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Llancarfan

"A village in the valley of the Carfan brook, a feeder of the Thaw. It was the site of a famous Celtic monastry founded by St. Cadoc in the sixth century. The church has a transitional Norman arcade, and the remains of a fine screen. On a neighbouring hill is an ancient camp."

Bibliography Cemeteries Church History Church Records Description and Travel

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Bibliography

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

Cemeteries

The Glamorgan Family History Society have produced a set of microfiche containing Monumental Inscriptions for the following burial grounds :-

• Parish Church of St. Cadoc
• Bethlehem Baptist Church

Church History

Chapels Database  - a  list of all known non-conformist chapels or other non-Anglican religions in the parish

Llancarfan church - on the Early British Kingdoms site

Church Records

The church is dedicated to St. Cadoc, and is in the Benefice of Llancarfan with Llantrithyd 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 ST051702.

A transcription of the registers is available from the Glamorgan Family History Society for the years: Baptisms, 1696-1900, Marriages, 1619-1838, Burials, 1696-1899. Visit their website for information on how to purchase these fiche.

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

• Llancarfan Ecclesiastical Parish records   " ...... including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1618-1763; baptisms and burials, 1775-1810; baptisms, 1813-1889; marriage, 1788-1970; burials, 1813-1976; banns, 1828-1920; marriage licence, 1961; certificates, 1828-1901; service registers, 1914-1946"

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

• Llancarfan, St. Cadoc - Christenings (BT's), 1813-1871

Description and Travel

Places, villages, farms etc within Llancarfan 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 Glenys Travis)

• Llancarfan [154] - Abernant, Broadclose Inn, Camp AM, Castle Ditches, Cliff, Coed Arthur, Coed y Colwn, Cornix, Cowlog, Crosstown, Cwm y Breach, Downs, Flaxland, Font, Ford Brook, Garn-lwyd, Green, Groes-heol, Hensel-bach, Kenson River, Kenson, Kingsland, Llanbethery, Llancadle, Llancarfan Pt, Middlecross, Middlehill, Moulton, Nant Treguff, Nant Whitton, Pancross, Pant y Coed, Pen-onn, River Thaw, River Waycock, Treguff, Ty ucha, Walterston, Whitton Bush, Whitton Rosser.
• Llanvithin [Extra Parochial but included here] [156] - Aubrey Arms, Cae-main, CAMP, Castell Moel,  Greenway, Leach Castle, LLANCARVAN, LLANVITHYN,  Whitewell.

Descriptions of parish from
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis and also
A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle, London, 1811.

Aerial photograph of Whitton Lodge, Roman Villa, Llancarfan , 1996 - on the Gathering the Jewels site (use search box)

Llancarfan - on Wikipedia

Llancarfan - on Pbase

Directories

Transcript of complete name listing for St. Athan, with the parishes and villages of Eglwys Brewis, Gileston, Llancarfan and Penmark, from Slaters Directory for 1880.

Dwellings

• Llancarfan Rectory
  1662-1798: leases 1662-1778, tithe corresp etc (and amongst general estate papers) 1769-1798
  [Gloucestershire Record Office, Clarence Row, off Alvin Street, Gloucester GL1 3DW - Reference: D936,D1740]

Maps

Population

The Population of Llancarfan was as follows, and a more detailed breakdown is available.

Public Records

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

• Llancarfan Civil Parish records      ".......... including financial records, 1890-1968; tax collection records, 1890-1892; poor law bastardy records, 1745-1807; poor law settlement records, 1767-1880; correspondence, 1924-1970; minutes books, 1821-1968; tithe plan and apportionment, 1841; incumbent's tithe account book, 1869-1913; assistant overseers rate book, 1920-1926; highway surveyors account book, 1853-1870; miscellaneous records, 1780-1960"

Schools

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

• Llancarfan School Board records          " .... comprising of minute books, 1873-1903"

Hamlets, Towns and Villages

Llancarfan

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