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Montgomeryshire

Contents

PENEGOES

• Bibliography
• Census
• Church History
• Church Records
• Description and Travel
• Gazetteers
• Maps
• Occupations
• Public Records

Bibliography

Morgan, Wendy. Caeheulon and the parish of Penegoes : a collection of archive material for the family historian. Machynlleth : Coch-y-bonddu Books, 2003. 398p. Cover subtitle: the story of a Welsh farmhouse.  Background to how the book was written on this BBC Wales site

Parish of Darowen: Beerseba C.M. Chapel, Melinbyrhedyn,Ty Cerrig W.M. Chapel, Commins Coch, Darowen Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Nebo Ind. Chapel, Cemmaes Road, Bethesda Chapel, Penegoes, Saron W.M. Chapel, Abercegir, Seion Baptist Chapel, Talywern: memorial inscriptions. [S.1.] : Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society , 2001.

Sheringham, J D T. Machynlleth and Penegoes land tax 1794, MONT. Q/RE L2 - N.L.W. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 73 (1985), p. 135-43

Census

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

Church History

Church of St Cadfarch, Penegoes on the Montgomeryshire Churches Survey site

Independent churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site - Ebeneser

Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru  (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Aberhosan section (in Welsh) has been extracted      Also Penegos chapel

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 1679-1993; Marriages 1679-1970; Burials 1679-1869; Banns 1823-1877
  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

Melin Crewi watermill, Penegoes c 1930 - on the Gathering the Jewels site

Gazetteers

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

Maps

Occupations

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

• Mines and Quarries Inspectorate Montgomeryshire records           "Arranged into the following: Cwm Ricket and Maesnant lead mines, Llanidloes; Llanidloes, near Brynposteg Hill; Van Central, Llanidloes; Bwylch Creolan Mine, Pen-y-bont Fawr; Dyfngwm Mines, Hirnant Minerals Ltd; West Llangynog Mine; Dylife Mine, Llechwedd Ddu Mine, Penegoes"

Public Records

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

• Penegoes Parish and Community Council records  1971-1987

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