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BRYN-GWYN

• Church History
• Church Records
• Gazetteers
• Maps

Church History

See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph of Rhosgoch Hermon Chapel

See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data re St Michael's Church, Bryngwyn

Church of St Michael, Bryngwyn 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.

Bryngwyn Parish; Statistics; Area 4536 acres; Population 146 males, 144 females, total 290

• Bryngwyn Parish Church     Attendance - afternoon 35    1 service in English     "Therev is no school in this parish"                 Rees Lloyd, Curate
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• Hermon, Independent or Congregationalist           Erected 1849    Attendance - morning 37, afternoon 30 scholars, evening 66      John Griffiths, Preacher, Portway, Bryngwyn

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 1614-29, 1632-4, 1664-73, 1687-92, 1715-19, 1721-1722, 1725-1776, 1782-1982; Marriages 1614-29, 1632-4, 1664-73, 1687-92, 1715-19, 1721-1722, 1725-1798, 1813-1971; Burials 1614-29, 1632-4, 1664-73, 1687-92, 1715-19, 1721-1722, 1725-1776, 1782-1981; Banns 1824-1981
  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 

Gazetteers

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

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

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