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Contents

ABATY CWM-HIR / ABBEY CWM-HIR

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

Bibliography

Abbey Cwmhir in Radnorshire : history of the abbey. Cwmhir : The Abbey Cwmhir Heritage Trust, 1999.

Gambrell, Anthony. Abbey in the Welsh uplands : [Abbey Cwm-hir]. Country Quest 29/7 (1988), p. 28,40

Rees, William J. An historical and descriptive account of the ruinated abbey of Cwmhir, in the county of Radnor. London : Pickering, 1850. Reprinted from Archaeologia Cambrensis.

Remfrey, Paul M. A Political History of Abbey Cwmhir and its Patrons, 1176-1282.  SCS Publishing, 1994

Williams, David H. Abbey-Cwmhir. Rev ed. Llandrindod Wells : Powys County Council, 1978. Much of the material appeared originally in: Cistercian Studies by David H. Williams.

Church History

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

• The Abbey, Roman Catholic, at Abbeycwmhir
• St Mary's Church, Abbeycwmhir

Church of St Mary, Abbey Cwmhir on the Radnorshire Churches Survey site

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 given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants.

Abbey-cwm-hir Parish consisting of the Townships of Cefnpawl and Golon; Statistics; Area 10965 acres; Population 287 males, 281 females, total 568

• Cefnpawl Township
• Abbeycwmhir Parish Church      Attendance - afternoon 75 + 20 scholars    1 service in English       James John Evans, Perpetual Curate
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• Bwlchsarnau, Abbycwmhar, Baptist      Erected 1829       Attendance - afternoon 200      Stephen Pugh, Edward Brunt, Ministers
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• Golon Township
• No returns

Church Records

An ancient chapel of ease with CMB before 1831 entered in PR Llanbister

Detailed information on deposited registers and transcripts for this parish is given on the Powys Archives page Radnorshire 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 1831-1981; Marriages 1831-1971; Burials 1831-1978; Banns 1833-1960
  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

Abbeycwmhir - a community site

Abbey Cwm-hir - on the Cistercian Way site

Abbey Cwmhir on the Castle Wales site

Abbey Cwmhir on the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust site

Abbey-cwm-hir Hall

The Abbey at Abbeycwmhir

Abbey Cwm Hir - on BBC Wales

Abbey Cwmhir Hall - on wikipedia

Stone head from Abbey Cwmhir  & Aerial photograph of Abbey Cwmhir - on the Gathering the Jewels site

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Abaty Cwm-Hir / Abbey Cwm-hir from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
• A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833

Land and Property

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

• British Records Association Radnorshire, records   " including deeds and papers of the Abbeycwmhir estate 1769-1893.........."  
• Penybont Hall, Radnorshire, deeds    " Including deeds, 1728-1850, relating to the manor of Golon [Abbey Cwm-hir] and other properties in Radnorshire......."

Maps

Victorian Powys for schools site - Map of Abbey Cwmhir in 1833, and 1903

Public Records

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

• Abbey Cwm-hir Parish Council Minutes 1894-1964

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