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Dinas Powis in the Parish of St. Andrews Major

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"DINAS-POWIS, a village and a hundred in Glamorgan. The village stands 4½ miles SW of Cardiff; and has a post office under Cardiff, and remains of a castle built by Jestyn ab Gwrgan. The hundred lies around the village; and contains twenty-seven parishes. Acres, 40, 601. Pop., 7, 661. Houses, 1, 434." [From John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870-72 on Vision of Britain]

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Bibliography

References to the town of Dinas Powis at

An online index to the book Glimpses of old Dinas Powys by Chrystal Tilney [1982] has been provided by Jill Smith

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Church History

St Peters Church, Dinas Powys - on the People's Collection Wales site

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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 Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph

The church is dedicated to St. Peter, and is in the Benefice of St. Andrews Major and Michaelston-le-Pit. 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 ST154714.

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Description & Travel

Dinas Powys - on Wikipedia

Conservation areas within the Vale of Glamorgan. See Dinas Powys - "Conservation areas are areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance"

Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site

You can see pictures of Dinas Powis in the Parish of St. Andrews Major which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for Dinas Powys from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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History

Description and image of Dinas Powis Castle at www.castlewales.com by Jeff Thomas

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Land & Property

  • Lee family of Dinas Powis
    1455-1919: deeds, rentals, accounts, corresp and manorial records
    [National Library of Wales, Department of Manuscripts and Records - Reference: Dinas Powis]

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

  • Dinas Powis estate, records       "Records, 1455-1919, of the Lee family of Dinas Powis, Glamorgan, and their predecessors, including rentals of the manor of Dinas Powis and of the Dinas Powis estate, 1610, 1671-1906, surveys of the same, 1566-1610; title deeds, legal papers and correspondence, 1514-1919 (mainly post-1640) relating to properties in Glamorgan, Monmouthshire and Breconshire; ........................... "
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST154710 (Lat/Lon: 51.431663, -3.218352), Dinas Powis in the Parish of St. Andrews Major which are provided by:

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Public Records

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

  • Dinas Powis and Cowbridge Petty Sessional Division records         1970-1974
  • Dinas Powis District Highway Board, records    1855-1896  
  • Dinas Powis Petty Sessional Division records      1889-1970