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Treboeth in the Parish of Llangyfelach

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Church History

Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site

  • Caersalem Newydd Baptist, Treboeth, Swansea accounts book. Pages show accounts in 1916, 1917, 1918, 1921
  • Caersalem Newydd Singing Assembly Programme, Christmas Day 1915
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Church Records

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. Alban, is in the Benefice of Treboeth, 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 SS653966.

Anglican Parish Registers
BaptismsMarriagesBurialsBannsBishops Transcripts
No Registers have been deposited yet

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

  • Treboeth Ecclesiastical Parish Records       "Registers (including service and banns registers) 1909-1989; confirmation and communicants' registers/electoral roll 1935-1962; PCC and Vestry minutes 1926-1980; miscellaneous 1927-1962."
Non Conformist Registers Deposited at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
ChapelBaptismsMarriagesBurialsOS Map Ref 
Caersalem Newydd, Baptist1839-18711841-18531839-1871SS 65209731 
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Description & Travel

You can see pictures of Treboeth in the Parish of Llangyfelach which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SS653966 (Lat/Lon: 51.652007, -3.948476), Treboeth in the Parish of Llangyfelach which are provided by:

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Military History

Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site

  • WW1 Memorials in Mynyddbach Chapel, Treboeth
  • Henry Jenkins of Treboeth, Swansea, sent this embroidered card to Annie Matthews on 8 July 1918, 'on my departure for France'. The image contains the insignia of the Royal Army Service Corps. Henry is one of the 79 men commemorated on the Roll of Honour at Caersalem Newydd Baptist Chapel, Treboeth.
  • Thomas Henry Matthews of Treboeth, Swansea, was a miner before the war, but within a month of the start of hostilities he had joined the 3rd (King's Own) Hussars. He soon transferred to the South Wales Borderers: these photographs were taken at Sniggery Camp, near Little Crosby, Merseyside.
  • Evan Davies, born in Treboeth, Swansea around 1897, was a collier before the war. He joined the Royal Navy: his cap says 'HMS Pembroke', which was the name of the Royal Navy Barracks in Chatham, Kent.  ...... Evan is one of the 79 men commemorated on the Roll of Honour at Caersalem Newydd Baptist Chapel, Treboeth.
  • Ivor James Phillips was born in Treboeth, Swansea, on 18 May 1895. He was a collier before the war but enlisted on 15 November 1915, joining the Royal Naval Division. (Men of the RND were in effect soldiers but were initially under Admiralty control and retained some of the customs of the Royal Navy). He fought on the Western Front, in the Howe and Anson Battalions. These photographs show Ivor in his sailor's garb and in a conventional 'army' uniform. Ivor is one of the 79 men commemorated on the Roll of Honour at Caersalem Newydd Baptist Chapel, Treboeth.
  • Evan Davies, born in Treboeth, Swansea around 1897, was a collier before the war. He joined the Royal Navy, and while serving he sent these two postcards to his sweetheart (and future wife) Mary Annie Hughes.
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Schools

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

  • Treboeth School Records     "Treboeth School infants department log book, 1878-1903."