Parish based
sketch map
of the
hundred"LLANVAIR NANT Y GOVE (LLAN-VAIR-NANT-Y-GOV), a parish partly in the hundred of DEWISLAND, and partly in that of KEMMES, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 4 miles (S.) from Fishguard. This parish is pleasantly situated in the northern part of the county, on the river Gwayn, which, rising in the vicinity, falls into St. George's channel at Fishguard. The living is annexed to the rectory of Letterson, in the archdeaconry and diocese of St. David's. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is not distinguished by any important architectural details. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor is £126.11." [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1833).]
The 1851 census for this parish has been indexed by Dyfed Family History Society.
Census Returns for this parish have the following LDS Call Numbers:
See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph
Some church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by I.G Jones, & D. Williams. UWP, Cardiff, 1976. The names are those of the informants
Parish entry for Letterston with Llanfair Nantygof from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).
Civil register (1655-8) at Cardiff Central Library with Mf copy at NLW
Parish register: Christenings (1801-1975), Marriages (1802-1969) Banns (1823-1973), Burials (1801-1975) at Pem.RO
Bishops' Transcripts, covering the period (1681, 1799, 1802-7, 1809-40, 1843-4, 1846-53, 1855-64, 1886-91) are at the National Library of Wales, and have been microfilmed by the LDS - Call Number: 0105149.
See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg
Nonconformist Chapels: None found (but see Llanstinan for Mamre CM chapel in Trecwn)
Dyfed FHS have published a series of indexes of baptisms, marriages and burials from Pembrokeshire hundreds for various periods.
Places, villages, farms etc within Llanfairnantygof 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 Peter D Hall)
[Gareth Hicks: 24 April 2013]
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