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Ystalyfera in the Parish of Llangiwg

Archives and Libraries

Ystalyfera Library

Bibliography

References to the town of Ystalyfera at

• The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

An on-line index to the book Pontardawe and District, by John Henry Davies [1967] has been provided by Gareth Hicks

Business and Commerce Records

• Ystalyfera Iron Company
  1838-95: deeds of settlement, minute books, accounts, balance sheets, reports, correspondents, papers
  [Enquiries to West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds]

Church History

Church Records

Ystalyfera, Chapel of ease to Llangiwg, formed into a parish in 1903

See under Chapels and Churches on the Cwmgors/Waun site

The church is dedicated to St. David, is in the Benefice of Ystalyfera, and diocese of Swansea and Brecon. 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 SN767089.

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

• Ystalyfera Ecclesiastical Parish Records          "Registers (including service and banns registers) 1874-1991; graveyard regulations 1930; PCC and Easter Vestry minutes 1904-1970."
  "Dedicated to St David, built 1890. Parish formed in 1903 from Llangiwg. Formerly included Holy Trinity, Godre'graig (built c. 1859, closed 1979)."

NLW - National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
PRO - Public Record Office, London
WGAS - West Glamorgan Archive Service

Description and Travel

Swansea Canal, Ystalyfera to Pontardawe, photographs by Venita

Swansea Canal, Ystalyfera 1947  - on the Gathering the Jewels site (use search box)

Ystalyfera - on Wikipedia

Community Archives Wales   There is a vast amount of material on this site for Ystalyfera  (look under Group/Medium)

Directories

Transcript of complete name listing for Ystalyfera, from Slaters Directory for 1871.

Transcript of complete entry for Ystalyfera from Kelly's Directory South Wales 1910

The Swansea Directory (Purriers) for 1913 -  the complete book is viewable on the Internet Archive  - has  Pontardawe, Clydach, Ystalyfera and Amman Valley trades sections

Transcript of complete entry for Ystalyfera from Kelly's Directory South Wales 1923

Genealogy

Cwmgors and Gwaun-cae-gurwen. A collection of genealogical/local history material relating to the parish of Llangiwg

History

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

• W D Williams collection     "Lecture notes, 1923 including notes for a lecture concerning the history of Ystalyfera 1923, notes for a lecture on the old industries of Ystalyfera undated (?1920s) notes for a lecture on the history of the Parish of Llangiwg undated (?1920s) and a notebook recording the contents of other copybooks and notebooks undated (?1920s"

Occupations

Tareni Colliery, Ystalyfera on the Welsh Coal Mines site

See under Coal Mining on the Cwmgors/Waun site

Schools

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

• Panteg School records    "Panteg School in the parish of Ystalyfera ........ was opened in 1877 and enlarged in 1888."
  Records;- "........ including log books, 1877-1929; admission register, 1948-1974."
• Wern School, Ystalyfera, records  (opened in about 1863)        "log books, 1863-1960"

Ystalyfera in the Parish of Llangiwg

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