The Ghosts of Llanbedr Hall

After the demise of John Jesse, head of the last family to be termed 'of the gentry', his wife and children found themselves in dire straights. As a retired doctor who married late in life and left young children, he found himself unable to manage the estate and all his local duties as well as provide for the lengthy future of his growing family.The hall and estate were. sold privately and debts settled in 1865.
In fact much of the detail of his family life became apparent with the discovery of  four diaries, dating from 1859 - 1865, left in a secret drawer in his former library, but only found one hundred years later.


First page of John Jesse's Diary