Merionethshire

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LLANBEDR

"LLANBEDR, a parish in the hundred of Ardudwy, county Merioneth, 2 miles S.E. of Harlech, its post town, and 10 N.W. of Dolgelly. It is situated on the banks of the river Artro, and is a favourite resort of fishing parties, being considered, next to Tal-y-Llyn, the best fishing station in Merionethshire. The parish includes the township of Gwyn Fryn. Manganese is obtained in the hills. Llanbedr is a little wood-embosomed village, containing a roadside inn called the Victoria, much frequented by tourists. The living is a curacy annexed to the rectory of Llandanwg, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. The parochial endowments produce about £46 per annum, the principal of which is for Parry's school. There are remains of two cromlechs." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

• Bibliography
• Church Records
• Description and Travel
• Gazetteers
• Genealogy
• Land and Property
• Maps
• Occupations

Bibliography

Lewis, William G A. Col yr encilion : "Llanbedr a'r cylch yn hanesyddol, cymdeithasol, gwladol, a chrefyddol fel ag yr oedd haner can' mlynedd yn ol. Abermaw : argraffwyd gan Morris G. Roberts, 1907. 13p. Traethawd arobryn yn Nghylchwyl Lenyddol Llanbedr, Meirionydd, Llun y Pasg, 1907

Lloyd, Lewis. The Pugh family of Llanfair and Llanbedr, 1775-1900. Journal of the Merioneth Historical and Record Society 11/1 (1990), p. 59-93

Lloyd, Lewis. The rise of a native middle class : the Pugh family of Llanfair and Llanbedr, 1775-1900. Second stages in researching Welsh ancestry, p. 253-275

St. Peter's news : a mini newsletter for everyone interested in the Parish of Llanbedr. Harlech : Parish of Llanbedr, 1995-. Bi-monthly

Church Records

Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Merioneth Record Office.

Description and Travel

Roger Thomas' picture gallery of Llanbedr

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Llanbedr from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
• A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833

Genealogy

Land and Property

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

• Merionethshire (Samuel Griffith) Deeds 1508-1706 (acquired [early 20th century])      "Deeds and documents, 1508-1706, relating to the parishes of Llanbedr and Llandecwyn "

Maps

Occupations

The manganese mines of Merionethshire

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