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hundred"NEVERN, a parish in the hundred of KEMMES, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 2 miles (E.N.E.) from Newport, and 8 (S.W. by W,) from Cardigan, which is the post town, containing 1558 inhabitants. . . This parish, which is very large, extending from the sea to the foot of the Precelly mountains, is situated on the shore of Cardigan bay, in a beautifully diversified and fertile district, and comprehends some of the most picturesque and romantic scenery in the county of Pembroke, being intersected by a deep wooded dingle, through which flows the Nevern, the banks of which are occasionally formed into rocks of fantastic character, while in the lower part, near Newport bay, stands the village: the prospects from the higher grounds are also pleasing and extensive. The high road from Newport to Cardigan passes near it, and by far the greater portion of the parish is enclosed and cultivated. . . The church is said to have been originally founded in the sixth century, by St. Brynach, or Byrnach, to whom it is dedicated, and rebuilt by some of the Norman lords of Kemmes: the present is an ancient and venerable structure, in the Norman style of architecture. . . In the hamlet of Kîlgwin, in this parish, there is a chapel of case, dedicated to St. Mary. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, and Calvinistic Methodists. . . " [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:
Nevern Church - on the abergwaun.com site
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 Nevern with Cilgwyn and Bayvil from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).
The Church of St. Brynach, Nevern, Pembrokeshire. Edition 3rd rev ed.Church of St. Brynach, 1960,1985 (printing) 16p
Morris, David, of Nevern. Where the cuckoo sings his song : [St. Brynach's Church, Nevern] . Country Quest 27/12 (1987), p. 22-3
Rees, Benjamin. Hanes Eglwysi Bedyddwyr yn Blaenywaun, Gerazim, Penuel Cemmaes a Tabernacl [A History of the Baptist Churches at Blaenywaun, Gerazim, Penuel Cemmaes and the Tabernacle]. W Williams,1899
The earliest PR (1663-1710) is an early 19th century copy
Parish register: Christenings (1663-1992), Marriages (1663-1986), Burials (1663-1993) at NLW with Mf copies at Pem.RO
Copy ms PR (1663-1812) and ts PR [extracts] (1663-1850) at NLW
Bishops' Transcripts, covering the period (1634, 1674-6, 1678-80, 1682-7, 1689, 1702, 1799-1800, 1802-70, 1878-83, 1885-9) are at the National Library of Wales, and have been microfilmed by the LDS - Call Number: 0105193.
Nonconformist Chapels:
Dyfed FHS have published a series of indexes of baptisms, marriages and burials from Pembrokeshire hundreds for various periods.
Nevern and the Church of St Brynach - on Gerwyn Williams' site
Nevern photo gallery - on the welsh cottages site
Nevern - on the People and Places of the World site
Places, villages, farms etc within Nevern as shown on the parish map on 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 Tony Morris)
Transcript of complete entry in Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales of 1833.
Held at the NLW ;
Kirkwood, Bettye. Harriet Symmons (Mrs James Devonald). Dyfed FHS journal, Vol7/7 April 2002. Harriet was the daughter of Dorothy and William Symmons of Henllys, Nevern.
Nevern Castle "...............there are other riches in West Wales most worthy of discovery. Nevern is one of these riches. A tiny village off the main A487 between Fishguard and Cardigan..........It is a charming village best known for its impressive church as well as its location......A fine motte and bailey castle may be located by climbing the short but winding road ."
The four faces of the Nevern Celtic Cross - on the Pre-Norman Stone Crosses site
Hughes, Wendy. Nevern . Country Quest (May 1996), p. 52
Jenkins, D. Islwyn. While the river Nevern flows : how Welsh charity came home. [William Rogers] Country Quest 30/5 (1989), p. 16-17
Lewis, E.T. North of the hills; a history of the parishes of Eglwyswen, Eglwyswrw, Llanfair Nantgwyn, Meline, Nevern. (1973) 309 p.
Miles, Dillwyn . A Book on Nevern .1998 Gomer Press. Listed on Gomer's 2002 Catalogue (1 85902 578 1);- "An accessible history of Nevern....from neolithic times to the present..................describes...........and those figures who left their name and mark upon this ancient settlement."
Miles, Dillwyn. Llwyngwair. Gwasg Dinefr Press 2002 . About Llwyngwair and the Bowen family who lived there for five hundred years when Sir George Bowen died in 1940.
Mytum, H. C. (Harold C.). Survey and excavation at Berry Hill Camp, Nevern, Dyfed .Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 40 (1993), p. 198-211
Turvey, R. K. (Roger Kenneth) . Nevern Castle : a new interpretation. Journal of the Pembrokeshire Historical Society 3 (1989), p. 57-66
John, Brian. Beneath the mountain : tales and traditions of Newport and Nevern Newport,Greencroft Books, c1998. 48 p
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