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Contents

BLEDDFA

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

Bibliography

Bleddfa Excavations, 1961; Summary Account              Radnorshire Society Transactions      vol. 31  1961    Welsh Journals Online

Butler, L A S     The excavation of a mound at Bleddfa Church          Radnorshire Society Transactions      vol. 32  1962    Welsh Journals Online  

Inquisitions post-mortem for the Manor of Bleddfa                 Radnorshire Society Transactions      vol. 33  1963   Welsh Journals Online

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

Noble, F              Further excavations at Bleddfa Church, and associated problems of the history ofn the Lordship of Bleddfa          Radnorshire Society Transactions      vol. 33  1963   Welsh Journals Online

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 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.

Blethvaugh or Bleddfa Parish; Statistics; Area 2740 acres; Population 119 males, 115 females, total 234

• Bleddfa Parish Church      Attendance - morning 36 scholars, afternoon 40 + 38 scholars      1 service in English    "This day was cold and wet which makes a considerable difference in the numbers in country parishes - where many live at a distance"           John Price, Rector

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

Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R., Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: History Data Service, UK Data Archive [distributor], 17 May 2001. SN: 4348.   Here is a gazetteer/finding aid plus a set of overview maps to accurately identify the position of parishes within the county

View maps covering the area of this parish and places within its boundaries

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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