DEAR CHRIS, I AM SORRY IN TAKING SO LONG TO GET BACK TO YOU. MELLIN COURT IS IN THE VILLAGE OF RESOLVEN, NR. NEATH. I HAVE NOT FOUND OUT YET WHICH MELLIN IT WAS NAMED AFTER. MY HUSBANDS FAMILY FROM CADOXTON. NR. NEATH WERE HIS GRAND PARENTS ARTHUR AND MAY MELLIN. ARTHUR WORKED IN THE COLLERIES IN SEVEN SISTERS AND NEARBY MINES. HIS WIFE WAS A KEEN GARDENER AND WORKED WITH THE MONKS AT CALDEY ISLAND. THEY HAD A NUMBER OF CHILDREN THREE BOYS AND TWO GIRLS , ONE WAS NAMED TREVOR THE OTHER SYDNEY THE THIRD SON DIED QUITE YOUND AND I AM GOING TO FIND OUT HIS NAME. ONE DAUGHTER IS VIOLET, I AM TRYING TO FIND OUTT THE OTHERS NAME. ALSO THERE ARE MELLINS BURIED AT CADOXTON CHURCH. I AM GOING THERE SHORTLY AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT I FIND OUT. I AM ALSO GOING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH AN AUNT OF MY HUSBANDS, WHO WAS MARRIED TO ONE OF THE SONS TO KNOW IF SHE KNOWS ABOUT YOUR GRANDMOTHER, AS SHE HAS LIVED IN CADOXTON NEARLY ALL OF HER LIFE. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE MELLINS IN THE EARLY 1900S WERE BELONGING TO A VERY INFLUENTIAL AND WEALTHY FAMILY THAT OWNED WE THINK COLLERIES AND PROPERTY, BUT I WILL HAVE TO FIND OUT A BIT MORE. I WILL LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ABOUT YOUR GRANDMOTHER. YOURS FAITHFULLY. WENDY