Editing Adamsdown (section)

==History==
In mediaeval times, Adamsdown lay just outside the east walls of Cardiff and was owned by the lords of [[Glamorgan]]. The area may be named after an Adam Kygnot, a [[porter (carrier)|porter]] at [[Cardiff Castle]] around 1330 AD. The Welsh name ''Waunadda'' derives from ''(g)waun'' (a heath or down) and the personal name ''Adda'' (Adam). This name appears to be a recent creation, and there is no evidence that Adam Kygnot was ever called 'Adda'. ''Y Sblot Uchaf'' is the Welsh name of Upper Splott, a farm that stood on the site of the later Great Eastern Hotel (demolished 2009) on the corner of Sun Street and Metal Street.<ref>John Hobson Matthews (ed.), 'Schedule of place names: S – Z', Cardiff Records: volume 5 (1905), pp. 413–437. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=48206 Date. Retrieved 27 June 2013.</ref>

According to an 1824 map, Adamsdown was largely a {{convert|270|acre|km2|adj=on}} farm. A replacement for a prison which was located on [[St. Mary Street/High Street|St Mary Street]] opened in the area in 1832, and a cemetery in 1848. In the following year, an outbreak of [[cholera]] affected the area. As the cemetery became full, it was converted into a park. In 1883 the "South Wales and Mounmouthsire Infirmary" was opened at a cost of £23,000. Many were refused from the hospital, such as those with infectious diseases and women in the advanced stages of pregnancy. In 1923, the hospital became the [[Cardiff Royal Infirmary]].

The [[Newtown, Cardiff|Newtown]] area of Adamsdown was the first new area to be developed, where many Irish immigrants settled. Street names are drawn from astronomy (Star, Constellation, Planet, Eclipse etc.), metals (Gold, Copper, Tin, Zinc, etc.) or jewellery (Topaz, Pearl, Agate, Saphire etc.).

[[File:Church of St German Cardiff - geograph.org.uk - 1153094.jpg|thumb|left|180px|St German's Church]]
The [[St German's Church|Church of St German of Auxerre]], Star Street, was designed by [[George Frederick Bodley|Bodley]] & [[Thomas Garner|Garner]] and built 1881–84. It is described as "tall, spacious and elegant", also with a contemporary school house.<ref>{{cite book|last=Newman|first=John|title=Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan|year=1995|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=0-14-071056-6|page=95|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DpUMspCtpNIC&pg=PA95}}</ref> The church is Grade I [[Listed buildings|listed]].

Cardiff's first municipal secondary school was established at Howard Gardens in 1884, which became a Grammar School in 1941. It was destroyed by bombing in [[World War II]], and a [[Cardiff Metropolitan University]] campus now stands on the site.

Until the 1970s, Roath Cattle Market and Slaughterhouse were located in Adamsdown. One could obtain meats illicitly off-ration during World War II. Regeneration of Adamsdown in the 20th century saw Victorian buildings demolished for 1960s and 70s tower blocks, the highest of which is [[Brunel House, Cardiff|Brunel House]], at the eastern gateway to [[Cardiff city centre]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Morgan|first=Dennis|title=The Illustrated History of Cardiff's Suburbs|publisher=Breedon Books Publishing|location=[[Derby]]|year=2003|isbn=1-85983-354-3}}</ref>

===Vulcan Hotel===
{{main|The Vulcan, Cardiff}}
[[File:The Vulcan - geograph.org.uk - 773881.jpg|thumb|right|230px|The Vulcan, April 2008, on its original site, looking towards high-rise private apartment and student housing of [[Tŷ Pont Haearn]]]]
The Vulcan Hotel was a hotel and [[public house]], formerly located in Adamsdown built in 1853. It was close to Queen Street station, on the southside of the [[A4161 road|Newport Road]] in the working class area of the suburb. It remained unchanged although adjoining Victorian buildings were demolished and redeveloped around it.

In 2012, [[Brains Brewery]] confirmed that they were to terminate their lease on the property. Marcol Asset Management agreed to donate the building to the [[St Fagans National History Museum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/waleshistory/2012/05/vulcan_pub_cardiff_st_fagans_museum.html|title=Historic Cardiff pub to move to St Fagans National History Museum|publisher=[[BBC Wales]]|date=4 May 2012|access-date=15 July 2012}}</ref> From July 2012, the building was taken down by contractors and preservationists, to allow brick-by-brick movement to St Fagans, styled as a "between the wars" 1920-1930s period exhibit.