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NANTCWNLLE

Parish based sketch map of the hundred

"NANTCWNLLE (NANT-GYNLLO), a parish, partly in the upper division of the hundred of MOYTHEN, and partly in the lower division of the hundred of PENARTH, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 8 miles (N.) from Lampeter, containing 686 inhabitants. This parish derives its name from a small brook which flows into the river Aêron by which it is intersected, and from the dedication of its church to St. Cynllo, an eminent British saint, who flourished about the middle of the fifth century. The river Aêron here forms a boundary between the hundreds of Moythen and Penarth: the vale through which it flows abounds with pleasingly varied scenery, and the views over the surrounding country combine many objects of interest.The parish constitutes a prebend in the collegiate church of Brecknock, valued in the king's books at £7.6.8., and in the patronage of the Bishop of St.David's. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Cardigan, and diocese of St. David's, rated in the king's books at £3.13. 4., endowed with £ 600 royal bounty, and £ 600 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Bishop of St. David's. The tithes are divided between the prebendary and the vicar, the former of whom has two-thirds, and the latter one-third. The church, dedicated to St. Cynllo, is a small plain edifice, consisting of a nave and chancel, and is not distinguished by any architectural details of importance. There are some remains of an ancient intrenchment, called "Pen y Gaer." The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor is £ 110.10."
[From Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833]

• Church History
• Church Records
• Description and Travel
• Genealogy
• History
• Maps
• Schools

Church History

St Cynllo - photograph on Dyfed FHS

Some church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by   I.G   Jones, & D. Williams. UWP,   Cardiff, 1976. The names are those of the informants

• Nantcwnlle Parish Church       Evan Evans, Vicar
• see Nonconformist chapels below

Parish entry from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).

• St Cynllo
• &
• Mission Church
• Incumbent and Curates; T T Davies
• Rural Deanery of Ultra Aeron
• Acreage 4,607 ; Population 515

Church Records

See Notes on Church/Chapel Records page

Parish Register;
Baptisms 1813-1968. Marriages 1813-1971 [Banns 1957-67]. Burials 1813-1987  NLW with copies of some dates at Cer.RO
Copy ts PR M 1764-1837 with index  NLW/Cer.RO
PR C 1768-1811  M 1763-1809  B 1771-1811 microfilmed in 1960 seemingly lost
Bishops Transcripts;
1675, 1799, 1811, 1813, 1815-17, 1820, 1822-43, 1845-72, 1874-80, 1882, 1885-8 NLW

I.G.I; Baptisms 1811-75

Nonconformist Chapels;  

Description and Travel

Places, villages, farms etc within Nantcwnlle  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 Gareth Hicks)

• Nantcwnlle (52); Blaen-castell; Bryn-ele; Bryn-gwyn; Bwlch-diwyrgam; Bwlch llan; Bwlch-y-graig; Crynfryn; Dyfnant; Fan; Glownant; Gwenffrwd; Hafod; Llan-Feilog; Llundain-fach; Nantcwnlle (village); Nant-Rhiw-afallen; Pen y Gaer; Talsarn; Ty-newydd; Ty'r college;

Kelly's Directory South Wales 1895

With the kind permission of the publisher, these selected extracts below are taken  from " The History of Cardiganshire" by S R Meyrick, 1810, specifically the reprint of the 1907 imprint published by Stephen Collard in July 2000.

• "In this parish is an old intrenchment, called Pen y Gaer, just above Havod, the residence of Mr Rogers."
• "Two thirds of the tithes belong to a prebendary in tthe church of Brecon."
• The names of the last three incumbents [of the parish church], are ; the Rev. Rhys Williams ;the Rev. - Parry ; and the Rev John Evans."
• Crynvryn, previously possessed by the Lloyd family. The estate was purchased by Sir Thomas Bonsall, Knt., whose son now possesses it.
• Havod, the seat of --- Rogers Esq.

Genealogy

Cardiganshire Families

 

Edwards, S. A. Preface by Morgan, D. E.   Brynele history.1950.  Background of the Edwards family, Brynele, Nantcwnlle Parish

Hyatt, Jenni. An Illustrious Son of Cardiganshire: Rev David Edwardes MA., JP. [1836-1916]. Cardiganshire FHS  journal vol 2/8, June 2001.

Worthington, Parch D. Cofiant y Parch Daniel Rowland,Llangeitho. Carmarthen:1923. Places and people, includes a pedigree of the Rowlandses of Nantcwnlle and Llangeitho.

History

Edwardes, David (Rev). The Annals of the Parish of Nantcwnlle from 1764 to 1809. London; Charles Cull, 1896

Edwardes, David (Rev). Plwyf Nantcwnlle Hen a Diweddar. NLW, 1913

Edwardes, Evan. (Rev) . Byr Hanes am Blwyf Nantcwnlle.(A Short History of the Parish of Nantcwnlle). Published by 'Cambrian News' Aberystwyth, Ltd., 1930 .Translation and name index by Jenni Hyatt 2003

Maps

Schools

Here is an extract from The Reports of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the state of Education in Wales. 1847

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[Gareth Hicks: 9 April 2007]

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