page_title: Womanby Street
section_title: Jones Court
hierarchical_section_title: Womanby Street / History / Jones Court
caption_attribution_description: English: Jones Court, Cardiff city centre. Jones Court was built in the 1830's by the Marquis of Bute to house workers during the construction of Cardiff docks. Before shops appeared in the city centre there were lots of these courtyards all over to house the workers.
context_page_description: Womanby Street is one of the oldest streets in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Tracing its name back to origins within the Norse language, its original purpose was to link Cardiff Castle to its quay. In this way it became a trade hub and settling point for those incomers who made the city their home. Throughout its history the street has had several pubs, and today has several bars and clubs.
context_section_description: Jones Court (51°28′46.88″N 3°10′55.88″W), which leads off of Womanby Street, was built in 1830 by the Marquis of Bute to house labourers imported for the expansion of Cardiff Docks. Each of the 50 houses had just two rooms, and with no water supply or drainage, the occupants fared poorly in the cholera outbreak in the city in 1849. Cardiff Council acquired Jones Court from the Marquis in the early 1900s, and used it as council offices until post-World War II. In a dilapidated state by 1980, and housing only the cities Weights & Measures office, it was fully restored and reopened by the Lord Mayor in February 1982. During the restoration, it was found that the land had long been used as the city's rubbish dump for the properties on the High Street, again confirming the low social stance of the area. Jones Court is the last remaining example of the over 50 19th-century housing courts that had existed in Cardiff.
caption: The restored Jones Court
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