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Llanishen

"LLAN ISAN, in the Cwmwd of Cibwyr, Cantref of Brenhinol (now called the hundred of Kibbor), County of GLAMORGAN, South Wales: a Perpetual Curacy, not in charge, of the certified value of £10.: Patrons, The Earl of Plymouth, and Charles Kemys Tynte, Esq., alternately: Church dedicated to St. Isan. The Resident Population of this Parish, in 1801, was 329. The Money raised by the Parish Rates, in 1803, was £269..1..0, at 11s. in the pound. it is 4 m. N. b. NW. from Caerdiff. Here is a Free School. This Parish contains from five to six hundred acres of Land. St. Denis's Well is esteemed efficacious in Scorbutic complaints. According to the Diocesan Report, in 1809, the yearly value of this Benefice, arising from Stipend, and Augmentation, was £46."
From: A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle, London, 1811.

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Bibliography

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

Cemeteries

• Parish Church of St. Isan

Church History

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

Church Records

For full and up-to-date details of their holdings see the sites of Glamorgan Record Office and/or West Glamorgan Archives

See Bap/Mar/Bur data on  FreeReg

The church is dedicated to St. Isan, is in the Benefice of Llanishen, and the diocese of Llandaff. 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 ST176818.

A transcription of the registers is available from the Glamorgan Family History Society for the years: Baptisms, 1717-1901, Marriages, 1725-1837, Burials, 1717-1900.

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

• Llanishen Ecclesiastical Parish records            " ....... including registers of baptisms, 1752-1914; marriages, 1754-1939; burials, 1752-1914; banns, 1873-1926; services, 1888-1954; certificate counterfoils, 1900-1935; records relating to: glebe, 1901-1952; churchwardens, 1786-1937; faculties, 1892-1936; churchfixtures and fittings, 1907-1952; parochial church council, 1920-1953; church affairs, 1910-1934; miscellaneous affairs and organisations, 1919-1962; civil records, 1821-1935"

Modern Parishes & Chapels of Ease :- The Parish of Llanishen contains two Chapels of Ease :-

• St. Faith
• Christ Church

Description and Travel

Places, villages, farms etc within Llanishen 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)

• Llanishen (131); Craig Llanishen; Cwm;  GWR; Hill Fm.; Heol-hir; Llanishen (village); Llanishen Sta.; Llwyn-crwn-fawr; Mill; Parc; Rhyd-y-penau; Roath Park; The Heath; The Lake;

Description of parish from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis.

Llanishen - on Wikipedia

Directories

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

• Llanishen, St. Isan - Christenings (BT's), 1813-1875

Land and Property

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

• New House Estate, Llanishen, deeds    1598-1925       "The New House estate descended in the male line from Thomas Lewis (d 1764) of New House, Llanishen, Glamorgan, eldest son by the second marriage of Thomas Lewis of Llanishen, until John Lewis of New House died without issue in 1850, the estate passing to his wife Margaret, who sold the estate to Wyndham William Lewis. ...............".

Maps

Population

Public Records

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

• Llanishen Civil Parish records    " ......... comprising copy of tithe plan and apportionment, 1846; parish council minutes book, 1894-1911; orders to overseers of the poor, 1895-1920; correspondence, 1897-1910; parish meeting minutes book, 1894-1922; declarations of parish councillors on acceptance, 1895-1922; map of parish, c1800; overseer's account book, 1825-1835; vestry minutes, 1891-1894; testimonial, 1902"

Schools

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

•  Llanishen School          "Records relating to the Llanishen School Board, 1875-1904"

Llanishen

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