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CASGOB / CASCOB

• Church History
• Church Records
• Gazetteers
• Land and Property
• Maps
• Occupations

Church History

Church of St Michael and All Angels, Casgob 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.

Cascob Parish; Statistics; Area 2548 acres; Population 83 males, 72 females, total 155

• Cascob Parish Church       Attendance -  afternoon 50 (mornings alternately)   1 service in English     "...the Church is served in conjunction with the Church of the Parish of Heyhop"     W Rees, 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 1678-1985; Marriages 1678-1812, 1815-1835, 1837-1900, 1905-1971; Burials 1678-1986; Banns 1824-1912
  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 Casgob / Cascob 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;

• Bryson Collection, Radnorshire deeds and documents   1559-1811      "The Powell Goughe family owned property in Cascob, Radnorshire....."

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

Occupations

Harvesting potatoes on Foesidoes farm, Casgob, Presteigne  9 Oct 1953 - on the People's Collection Wales site

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