Glamorgan Contents Nearby Places

Oxwich

"A village in the south of Gower, on the shores of a large and beautiful bay. The church is interesting, and on the headland are the ruins of a castle."

[Glamorganshire, 1911]

Bibliography Cemeteries Church History Church Records Description and Travel Directories

History Maps Names, Personal Population  Public Records Schools

Bibliography

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

References to the parish of Oxwich at the British Library

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

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

Church Records

The church is dedicated to St. Illtyd, is in the Benefice of Oxwich with Penmaen with Nicholaston, 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 SS505861.

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

• Oxwich Ecclesiastical Parish Records            "Registers (including service and banns registers) 1772-1984; miscellaneous 1833-post 1884"

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

• Oxwich, St. Illtyd - Christenings (BT's), 1813-1875

Description and Travel

Places, villages, farms etc within Oxwich parish  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 Mary Greatorex)

• Oxwich (39): Camp, Castle, Coastguard Station, Eastern Slade, Hangman Cross, Holy Wash, Norton, Oxwich, Oxwich Burrows, Oxwichgreen, Oxwich Point, The Cove, The Sands, Western Slade.

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

Oxwich Bay, photographs by Venita

Oxwich Bay Walk - on BBC Wales

Oxwich Bay - on Wikipedia

Oxwich - on Explore-Gower

Oxwich - on the GGAT site

Directories

Transcript of complete name listing for the Gower parishes, from Slaters Directory for 1880.

History

Description & Illustrations of Oxwich Castle at www.castlewales.com by Jeff Thomas

Maps

Names, Personal

• Collins family of Oxwich
  1430-c1800: deeds, family and estate papers
  [University of Swansea Library]

Population

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

Public Records

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

• Oxwich Parish Council records       "................ including minutes, 1894-1973; rate book, 1887-1888; financial records, 1951-1956; photocopy of tithe plan 1844, [late 20th century]."

Schools

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

• Oxwich School Records        " ........ including log books, 1884-1961; class registers, 1882-1884; financial records, 1949-1960; correspondence, c.1895-1961."

Hamlets, Towns and Villages

Oxwich

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