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Cilfynydd in the Parish of Eglwysilan
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"Cilfynydd is now part of Rhondda Cynon Taff district." [Vision of Britain]
"CILFYNYDD-CUM-NORTON BRIDGE, 2 miles north, is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1912 from the parish of Eglwysilan. The church of St. Luke, erected in 1893, is a building of stone, ... there are 350 sittings. The register dates from the year 1912. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £180, in the gift of the Bishop of Llandaff and the Board of Patronage, ... There is also an English and Welsh Baptist chapel." [From Kelly's South Wales Directory 1923 (ArchiveCDBooks) - transcribed by Gareth Hicks]
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Cilfynydd Library
Cilfynydd Primary School
Ann Street
Cilfynydd
Pontypridd
CF37 4EN
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. Luke, is in the Benefice of Cilfynydd, and diocese of Llandaff. Details of the present incumbent of this benefice can be found at the Church in Wales website.
| Anglican Parish Registers | ||||
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | Banns | Bishops Transcripts |
| No Registers have been deposited yet | ||||
| Non Conformist Registers Deposited | |||||
| Chapel | Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | OS Map Ref | Deposited |
| Bethany, Calvinistic Methodist | 1957-1972 | - | - | ST 08739245 | NLW |
| Bethany, Calvinistic Methodist | - | 1958-1978 | - | ST 08739245 | GRO |
| Bethel, Calvinistic Methodist | - | 1967-1970 | - | ST 08799234 | NLW |
| Moriah, Congregational | - | 1901-1989 | - | ST 08789229 | GRO |
| Presbyterian Methodist | 1956-1972 | - | - | ST 08719216 | GRO |
GRO - Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff
NLW - National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
Cilfynydd - on the Rhondda Cynon Taf Libraries Heritage Trail site
Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Cilfynydd in the Parish of Eglwysilan to another place.
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Back of Richard Street, Cilfynydd, showing timbers from Rehoboth Chapel carried by the tornado. Images archived at Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum Wales depicting the aftermath of a tornado which occurred in South Wales on 27th October 1913.
- Unemployed miners march along Richard St., Cilfynydd, during the Cambrian Colliery dispute of 1910-11
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST087921 (Lat/Lon: 51.62029, -3.32018), Cilfynydd in the Parish of Eglwysilan which are provided by:
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- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
War Memorial ( WWII.) Contributed by Alwyn 2001
Cilfynydd War Memorial - on the Roll of Honour site (both WWI & II)
Cilfynydd War Memorial - on the People's Collection Wales site
Office Staff from the Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd loading coal wagons during the 1926 General Strike - on the People's Collection Wales site
Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd, after the explosion of 1894 - on the People's Collection Wales site
Death Roll at Albion Colliery, 25th June 1894 - on the Welsh Coal Mines site
Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd on the Welsh Coal Mines site
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Albion Colliery
- Crowds gathering outside the Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd, possibly after the explosion of 1894
- Albion Colliery Officials, Cilfynydd, 1897 (Queen Victoria celebrated her Diamond Jubilee.)