GENUKI: Cyfartha in the Parish of Merthyr Tydfil

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

CYFARTHFA, Christ Church 1852-1857 - on Church plans online

Anglican Parish Registers Held at the Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff
Baptisms	Marriages	Burials	Banns	Bishops Transcripts
1857-1916	1857-1928, 1944-1989	-	1857-1976	-

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

Cyfarthfa Ecclesiastical Parish records " ........ including churchwardens accounts, 1898-1959; faculties, 1893-1928; church fabric inventory, 1948; plans, 1853-1928; kirkhouse memorial hall records, 1915-1965; church affairs, 1897-1940; parochial church council, 1920-1966; vestry amd civil records, 1843-1920"

Cyfarthfa on Alan George's site

Crawshay Family of Cyfarthfa - on the People's Collection Wales site

Cyfarthfa Castle School War Memorial - on the Roll of Honour site

Crawshay family of Cyfarthfa
- 18th cent-19th cent: deeds, estate and business papers
  [National Library of Wales, Department of Manuscripts and Records - Reference: Cyfartha Papers]
- c1756-c1940: deeds, family and estate papers
  [Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff]

Cyfarthfa Ironworks - on Wikiped"

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

Cyfarthfa Iron Works records 1791-1846 "Iron production at Cyfarthfa (Glamorgan) was started by Anthony Bacon (1718-86) in 1765. In 1786, the ironworks were leased to Richard Crawshay (1739-1810) and in 1794, he became the sole owner. By 1803, the Cyfarthfa works employed 1,500 people and was said to be the biggest in the world. When Richard Crawshay died in 1810, the works passed to his son William Crawshay (1764-1834), who was deeply immersed in his work as an Indian merchant and had no time for the Cyfarthfa works. He in turn appointed his son William II (1788-1867) to manage the concern. It was during this period that the works achieved its greatest production levels. ..................................................."
Cyfarthfa papers [1706]-1878
Crawshay, Robert Thompson 1827-1883 ".................... Robert Thompson Crawshay was born in 1817 at Cyfarthfa and was the son of William Crawshay II and his second wife Elizabeth Thompson. He took a great interest in the works and on the death of his brother William he became acting manager of the works. On the death of his father in 1867 Richard Thompson Crawshay became the sole manager of the business. He extended and improved the works and the coal-mines.................................."

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

Cyfarthfa Castle Municipal Secondary school records " ....... comprising of letters and circulars, 1908-1909; board of education inspection report, 1913; specification and tender, 1910; plan of library, 1923; golden jubilee booklet, 1963"

The People's Collection Wales site has material for this parish, use the onsite search box

Cyfartha in the Parish of Merthyr Tydfil

[Last Updated : 3 April 2013 - Gareth Hicks]