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LLANDINAM

• Bibliography
• Census
• Church History
• Church Records
• Description and Travel
• Gazetteers
• Genealogy
• Land and Property
• Maps
• Public Records

Bibliography

Carver, M D. The Hamer family: William Hamer, d.1743, of Llandinam. Cronicl Powys. No. 27 (1992), p. 36-38

Jones, Goronwy. David Davies (1818-1890) Llandinam. Gwrecsam : Hughes a'i Fab, 1913. 80p

Jones, John. Y Parch. Evan Jones, Brynhafren, Llandinam : ynghyda byr hanes teulu y Wern. Treffynon : Argraffwyd gan P. M. Evans and Son, [1897?] 25p

Jones, J Graham. The Peacemonger: David Davies, the first Baron Davies of Llandinam (1880-1944). Journal of Liberal Democrat History, 29 (Winter 2000 / 2001), 16-23. Memento of the second reunion of the 14th (Service) Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers who sailed to France on December 1st, 1915 held at Llandinam from 30th July to 4th August, 1937. 1937. 42p

Memoir and sermons of the late Rev. David Lloyd Jones, M.A., Llandinam. Wrexham : Hughes and Son, 1912. 360p

Morris, E Ronald. Banhadlog Church (Capel Banhadlog or Old Chapel), Llandinam parish, Montgomeryshire. Cronicl Powys. No. 18 (1988), p. 36-7

Owen, Cecil E. Presbyterian Church of Wales Llandinam centenary 1873 - 1973. [Llandinam] : [Llandinam Presbyterian Church], [1973]. 22p Parish of Llandinam : Parish Church of St Llonio : memorial inscriptions. [S.l.] : Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society, 1997. 161p. And 2nd ed 2001.

Parish of Llandinam : Presbyterian Church, village inscriptions, war memorial, Banhadlog Chapel of Ease, Beulah Baptist Chapel, Caerau Wesleyan Methodist Chapel : memorial inscriptions. S.l.] : Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society, 1997. 69p

Pryce, Jeremy. Llandinam : a glimpse of the past. Llandinam : Jeremy Pryce, 2002. 164p

Steeds, David. David Davies, Llandinam, and international affairs. Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion 2002, 9 (2003), 122-134.

Thomas, Ivor. Top Sawyer : a biography of David Davies of Llandinam. Carmarthen : Golden Grove Editions, 1938,1988(reprint). 355p

Welsh Land Commission. Summary of the evidence of Mr. Edward Davies, Plas-Dinam, Llandinam : given at Newtown, November 5th, 1894. Newtown : "Express & Times" Office, 1894. 39p

Williams, Gwyn A. Architect of empire : Gwyn A. Williams charts the astonishing rise and fall of nineteenth-century imperial Wales with the help of a new biography by Herbert Williams of the Welsh entrepreneur, David Davies of Llandinam. New Welsh Review 5/2 (1992), p. 42-5

Census

Victorian Powys for schools site - Census figures for Llandinam parish 1841-1901

Church History

See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data re Caerau Wesleyan M Chapel, Llandinam

See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data re St Llonio's Church

Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP,   1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants.

Parish statistics; Area 18064 acres; Population 784 males, 801 females, total 1585

• Llandinam Parish Church                  Attendance - morning about 100 + 30 scholars, evening about 50          "Services in English                  Evan Evans, Curate
• Brynhaglog Chapel of Ease              Erected before 1800              Attendance - morning 32 + 22 scholars              J B Evans, Officiating Minister
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• Caerau Chapel, Wesleyan Methodist         Erected 1826              Attendance - afternoon 60 scholars, evening 150                  Edward Woolley, Leader
• Beulah, Baptist                  Erected 1846                Attendance - morning 60, afternoon 15 scholars, evening 45            Benjamin Price, Sunday School Teacher, Garthfawr
• Bethel Chapel, Calvinistic Methodist           Erected before 1800        Attendance - morning 3 + 63 scholars, afternoon 71 scholars, evening 20 + 64 scholars          David Jerman, Deacon, Craigfryn
• Wesleyan Methodist Chapel              Erected 1841               Attendance - afternoon 60, evening 63                   Evan Richards, Wesleyan Minister, Llanidloes
• Maesmawr Wesleyan Chapel                   Erected 1800             Attendance - [No data given]                       Robert Parry Pughe, Teacher, Caersws

LLANDINAM, St. Llonio  1864-1866  - on the Church plans online site

Church of St Llonio, Llandinam on the Montgomeryshire Churches Survey site

Church Records

Detailed information on deposited registers and transcripts for this parish is given on the Powys Archives page Montgomeryshire parish registers

As a guide only, the principal extant parochial church records for this parish span the dates shown below (as detailed in Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 2000) but exact current holdings should be confirmed with the individual Archives;

• Baptisms 1589-1634, 1636-1675, 1678, 1685-6, 1689-90, 1703-6, 1712-1771, 1774, 1783-4, 1787, 1789, 1793-6, 1800, 1802-1928; Marriages 1591-1634, 1636-1675, 1678, 1685-6, 1689-90, 1703-6, 1712-1970; Burials 1587-1615, 1636-1675, 1678, 1685-6, 1689-90, 1703-6, 1712-1771, 1799, 1802-1929
  [Banhadlog chapel ? -  Baptisms 1784-1805]
  Banhadlog chapel -  Baptisms 1840-1965; Marriages 1841-1954; Burials 1843-1958
  Parish Registers, or copies, for all or part of these dates are held at the NLW, and/or Powys Archives.  
  Bishops Transcripts for various periods are held at the NLW 

Description and Travel

Llandinam - Ian Shirley's site

Aerial photograph of Llidiart-y-Waun Windfarm, Llandinam, 2001 - on the Gathering the Jewels site

Cae Domen Mound, Llandinam

Castle Hill Placename, Llandinam

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

David Davies, Llandinam on BBC Wales

100 Welsh Heroes site - David Davies, Llandinam and his granddaughters, Gwendoline and Margaret Davies on BBC Wales Hall of Fame

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

• David Davies of Llandinam Papers   1836-1907       "David Davies (1818-1890), industrialist and MP. He was born at Llandinam, Montgomeryshire, the eldest of nine children of David and Elizabeth Davies..................."   
• Morgan, Richard, of Llandinam, will  [1848]     "Richard Morgan (d. [1848]) of Aberborthin, Llandinam, Montgomeryshire, was a blacksmith; he owned property in Llandinam and a farm called Wern in Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire"   

Land and Property

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

• Crewe Read (BRA 1983) deeds     "Deeds and documents, 1870-1907, concerning the estates of the Crewe-Read family of Llandinam Hall, Montgomeryshire"  
• Beadnell Estate deeds and papers     "Deeds and papers relating to Treflogau, Bryn-yr-hesglyn, Lluest Peter and other properties in the parish of Llandinam, 1624-1906.........."  
• British Records Association Montgomeryshire Records     "Deeds and related documents of the Davies family of Newtown relating to Perthygwibedin Farm, Llandinam, and other Montgomeryshire property, 1774-1828 ...................."  
• Carnedd, Montgomeryshire, lease         "Lease, 1657, relating to properties in the lordship of Carnedd in [?Llandinam], Montgomeryshire"  
• Jones, R., Pwllan Cottage, Llandinam, diary   "Photocopy, [late 20th century], of the diary (original 1854) of R. Jones of Pwllan Cottage, Llandinam"  
• Llandinam estates, account books     "Financial records, 1891-1944, relating to the personal estates of David Davies, Llandinam, and his descendants."

Maps

Victorian Powys for schools - Map of Llandinam in 1903, and 1836

Public Records

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

• Llandinam Parish and Community Council records  1894-1977

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