The Prickard Family of Ddrew

The Prickards of Dderw

The whole tale of the Price Family revolves around the Prickards of Dderw.

Edward worked for them and on his way to work met Dinah who he married. All the homes the Price family lived in, Fron Cottage, Upper Mill and eventually Walkmill, belonged to the Prickards and the Price children were born in them. All were rent free because the family worked for the Prickards. The father, Edward, had been their Farm Bailiff, Tutsy was a maid and Ben became their gardener. Tutsy even went to Canada with them.

The Prickards were a very old established, and wealthy, Welsh family from Radnorshire.

Mr Vaughan Prickard, the son of the Rev. W E Prickard if Dderw, was an Alderman and Surveyor General to the Duchy of Lancaster. He had a house in Hyde Park Gate, London as well as Dderw.

Elizabeth (Betty) Prickard was Mr Vaughan Prickards daughter. She married Jim Holland, son of Lord Holland of Burford and eventually became Lady Holland. She lived in a very fine house in London. One day all the servants, including Tutsy, went down by coach to see the house. “To see were Miss Betty lived”. She said it was very beautiful.

At one point Tutsy went to Devon with one of the daughters who was recuperating from TB.

The Prickards

The Prickards had lived at Dderw House for generations.

1827 – Thomas Prickard’s return to Rhayader.

1864 – Rebuilding Cwmdauddwr Church

1896 – The Prickards owned vast tracts of land around Rhayader and made a lot of compensation money from Birmingham Corporation compulsorily acquiring them.