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Radnorshire

Contents

BLEDDFA

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

Bibliography

Milton, David. A Knighton, Bleddfa, Knighton walk. [Birmingham]: Different Walker Publications , 2002. 42p

Wright, Eva. The Bleddfa Trust : a centre for the sacred arts [Bleddfa Church, Powys]. Resurgence 125 (1987), p. 25-6

Church History

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Bleddfa on the Radnorshire Churches Survey site

Church Records

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 1603-1686, 1719-1795, 1801-1986; Marriages 1603-1686, 1719-1754, 1755-95, 1813-1971; Burials 1603-1686, 1719-1795, 1801-1984 ; Banns 1824-1983
  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

Bleddfa Castle on the Castle Wales site

Gazetteers

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

History

Bleddfa War Memorial - on the Roll of Honour site

Land and Property

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

• Salwey and Rickards, Solicitors, [Ludlow] Records    "Deeds and related papers, 1606-1871, relating to assorted parishes in Radnorshire and Herefordshire, including deeds for lands in the parishes of .............................. ; Bleddfa, Radnorshire, 1606-1730"

Maps

Bleddfa c 1840 & 1903 - on the Victorian Powys site

Population

Population figures for Bleddfa parish - on the Victorian Powys site

Public Records

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

• Bleddfa Parish Council records 1853-1975

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