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Aberhonddu / Brecon, St John Evangelist

• Bibliography
• Church History
• Church Records
• Description and Travel
• Gazetteers

Bibliography

A short account of the church of St John the Evangelist : or the Holy Rood at Brecon. London : printed by D. C. Dallas, 1887. 68p

Bacon, Olive L. Masons' marks in Brecon Cathedral. Brycheiniog 25 (1993), p. 27-9

Brecon Cathedral. The Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist, Brecon. 1984?, 16p

Brown, Roger L. 'One of the most remarkable men of his time': Richard Davies, Archdeacon of Brecon, 1777-1859. Brycheiniog, 34 (2002), 119-131

Gwynne-Jones, D M. Brecon Cathedral, c.1093-1537 : the church of the Holy Rood. Brycheiniog 24 (1990-92), p. 23-37

Notes on the churchyard at St John the Evangelist (Brecon Cathedral). Cronicl Powys, No. 34 (April 1995), 41-33.

The Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist, Brecon : an architectural study. Brecon : Friends of Brecon Cathedral, 1994. 88p

Walker, Margaret S. The priory church of St. John the Evangelist, Brecon 1782-1808. Brycheiniog 28 (1995-6), p. 105-26

Church History

The Brecon Cathedral site

Church Records

Detailed information on deposited registers and transcripts for this parish is given under Breconshire Parish Registers on the Powys Archives website

As a guide only, the principal extant parochial church records for this parish span the dates shown below (as detailed in Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 2000) but exact current holdings should be confirmed with the individual Archives:

• Baptisms 1727-1939; Marriages 1727-1982; Burials 1727-1963; Banns 1787-1823, 1870-1956, 1983-1988
  Parish Registers, or copies, for all or part of these dates are held at the NLW and/or Powys Archives.
  Bishops Transcripts for various periods are held at the NLW.

Description and Travel

Places, villages, farms etc., within Brecon St John parish as shown on the parish map on the CD of Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. (Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R.). (Extracted by John Ball)

• Upper Division [47] - Crug, Ffynnonau, The Forge, Gludy, Maen-du Well, Penlan, Pennant, Roman Road, Slwch Farm, Slwch Camp
• Venny-fach [48] - Cradoc, Fenni-fach, Gwenffrwd, Maen y Morwynion, Pen y Crug (Camp), Pont-ar-Yscir, Pont Gwilym, Pool, Roman Road, Y Gaer

Gazetteers

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Brecon, St John

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