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Lavernock

"LLAFERNOC, in the Cwmwd of Is Caeth, Cantref of Brenhinol (now called the Hundred of Dinas Powys), Co. of GLAMORGAN, South Wales: a Rectory, not in charge, annexed to the Vicarage of Pen Arth: Patron, the Earl of Plymouth, under Lease with the Tythes from The Dean and Chapter of Bristol: Church dedicated to St. Laurence.  The Resident Population of this Parish, in 1801, was 54.  The money raised by the Parish Rates, in 1803, was £46..15..2, at 6s. 9d. in the pound.  It is 10 m. S. S. W. from Caerdiff.  This Parish contains nearly 800 acres of Land.  It is situate upon the Bristol Channel.  The name signifies, a Low Hill washed by the Sea."
From: A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle, London, 1811.

Bibliography Cemeteries Church History Church Records

Description and Travel Maps Population Public Records

Bibliography

Here is a substantial reading list of books which relate to Glamorgan, either county or parish.

Cemeteries

• Parish Church of St. Lawrence

Church History

Glamorgan Chapels Database- None found in this parish

Church Records

A transcription of the registers is available from the Glamorgan Family History Society for the years: Baptisms, 1724-1904, Marriages, 1725-1836, Burials, 1724-1902. Visit their website for information on how to purchase these fiche.

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

• Lavernock Ecclesiastical Parish records     " .......... including registers of baptisms, 1769-1956; marriages, 1769-1902; burials, 1778-1964; parish transcripts, made in 1980"

The following Religious Institutions are covered in the Mormon International Genealogical Index (IGI) :-

• Lavernock, St. Lawrence - Christenings (BT's), 1819-1875

Description and Travel

"LAVERNOCK, otherwise LARNOCK, a parish in the hundred of DINAS-POWIS, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, 7 1/2 miles (S. by W.) from Cardiff, containing 77 inhabitants. The living is a rectory not in charge, consolidated with the vicarage of Penarth, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaf. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is situated close to the edge of the water, the parish lying on the shore of the Bristol channel. Lead-ore has been obtained here, but the works are now discontinued : the principal substratum is lyas limestone, in which the usual fossils abound : in the cliffs under this limestone are found tripoli, and lapis cariosus, or rotten stone, intermingled with a red marly earth, in which are imbedded blocks of gypseous alabaster. The average annual expenditure for the maintenance of the poor is £27. 10." ( A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis 1833)

Places, villages, farms etc within Lavernock 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 Gareth Hicks)  

• Lavernock (182); Castle; Cement & Lime Works; Cosmeston; Lavernock; Lavernock Ho.; Lavernock Point; Ranny Bay; Roundbush Rocks; St Marys Well Bay; Sutton; Swanbridge

Lavernock Point - on Wikipedia ;  also Lavernock Battery

Maps

Population

Public Records

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

• Lavernock Civil Parish records           " ........ including land tax assessment, 1877; assistant overseers' rate books, 1897-1926; assistant overseers' receipt and payment books, 1918-1927, copies of tithe plan and apportionment, c1840"

Hamlets, Towns and Villages

• Cosmeston

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