ADAMSDOWN IMAGE GALLERY
Incorporating Newtown
(Little Ireland)
89 IMAGES
Images are presented in chronological order, starting with the oldest.
(1890s) Cardiff Royal Infirmary
(1910s) Clifton Street Police Station and Fire Crew
(1912) Broadway
(1920s) Adamsdown Labour Party members leaving Moira Terrace on their annual outing
(1930s) Moira Place and Meteor Street Junction
(1930s) Tram on junction of Planet and Meteor Streets
(1940s) Aerial view of Adamsdown, Plasnewydd, the CRI, Newport Road, Glossop Road and City Road
(1940s) West Dock, junction of Herbert Street and Bute East Dock (now Lloyd George Avenue)
(1954) View of the Black Bridge from the Railway (looking East)
(1970s) Removed section of Bute Viaduct over Junction Canal to Bute East Dock (Spillers and Bakers on the right)
(1970s) Steam Engine Works on Tyndall Street, looking towards Bute Viaduct (Spillers and Bakers in background)
(1970s) Wood Yards on Sanquhar Street
(1970s) Wood Yards on Sanquhar Street, alternate view
(1970s) Wood Yards, view from Kilcatten Street
(1972) Casson Studio Theatre, Ruby Street 01
(1972) Casson Studio Theatre, Ruby Street 02
(1973) Cardiff Central Fire Station, View from Adam Street
(1975) Black Bridge
(1977) Cardiff Central Fire Station (Control Room)
(1977) Cardiff Central Fire Station Fire Station (View from Adam Street)
(1982) Lloyd Williams Workwear Shop, Moira Terrace
(1982) SB Motor Factors, Moira Terrace
(2005) Adamsdown Primary School, and the original entrance to Moon Street, which was demolished sometime in the 1950s (off Metal Street)
(2005) Adamsdown Square
(2005) Adamsdown Square (Looking towards the Black Bridge)
(2005) Adamsdown Square, looking down Moira Place
(2005) Black Bridge, looking towards Adamsdown Square
(2005) Black Bridge, looking towards Sanquahar Street
(2005) Clifton Street
(2005) Davies Street, view of the City Centre from the rear of Cardiff Central Fire Station
(2005) Easterly view of the Great Western Railway from the Black Bridge (before gantries)
(2005) Kings Fireplaces (Former Adamsdown Church), Windsor Road
(2005) La Gondola Cafe, Clifton Street (Closed in April 2006 after the very popular owner, Tony Leo, passed away)
(2005) Roath Police Station, Clifton Street
(2005) Sun Street
(2005) View of Adamsdown from the Black Bridge
(2005) Westerly view of the Great Western Railway from the Black Bridge (before gantries)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Anne Gwenllian (d.1868) and William Henry Milner (d.1874))
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Captain J. N. Bradhering - Drowned 1858)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Charles Hurry Riches of the Wharf in this Town (d.1868), also his seventh son, John Alfred Wyndham (d.1880))
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Eliza Bennett (d.1900) and Daniel Bennett (d.1900))
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Elizabeth Kernick - Died 1898)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Emma Smart - Died 1849)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Franklin Hunter Whitney formerly of Topsham Maine and late Commander of the ship Jennie W. Paine of Gardner - Died 1853)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Fredrick Bird (d.1868) and Jenney Bird (d.1870))
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (George Clode - Died 1858)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (George H Gould - (d.1859), Alfred T Gould (d.1863) Emma F Gould (d.1877) Eliza Gould (d.1881), Thomas Gould (d.1886)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (George Johnson (d.1875), Mary Ann Pile (d.1894) and Emmanuel Pile (d.1913))
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (George Morgan (d.1848) and Margaret Morgan (d.1860) - Jane Brabyn (d.1870) and Joseph Brabyn (d.1880))
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Henry Stanley - Died 1850)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (James Edwards (d.1931), George Edwards (d.1874), Thomas George Edwards (d.1880))
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (James John D Wakeham - Died 1857)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Jane Grant - Died 1861)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (John Ferrier Williams and Caroline Mary Williams of Cardiff Savings Bank (Also three of his infant children) - Died 1868))
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (John Parry and Mary Ann Parry - Emma Smart)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Joseph and Selina Fisher (d.1858), Kate Hunt (d.1858), Robert Thomas Fisher (1864))
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Louisa Dawson of Dewsbury Yorkshire (d.1952), Walter Dawson (d.1861), Ernest Arthur (d,1862))
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Mary Ann Humphries - Died 1869)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Mary Evans - Died 1873)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Misc 01)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Misc 02)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Misc 03)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Misc 04)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Misc 05)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Misc 06)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Misc 07)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Misc 08)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Misc 09)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Misc 10)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Misc 11)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Misc 12)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Misc 13)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Sarah Jane - Died 1852)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Thomas Jones Builder - Died 1860)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (William Evans - Died 1874)
(2006) Adamsdown Cemetery Park - Headstones (Williiam Thompson of Exmouth - Master of the Schooner Jessy of Exeter - Drowned 1835)
(2006) Broadway, and the popular musical instrument shop to the left
(2006) Cardiff Central Fire Station - Davies Street (Original building - Rear View 01 of 02) - Demolished 2011
(2006) Cardiff Central Fire Station - Davies Street (Original building - Rear View 02 of 02) - Demolished 2011
(2006) The Vulcan Hotel, Adam Street (Dismantled 2012, rebuilt 2024 in St. Fagans) - Car Park
(2006) The Vulcan Hotel, Adam Street (Dismantled 2012, rebuilt 2024 in St. Fagans) - Front windows
(2006) The Vulcan Hotel, Adam Street (Dismantled 2012, rebuilt 2024 in St. Fagans) - Hanging Sign
(2006) The Vulcan Hotel, Adam Street (Dismantled 2012, rebuilt 2024 in St. Fagans) - Side Wall
(2006) Zion English Baptist Chapel, The Manse, Longcross Street (01) - Closed c1970 - Demolished 2007
(2006) Zion English Baptist Chapel, The Manse, Longcross Street (02) - Closed c1970 - Demolished 2007
(2007) Roath Youth Amateur Boxing and Athletic Club (Front View) - Demolished 2007
(2007) Roath Youth Amateur Boxing and Athletic Club (Rear View) - Demolished 2007.jpg
(2009) Great Eastern Hotel (formally Upper Splott Farm), on the junction of Metal Street and Sun Street. (Built 1596, demolished 2009) - Front View
(2009) Great Eastern Hotel (formally Upper Splott Farm), on the junction of Metal Street and Sun Street. (Built 1596, demolished 2009) - Side View
PAGE UPDATE HISTORY
03 November 2025 (Spelling corrections and coding updates)
06 April 2024 (Coding updates)
24 March 2024 (3 new images added, 5 old images removed, 21 images transferred from other galleries, all images upgraded from 1280 to 1600 pixels wide in resolution, copyright logo prominence increased, title and coding updates,)
13 September 2018 (Coding updates)
20 December 2014 (Site rebuilt and new design launched)
July 2005 (23 new images added)
June 2005 (First build (v1) of website launched)