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Trallwng / Trallong

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"TRALLONG, a parish in the hundred of Merthyr, county Brecon, 5 miles W. of Brecknock, its post town, on the rivers Usk and Bran. In the vicinity is the British fort called Twyn-y-Gaer. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of St. David's, value £59, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. David." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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Cemeteries

Congregational / Independent
Sardis Chapel, Cwmcamlais (Independent)
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Church History

Church of St David, Trallong on the Brecknockshire Churches Survey site.

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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 1752-1756, 1771-1804, 1813-1992; Marriages 1813-1971; Burials 1771-1804, 1813-1991; Banns 1824-30, 1865-70, 1923-98. 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.
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Description & Travel

Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site

    You can see pictures of Trallwng / Trallong which are provided by:

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    Gazetteers

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    Maps

    You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SN956309 (Lat/Lon: 51.96698, -3.520689), Trallwng / Trallong which are provided by:

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    Names, Geographical

    Places, villages, farms etc., in Trallong 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)

    • Trallong [60] - Aber-Bran, Aber-Sefin, Coed-y-Rhiw-las, Cwm-Lliw, Ffos-y-gerwn, Gilfach-uchaf, Gwern-y-figin-uchaf, Maes-llwydart-uchaf, Parc mawr, Pen-y-bryn, Tir-mawr, Trallong, Trawscoed, Twyn Disgwylfa, Twyn-y-Gaer, Ynys-y-bont