You're welcome. Ysbyty is a hospital. My great great grandfather made shoes for the miners at the Ysbyty Ystywyth lead mine. Locating his house/shop along the road between their homes and work was a strategic choice. The shoes had a wood sole and a sheep skin leather upper. The acid in the mines damaged the footwear, so it needed replacing often. The rest of the family raised the sheep that provided wool, meat and leather for the shoe production.
Lead was formed into strips that were used to hang slate used for roofing the homes. Slate was mined north of lead/silver mines. The south has coal mines.
Cool story- thanks for sharing.
Sounds like he was the sole provider...