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Llanfihangel Cwm Du

Census

Victorian Powys for schools site - Census figures for Llanfihangel Cwmdu parish for 1841-1901

Churches

You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Llanfihangel Cwm Du area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify other churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.

Church History

Church of St Michael, Cwmdu on the Brecknockshire Churches Survey site.

Photographs of St Michael's Church and Penuel Chapel (Cwm Rhos) on John Ball's Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection webpages.

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 1734-1922; Marriages 1734-1971; Burials 1734-1992; Banns 1802-1968 Parish Registers, or copies, for all or part of these dates are held at the NLW and/or Powys Archives/Gwent Archives. Bishops Transcripts for various periods are held at the NLW, Gwent Archives and the SOG.

Description and Travel

Places, villages, farms etc., in Llanfihangel Cwm-du 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)

  • Blayney / Cenol / Cilwych / Tretower [82A / 82B / 82C / 82D] - Blaenau-draw, Blaenau-fry, Blaen-y-cwm, Bwlch, Castell, Cil-faenor, Cil-helyg, Clwyd-y-graig, Coed-y-Gaer, Craig-lwyd-fawr, Cwm-du, Cwm-gu-fach, Cwm-gu-fawr, Cwm-mawr, Cwm-rhos, Dan-y-buarth, Felindre, Gaer, Gliffaes, Gliffaes-fach, Gwndwn, Half Way Inn, Heol-draw, Llangynidr Bridge, Llewenau, Llewenau Draw, Llwyfan, Llwyn-crwn, Llwynau-mawr, Maen Hir, Neuadd-fach, Neuadd-fry, Pant-y-bedi, Pen-lan, Penlan, Penmyarth, Pentre, Pentre-bach, Pen-twyn, Pen-y-caeau, Pen-y-gaer, Pen-yr-heol, Pont-y-bryn-hurt, Rhyd-fawr, Roman Road, Talsarn, Tre-graig, Tretower, Ty-uchaf, Wern.
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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for Llanfihangel Cwm Du from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Historical Geography

You can see the administrative areas in which Llanfihangel Cwm Du has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.

Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SO180238 (Lat/Lon: 51.906640, -3.193409), Llanfihangel Cwm Du which are provided by: