A home for descendants of John Vaughan, christened 6 March 1789 at St. Mary's, Hay, Breconshire, and Elinor Jenkins, born 25 December 1789 at Stowe Farm, Whitney, Herefordshire.
Hay view from Castle
Hay-on-Wye, Powys (formerly Breconshire), Wales. The "Town of Books" (and Vaughans!)
Another serendipitous discovery as I was skimming through Welsh Historical Journals online, the simple answer being that 1846-47 were the years of highest pay for puddlers at the Abersychan Iron Works.