
in compiling his
Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire
, and to
J. Y. W.
Lloyd
(q.v.)
in the preparation of his
History of Powys Fadog
.
Bibliography:
-
Preface to 2nd ed. of
A Brief account of the Chartist outbreak at
Llanidloes, in the year 1839
, 1867; re-published
1939
;
-
[information from
Mr. David Rowlands
, Newtown.]
Author:
John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd, M.A., F.S.A., O.B.E., Montgomery
