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Llantrithyd

"A village three miles eastward from Cowbridge, possessing an interesting church and the ruins of a Tudor manor house."

[Glamorganshire, 1911]

Bibliography Cemeteries Church History Church Records Description and Travel

Directories Land and Property Maps Population Public Records

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. Illtyd

Church History

Glamorgan Chapels Database - here are  references to non-conformist chapels/meeting houses found in this parish

• [Llantrithyd] 1786 June 7 Independant; the dwelling house of Edward MORRIS called Horse land, William LEWIS, Thomas JONES, , Evan JONES, Thomas JOHN, Richard THOMAS, Edmund DAVID, Richard WILLIAM, David WILLIAM, David WILLIAMS, Jenkin JEREMIAH, William JEREMIAH, John GRIFFITH, Evan DAVID, Morgan DAVID, William THOMAS, Jenkin JEREMIAH Junior
• [Llantrithyd] 1814 May 2; Calvanist; a building called Garn, Thomas JENKINS, farmer, Shadrach DAVIES, Thomas THOMAS,
• [Llantrithyd] 1815 April 10; Calvanist; a building called Pentwyn; Lewis DAVID, shopkeeper, Shadrach DAVIES
  Dissent in the Counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth by Hywel D Emanuel 

Church Records

The church is dedicated to St. Illtyd, 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 ST044728.

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

• Llantrithyd Ecclesiastical Parish records               " .........  including registers of baptisms, 1597-1979; marriages, 1571-1970; burials, 1571-1978; memoranda of baptisms, marriages and burials of members of the Aubrey family, 1641-1808; licences, 1820; churchwardens papers, 1896-1897, parochical church council records, 1957; civil and miscellaneous records"

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

• Llantrithyd, St. Illtyd - Christenings (BT's), 1597-1874, Marriages, 1571-1752

On Richard Hopkins' site there are jpg images of the Llantrithyd Parish Registers, 1571-1810

Description and Travel

Places, villages, farms etc within Llantrithyd 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)

• Llantrithyd [157] - Castell-y-dryw, Coed Arthur, Coed Hills, Cross, Garn, Llantrithyd Ho, Llantrithyd Park, Llantrithyd Place, Llantrithyd, Pant-y-ffynnon, Pentre, Tre-Aubrey, Ty canol, Ty-draw

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

Directories

Transcript of name listing for Cowbridge, and neighbouring parishes from Commercial and Trade Directories, for the years:-

Land and Property

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

• Aubrey family of Llantrithyd papers   1650-1937          "The Aubrey family inherited lands in Llantrithyd (Glamorgan) when Sir Thomas Aubrey, second son of Dr William Aubrey married Mary, daughter and co-heiress of Anthony Mansel of Llantrithyd in 1586. Sir Thomas's second son, Sir John Aubrey, a strong Royalist was created baronet in 1660. Sir John's heir was Sir John Aubrey (d 1700), 2nd Bart., of Llantrithyd who married secondly, Mary, second daughter and following the death of her brother, Edward in 1674, co-heiress of William Lewis of the Van, Glamorgan, Boarstal and Brill, Buckinghamshire. Mary died childless and settled considerable maternal estates away from her paternal uncle, Lewis of Van, and upon the Aubreys of Llantrithyd................................"
• Morgan family of Llantrithyd and St Mary Church papers   "Papers of John and Thomas Morgan, of Cross Farm, Llantrithyd and Pen-yr-heol Farm, St Mary Church, 1858-1939;........................."

Maps

Population

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

Public Records

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

• Llantrithyd Civil Parish records       " ......... comprising tithe plan and apportionment, 1840; vestry and parish meeting minute book, 1890-1922; assistant overseers rate book, 1926; assistant overseers receipt and payment book, 1922-1927; miscellaneous deeds and papers, 1717-1947"

Hamlets, Towns and Villages

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Llantrithyd

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