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hundred"LLANVIHANGEL-ABERCOWIN (LLAN-FIHANGEL-ABER-CYWYN), a parish, in the higher division of the hundred of DERLLYS, union and county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 9 miles (S.W. by W.) from Carmarthen; containing 809 inhabitants. The parish derives its distingiuished appelation from its situation on the Cowin, near its confluence withm the Tāf . . . and is intersected by the turnpike-road from Carmarthen to St. Clear's, from which it is distant about two miles and a half to the south-east. Within its limits is a village, forming a kind of suburb to St. Clear's, and it derives a considerable portion of traffic from the situation, and an air of cheerfulness and activity from the frequent passing of travellers. . . The church, dedicated to St. Michael, stands very near the confluence of the rivers, but is not distinguished by any architectural features. There are places of worship for Baptists and Welsh Calvinistic Methodists; about 30 children are instructed in a day school, at the expense of their parents; and there are three Sunday schools, two appertaining to Calvinistic Methodists, and one to Baptists . . . " [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1844).]
Thomas Charles - on Wikipedia "Thomas Charles (1755 - 1814) was a Welsh Nonconformist clergyman of considerable importance in the history of modern Wales. He was born of humble parentage at Longmoor, in the parish of Llanfihangel Abercywyn.................."
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
Griffiths, G. Milwyn. A Visitation of the Archdeaconry of Carmarthen, 1710 National Library of Wales journal. 1974, Summer Vol XVIII/3. Includes the parish of Llan Fihangel Abercowyn
Parish entry from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by (Archive CD Books)).
Dyfed FHS have photographs and data relating to various churches and chapels on their site
PR C (1759-1812) recorded in 1831 apparently lost. It would be reasonable to suppose that the said register contained Burials (1759-1812) although the return reported that no register of burials could be found. Diocesan records suggest that c1790 there was here a PR going back to 1665.
Parish registers: Christenings (1813-1993), Marriages (1754-1970), Burials (1813-1993) are at the Carmarthenshire Record Office,
An Index to Christenings (1813-1875), Marriages (1769-1875) and Burials (1813-1875) is available on microfiche from Dyfed FHS.
Bishops' Transcripts, covering the period (1672, 1676-8, 1681, 1683-4, 1686-7, 1690-1, 1693-7, 1705, 1708, ?1715, 1717-18, 1721-2, 1724, 1726-45, 1747-82, 1784-91, 1793-7, 1803-4, 1806-41, 1844, 1846, 1848-57) are at the National Library of Wales, and have been microfilmed by the LDS.
Marriage index for this parish - see Dyfed Marriages, 1813-1837, Vol. 14 - Derllys Hundred (Dyfed Family History Society, c1989)
Nonconformist Chapels:
Places, villages, farms etc within Llanfihangel Abercywyn 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 Lynne Kleingertner)
Evans, C. The Story of a Parish: Llanfihangel Abercywyn, Swansea, Crown Printers (1975).Lloyd, Sir John E., (Ed.). A History of Carmarthenshire (2 vols.), Cardiff, London Carmarthenshire Society (1935, 1939). Extracts from this book can be accessed on some parish pages, see here for this parish
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
[Gareth Hicks : 18 Sept 2007]
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