Bettws Llangeinor Contents Nearby Places

Pontycymmer in the Parishes of Bettws and Llangeinor

Church Records

For full and up-to-date details of their holdings see the sites of Glamorgan Record Office and/or West Glamorgan Archives

The church is dedicated to St. David, is in the Benefice of Pontycymmer and Blaengarw, and the diocese of Llandaff. Details of the present incumbent of this benefice can be found at the Church in Wales website. The church can be located at grid reference SS905915.

[The church of St. Cein, Llangeinor and St. David's, Pontycymmer are now in the Parish of Llangeinor and Garw Valley.]

 Pontcymmer cemetery and chapel - See photograph on Jill Muir's site

Description and Travel

Postcard of Pontycymmer 1906 - on the Gathering the Jewels site (use search box)

Occupations

Darren Colliery, Pontycymmer on the Welsh Coal Mines site

Public Records

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Blaengarw Ecclesiastical Parish records                 "Blaengarw lay originally in the ancient parish of Llangeinor in the Garw valley. In 1899, a new parish of Garw valley was created, which included Pontycymmer, Blaengarw and Pontyrhyl. Blaengarw was subsequently constituted as a separate parish in 1920, but rejoined the Garw valley parish to become Pontycymmer and Blaengarw in 1950. In 2004 the parish of Garw Valley was combined with Llangeinor to form the united parish of Llangeinor and the Garw Valley. .............."

Religion and Religious Life

The Religious Revival in Wales 1904 - Crowds at Pontycymmer

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