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St Fagans

"A village four miles west of Cardiff. A desperate engagement between the Royalist and Parliamentary forces took place in the neighbourhood in 1648. St Fagans Castle is a large Tudor residence built on the site of a medieval stronghold. The church exhibits some Decorated work."
[Glamorganshire, 1911]

Archives and Libraries Bibliography Business and Commerce Records Cemeteries Church History Church Records Description and Travel

Directories History Land and Property Maps Population Public Records Societies

Archives and Libraries

• Museums
  • Museum of Welsh Life
    St Fagans, Cardiff, CF5 6XB
    Telephone: U.K. 01222 573500 ext 437, Overseas +44 1222 573500 ext 437
    Fax: U.K. 01222 573490, Overseas +44 1222 573490

Bibliography

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

Index to the book "Annals of St. Fagan's with Llanillterne - An Ancient Glamorgan Parish", indexed by David Webb.

Business and Commerce Records

• Samuel William Coslett, blacksmith
  1925-35: account book
  [Museum of Welsh Life - Reference: 1887]
• Butcher
  1853-98: account book
  [Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans - Reference: 2517]

Cemeteries

• Parish Church of St. Mary

Church History

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

See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph of St Mary's Church

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. Mary, and is in the Benefice of Peterston-super-Ely with St. Fagans with Michaelston-super-Ely. 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 ST122772.

A transcription of the registers is available from the Glamorgan Family History Society for the years: Baptisms, 1589-1882, Marriages, 1689-1837, Burials, 1689-1884.

Description and Travel

Places, villages, farms etc within St Fagans parish  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 Fagans (143); Castle; Croft-y-genau; Culver Ho.; Great Western Ry.; Llanfair-fach; Llanmaes; Llwyn-yr-eos; Mill; Old Windmill; Pentre-banau; Rhyd-lafar Cross Roads; St Fagans (village); Stockland; Tre-gyrnog; Tynewydd; Viaducts

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.

St Fagans National History Museum  - on Wikipedia

Directories

History

Battle of St Fagans 8th May 1648

Land and Property

• St Fagans tithes
  1838-40: tithe papers
  [Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff - Reference: D/D Pl]
• Windsor-Clive family, Earls of Plymouth: St Fagans
  
  • 1301-1844: deeds, manorial and estate papers, Brecon, Denbighs, Flints, Glamorgan, Merioneth, Mon, Cheshire, Salop, Berks, Dorset, Som, Wilts
    [National Library of Wales, Department of Manuscripts and Records - Reference: NLW MS 3429]
  • 18thcent-19th cent: deeds and estate papers
    [Hereford and Worcester Record Office, County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester WR5 2NP - Reference: 705:128/705:263/705:54]
  • 18thcent-20th cent: estate papers
    [Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff - Reference: D/D Pl]
  • 1909-65: estate papers
    [Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff]
  • 1908-31: collection of maps, plans etc relating to park, and woods managers compilation relating to enclosure
    [Museum of Welsh Life, St. Fagans - Reference: 1800]

Maps

Population

Public Records

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

• St Fagans Civil Parish records     " ..... comprising copy of tithe plan and apportionment, 1840 [copied 1980]; assistant overseer's rate book, 1926; assistant overseer's receipt and payment book, 1906-1927; parish council minutes book, 1894-1967"

Societies

• St Fagan's and District Horticultural Society
  1899-1913: minutes
  [Museum of Welsh Life, St. Fagans - Reference: 1538/66-68]

Hamlets, Towns and Villages

St Fagans

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