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Hello All,
Can anyone find any information on the above hotel. I've found one reference in Slaters Directory (1858 - 1859) and one record of William Thomas in the London Gazette facing bankruptcy in 1860. Any information would be useful.
Thanks
Paul

29 Nov 1887 - not quite sure what it is - possibly the residence of another bankrupt?

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25762/page/6674/data.pdf

1'..-_...-'--ALLEGED DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.
…_1' ALLEGED DAYLIGHT ROBBERY. At the Cardiff Police Court on Tuesday (before the Stipendiary) Ftaok Davies, Thomas McCarthy, and James Cummings were charged with robbery with violence it a passage at the Friendship Hotel, Bnte-ternu»e, on Monday after- noon. James Young, the prosecutor, said he was coming from the…
Cardiff Times — 23 August 1902 | News | p8 | 301 words.
http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/home
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Cardiff Central Library may be able to help with the history
http://goo.gl/PBEfY8
Alternatively, Glamorgan Archives
http://www.glamarchives.gov.uk/

From Ancestry

1910 Kelly's Directory, South Wales
Friendship - Thomas Donovan - 13 Bute Terrace, Cardiff.

Was there a particular year or name you were interested in?

Hello Detective,
Nothing in particular. Just trying to gain an overall idea of it's history.
Thanks
Paul

Bute Terrace is in the docks area of Cardiff - now called Cardiff Bay - most immigrants and seafarers living there - now rather more upmarket

Perhaps Ann can help with this.
http://www.cardiffians.co.uk/
If you can identify where Bute Terrace was, may be there are some photos pre-redevelopment

Hi,
Bute Terrace is located at:-
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4760874,-3.1719455,16z
Paul

there's a whole set of books called "Cardiff Yesterday" written by Stewart Williams containing thousands of photographs from the past in Cardiff - I have just three of them - I'll check them out

Thanks Ann Cardiff. Would appreciate it very much.

There are a couple of hotels in Bute STREET here, but not the Friendship Hotel. Lets hope that Ann has better luck

http://www.cardiffians.co.uk/galleries/butetown/

You could always post a message on that site.

no luck with the three books I have, but there are 36 of them altogether so I would imagine one of them has a picture

A photographic and historical archive of Cardiff ...


www.cardiffians.co.uk

A PHOTOGRAPHIC AND HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF CARDIFF Capital City of Wales. Select an area of the map below to view a gallery of images from a suburb of the city

Thanks AnnCardiff,
Have taken a look but cannot find any reference to it.
Regards
Paul

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Cardiff/slaters.1858.html

Refer to Taverns and Public Houses, may help.

If you have a library card you can access the 19th Century Newspapers in your local library via their website.

I have had a look and there are 17 references to the hotel.
All in the Western Mail newspaper.

Hope this helps.

Thanks Mr_Magoo