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Maesllwch Castle 9
The 1891 census
  Maesllwch Castle
Name
John Shaw
Katherine Shaw

Jane (P)erry
Margaret Wood		 Position
Head		 Age 
31
32

40
19		 Occupation
Caretaker
Housekeeper (crossed out)
Housemaid
Housemaid		 Born
Scotland
Tunbridge Wells
Church Eaton, Staffs
Dorrington, Salop
Dorrington, Salop
  The Castle is more or less closed down. Walter de Winton would be 22 now, and perhaps is in London, or at one of his other properties. If so, he has presumably taken most of the servants with him, leaving only a caretaker and his wife and 2 housemaids.
 
 Maesllwch in the summer of 1999 from Glasbury  
   
  Maesllwch Lodge
 
Name
Rosanna Lane
Pauline Williams		 Position
Widow
Grandaughter		 Age 
64
17		 Occupation
Dairy maid
Domestic Servant,		 Born
Warwcks
Dowlais, Glam
  Rosanna Lane has different granddaughter living or staying with her. This is either the child of Sarah, by a second marriage, or of an elder daughter, who had already left home by 1861.
   
  Maesllwch Lodge
 
Name
Martha Smith
4 children		 Position
Head		 Age 
46

Occupation

Born
  For some reason there are two Lodges enumerated, though only one on the map. It may be that a cottage in the village was being used as a lodge at this time