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Metal Street, CARDIFF, CF24 0JS

Flats occupying the former Metal Street school buildings.

Viewed from Tin Street. A notice beneath the trees states "PRIVATE PROPERTY NO RUBBISH DUMPING"

This OS cut mark can be found on the SE face of Metal Street Chapel. It marks a point 10.912m above mean sea level.

15th – 19th Century. Splott is a parish district of Roath, in the city of Cardiff, Wales, by the Severn shore between the mouths of the Taff and Rhymny rivers. Fanciful suggestions for the origin of the name include a truncation of "God's Plot", as the land belonged to the Bishop of Llandaff in medieval times. The name derives from "splat," from the Welsh “ysblad”, meaning a flat land. It was divided into two farms, Upper Splot and Lower Splot; the buildings still stand. The Upper Splot is situated Southeast of Longcross. In the 1860’s, this farmhouse stood alone in the countryside, save for the barn opposite. The house eventually became the Great Eastern Hotel, and the Metal Street School replaced the barn. To the east of Adamsdown and Portmanmoor Lower Splot was nearer to the Severn estuary. Late 19th century land transformation of the two farms Upper and Lower Splot, grew into areas of vast ore smelting and steelwork plants. Rows of tightly knit terraced houses were homes of workers in the steel plants, docks, local schools, shops, trades and professions.

North West view of Upper Splott Farm

These houses have been refurbished; the wall in front of them is still being built.

Houses on the east side of Metal Street, viewed from the corner of Sun Street and Lead Street.

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Taken after the obligatory breakfast at Nata & Co.