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Roath

"ROATH, in the Cwmwd of Cibwyr, Cantref of Brenhinol (now called the Hundred of Kibbor), Co. of GLAMORGAN, South Wales: a Vicarage, not in charge, of the certified value of £7.: Patron, The Marquis of Bute: Church dedicated to St. Margaret. The Resident Population of this Parish, in 1801, was 236. The Money raised by the Parish Rates, in 1803, was £264..12..2 1/2, at 8s. in the pound. It is adjacent to Caerdiff on the North East. This Parish contains about 1500 acres of Land, well cultivated.-The present worthy Vicar very obligingly adds, " The Rectorial Tythes belong to the Chapter of Gloucester. The Marquis of Bute lately rebuilt the Chancel, and put up a very elegantly ornamented Window at the East end of it. To the North of the Chancel, and adjoining to it, His Lordship has erected a new Burying-place for his Family; The late Marchioness, the late Lord Mount-Stuart, and others, are there deposited." -According to the Diocesan Report, in 1809, the yearly value of this Benefice, arising from Tythes, and Augmentation, was £49."
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. Margaret

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

• Roath Burial Board records   "Mortgage Register 1875"
  "Roath Burial Board appears to have been set up at some point between 1871 and 1875. It purchased land on Ty Draw Farm, Roath, Glamorgan, to provide a cemetery, but never built it. It appears to have been absorbed into Cardiff Burial Board when the boundaries of Cardiff were extended to include Roath in 1875."

Church History

The Parish of Roath

Welcome to S Peters (Catholic)

Chapels Database  - a  list of all known non-conformist chapels or other non-Anglican religions in the parishes of Roath, St Mary, St John and Llandaff

Church Records

A transcription of the registers is available from the Glamorgan Family History Society for the years: Baptisms, 1724-1879, Marriages, 1724-1837, Burials, 1724-1876.

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

• Roath Ecclesicatical Parish records          " ....... including registers of baptisms, 1731-1923; marriages, 1732-1926; burials, 1740-1876; banns, 1872-1926; servcies, 1883-1930; records relating to: churchwardens, 1819-1935; parochial church council, 1883-1962; church organisations, 1882-1961; civil and miscellaneous, 1862-1993"

Modern Parishes & Chapels of Ease :-

• St. Anne, Roath
• St. German, Roath - Parish formed in 1887 from Roath St Margaret
• St. Martin, Roath
• St. Francis, Roath
• Roath St. Edward, Penylan
• Roath St. Saviour, Splott - Parish formed in 1893 from Roath St German
• Roath St. Philip, Tremorfa

Description and Travel

Places, villages, farms etc within Roath 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)

• Roath (138); GWR; Pengam; Pen-y-lan Convent; Reservoir; Roath Sta.; Splottlands.
  Outside parish boundary on map; Cardiff Flats; Orchard Ledges; Roath Dock 

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

Roath Park, Mark's Photos site

Roath - on Wikipedia

Directories

History

The Manor of Roath Dogfield - from Cardiff Records, Volume II, Chapter I  NOTES ON THE MANORS OF THE CARDIFF DISTRICT . (British History Online) 
Also Splott and Roath Keynsham and Roath Tewkesbury

The Story of Roath

How a water mill works

Monument to Scott of the Antartic in Roath Park Lake

Roath War Memorial - on the Roll of Honour site

Maps

Population

Public Records

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

• Roath Civil Parish records          " ....... comprising copy of tithe plan and apportionment, c1841 [copied 1980]"
• Roath Local Board of Health          " ..... comprised of: minutes, 1859-1875; letter book, 1859-1861; mortgage register, 1861-1873; and poster relating to the water supply, 1875."

Schools

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

• Roath Park Secondary Modern School, Cardiff records      " ..... comprising of log books, 1951-1966"

Hamlets, Towns and Villages

Roath

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