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Contents

LLANGYNYW

• Bibliography
• Census
• Church History
• Church Records
• Gazetteers
• Maps
• Public Records

Bibliography

Astley, Elsie. Glancing back at Llangynyw School 1833-1966. [S.l.] : Stable Press, [1994] 28p

Census

Victorian Powys for schools site - Census figures for Llangyniew 1841-1901

Church History

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 4513 acres; Population 300 males, 296 females, total 596

• Llangyniew Parish Church            Attendance - morning 20 + 9 scholars, evening 36 + 11 scholars              Services in Welsh, some English         Thomas Richards. Parish
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• Newbridge Chapel, Llangynyw, Calvinistic Methodist        Erected 1830       Attendance - morning 30, afternoon 52 scholars              John Richards, Deacon, Joseph Richards. Lower Hall, Myfod
• Peniel, Independents                  Erected 1830                Attendance - morning 44 scholars, afternoon 65, evening 42       Thomas Hughes, Deacon,  (?) Llaeloddiau

LLANGYNIEW, St. Cynyw   1841-1843    - on the Church plans online site

Church of St Cynyw, Llangynyw 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 1584-90, 1593-1683, 1729-1914; Marriages 1584-90, 1593-1649, 1661-1683, 1729-1969; Burials 1584-90, 1594-1683, 1729-1895
  Parish Registers, or copies, for all or part of these dates are held at the NLW, and/or Powys Archives (the latter may have fuller coverage within the above dates).  
  Bishops Transcripts for various periods are held at the NLW, Denbighshire Archives and/or Flintshire Archives 

Gazetteers

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

Maps

Map of Montgomeryshire parishes on Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society's site - shows dioceses

Public Records

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

• Llanfynyw Community Council records 1849-[c.1897]

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