MEMBERS of Borth and Ynyslas Golf Club have celebrated the time that a boarding school from Rutland moved all of its teachers and pupils to the Ceredigion village to avoid a typhoid outbreak.

On 4 April 1876, Uppingham School, under the headship of Edward Thring, moved 300 boys, 30 masters and their families to Borth, after an outbreak of typhoid had ravaged the town due to its poorly maintained water system.

The school, which can trace its history back to the 16th century, took over the disused Cambrian Hotel and a number of boarding houses in the coastal village, for 14 months.

During that time the playing fields and golf course at Borth and Ynyslas was laid out by members of Uppingham School, with the football pitch in Borth being named Uppingham Field to this day.

The move was successful in saving the school from a serious epidemic, and is commemorated in an annual service held in the school’s chapel in Uppingham.

Borth and Ynyslas Golf Club captain Charles Raw-Rees, along with members of the club, recently attended the service, where Welsh hymns were sung and the generosity of the Borth community was remembered.

The Borth and Ynyslas golf team and members of Old Uppinghamions Golf Society also renewed acquaintances.