Warde O'Brien wedding 1879 at the Church Gate

This photograph taken by Joseph Jewell shows the second of the two triumphal arches that had been erected in the town to honour and bless the wedding of Lt.-Col Charles Arthur Madan Warde and the Hon. Anastasia Kathleen Lucia O’Brien. Note the Scottish flag hanging from the window of Kirkgate House – a curious touch as Charles was born in Neath, Glamorgan (Wales) and Anastasia was born in County Clare, Ireland…