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St. Donats

"A village one mile east of Nash Point possessing a residential castle of great interest. In the churchyard is a fine medieval cross."
[Glamorganshire, 1911]

Bibliography Cemeteries Church History Church Records Description and Travel

Directories History 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

• Parish Church of St. Donat

Church History

Glamorgan Chapels Database - no records of any non-conformist chapels have been found in this parish apart from those shown below taken from  Dissent in the Counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth by Hywel D Emanuel, National Library of Wales journal, Vol VIII/4, Winter 1954.

• St Donats; 1809, May 22; Calvinist; a barn-house in the holding of Evan Lewellyn, labourer; Thomas Lewellyn, Mathew Dunn, junior, William Lewellyn, John John
• St Donats; 1843, May 9; Baptist; a dwelling-house in the occupation of Ann Vaughn, widow; Jabez Lawrence of the parish of Lantwit Major, Baptist Minister, Bassett E. Thomas, John John

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 Bap/Mar/Bur data on  FreeReg

The church is dedicated to St. Donat, and is in the Benefice of Llantwit Major. 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 SS933681.

A transcription of the registers is available from the Glamorgan Family History Society for the years: Baptisms, 1572-1899, Marriages, 1570-1837, Burials, 1571-1899.

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

• St. Donats, St. Donat - Christenings (BT's), 1696-1875

Description and Travel

Places, villages, farms etc within St Donats as shown on the online parish map from 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)

• St Donats (164); Capel; Castle; Cross; Donats Bay; Leechmoor; Parc Fm.; St Donats (village); Somerset Fm.; Splott; Tresilian Bay; Watch Tower;

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

History

St Donats and the Stradlings

St Donats - on the Vision of Britain site

Land and Property

• Nicholl-Carne family of St Donat's Castle
  
  • 19th cent: documents
    [Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff]
  • 16th cent-19th cent: records relating to St Mellons and Pont-y-Cath, Monmouthshire
    [Gwent Record Office, County Hall, Cwmbran NP44 2XH]
• Tyrwhitt-Drake family of Shardeloes, Bucks: St Donat's Castle
  
  • 13th century 1846: deeds 13th-18th cent, estate papers 1754-1846, family papers 1439-1775
    [Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff - Reference: D/D TD]
  • 1378-1751: deeds 1378-1775, estate papers 1589-1668
    [Centre for Kentish Studies, County Hall, Maidstone ME14 1XQ - Reference: U488]

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

• Stradling-Carne of St Donats Castle papers         "Records of Stradling-Carne of St Donats Castle, including: papers relating to St Donats Castle estate, 1871-1962; the Nicholl and Stradling families, 1810-1890; Carne family, [19th century]; and transcripts of reports made by Sir Edward Carne and others at Rome on the divorce proceedings of Henry VIII, letters from Sir Edward Carne to Thomas Cromwell, Sir William Paget and others, together with poetry [19th century]."  
• Tyrwhitt Drake of St Donats Castle Collection      "Papers relating to Neath Abbey, [c. 1260], 1343; deeds of the St Donats estate, 1378 and 1657-1845; and papers relating to the Stradling family, 1439-1442, 1641-1649, and [c. 1750]."

Maps

Population

Public Records

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

• St Donats Civil Parish records         ".. comprising copy of tithe plan and apportionment, 1844 [copied 1980]"

St. Donats

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