Rowen, looking along the main street.

This material is held atGwasanaeth Archifau Conwy / Conwy Archive Service

Reference
- GB 2008 CP174/10
Dates of Creation
- 1880s
Physical Description
- 1 item

Scope and Content

The Baker family regularly spent their holidays in Rowen during the 1880s, and Harry courted his future wife Polly Eccles there. After their marriage in 1888 the couple continued to return until at least 1892.

Archive Record|Table of contents

Collection of Harry Baker (1859-1935) of Manchester, ChemistCP174

View of Conway Castle taken from the rampartsCP174/1

Conway Castle, Great HallCP174/2

Interior view of Conway Castle from the ramparts, with figure of manCP174/3

Boats pulled up on the foreshore at Conway with castle in backgroundCP174/4

Boats moored in the Conway river with castle and tubular bridge in backgroundCP174/5

View of Conway Castle and Suspension Bridge.CP174/6

Conway Castle reflected in the riverCP174/7

Interior view of Conway Castle with a number of people in the courtyardCP174/8

View of Llangelynnin ChurchCP174/9

Rowen, looking along the main street.CP174/10

Rowing boat moored [in River Conway]CP174/11

Rural view, probably the Conway ValleyCP174/12

Woman standing by the bank of the River Conway.CP174/13

River Conway with a man and a woman looking at the viewCP174/14

River Conway from a higher viewpointCP174/15

View of track leading to [the River Conway]CP174/16

Group of three men and a woman seated by a stone wallCP174/17

Four men unloading trunks from a horse-drawn cartCP174/18

Two women erecting what appears to be a huge home-made tentCP174/19

Members of the Baker family crossing a stream on stepping stonesCP174/20

The chain ferry crossing the River Conway at Tal-y-CafnCP174/21

View of Dolwyddelan Castle and cottages around itCP174/22

Polly Eccles, fiancee of HB, by a gate [above Rowen]CP174/23

Sazie (Sarah) Eccles (later Hewitt) being rowed on the River Conway near Tal-y-Cafn.CP174/24

Polly Eccles, later Baker, probably at RowenCP174/25

Polly Eccles, later Baker, walking up a muddy farm track [?near Rowen]CP174/26

As CP174/6CP174/27

The chain ferry at Tal-y-Cafn.CP174/28

The chain ferry at Tal-y-Cafn crossing the River Conway towards the photographerCP174/29

Conway Quay piled with ships' masts and showing cottages and castle beyondCP174/30

Girl sitting in front of cromlechCP174/31

Large family group at a location described as the 'Green Gorge'CP174/32

Group of two men and two women seated on an outcrop of rock, labelled 'Resting by the stream on the way from Aber'CP174/33

Man operating a hand-loom [in unidentified cottage or work-shop]CP174/34

Cromlech with sheepCP174/35

Conway Quay piled with ship masts and showing cottages and castle beyondCP174/36

View through archway into Conway CastleCP174/37

Members of the Baker and Eccles families outside their holiday cottage in Rowen:CP174/38

The Baker and Eccles families on holiday in Rowen.CP174/39

The Baker and Eccles families on holiday in RowenCP174/40

The Baker and Eccles families on holiday [in Rowen or Anglesey]CP174/41

Polly Eccles, later Baker, walking up a muddy farm track [?near Rowen]CP174/42

Woman sitting on a wall beside a gate [? in the Conway Valley]CP174/43

Woman [as above] siting under a shady tree [? in the Conway Valley]CP174/44

Man and woman with parasol rowing on the River ConwayCP174/45

View of Dolwyddelan Castle and cottages belowCP174/46