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Llandow

"LLAN DWF, or, DWFR, in the Cwmwd of Maenor Glynn Ogwr, Cantref  of Cron Nedd (now called the Hundred of Ogmore), County of GLAMORGAN, South Wales: a discharged Rectoy, valued in the King's Books at £7..4..4 1/2: Patron, Jesus College, Oxford: Chuch dedicated to The Holy Trinity. The Resident Population of this Parish, in 1801, was 105. The Money raised by the Parish Rates, in 1803, was £14..2..0. It is 3 m. W. from Cowbridge. This Parish contains 846 acres of inclosed and cultivated Land. The Well, called Trinity Well, which was formerly resorted to by cripples, and persons of a scorbutic habit, is now neglected and unfrequented."
From: A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle, London, 1811.

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Description and Travel Directories 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 Holy Trinity

Church History

Glamorgan Chapels Database  - no non-conformist chapels found in this parish
"The parish church is the only place of worship in the parish"  Slaters Directory for 1880

Church Records

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

• Llandow Ecclesiastical Parish records      " ........ including registers of baptisms, 1813-1991; burials, 1813-1992; marriages, 1839-1969; banns, 1897-1985; services, 1934-1987; parochial church council minutes, 1937-1988; churchwardens bills, 1825; church affairs, 1906-1960; miscellaneous and civil records, 1823-1947"

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

• Llandow, Holy Trinity - Christenings (BT's), 1813-1865

Description and Travel

"LLANDOW, called by the Welsh LLAN-DWY, a parish in the hundred of OGMORE, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Cowbridge, containing 138 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaf, rated in the king's books at £7. 4. 4 1/2., and in the patronage Of the Principal and Fellows of Jesus' College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is a very small edifice of considerable antiquity. The parsonage-house is also a very ancient building, apparently coeval with the church : attached to the living are fifty-eight acres of glebe land. The average annual expenditure for the maintenance of the poor amounts to £51. 4."  ( A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis 1833)

Places, villages, farms etc within Llandow 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)

• Llandow (118); Brychau; Cwrt-newydd; Ffynnon-y-Drindod; Llandow (village); Mill; Rectory; Sutton; Ty'n-y-caeau;
  In a separate unnumbered section within this parish's boundaries;  Cant crw

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Population

Public Records

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

• Llandow Civil Parish records      " ...... including highway surveyor's account book, 1813-1879; copies of tithe plan and apportionment, 1841; extract of tithe apportionment, 1914"

Llandow

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