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Contents

CLEIRWY / CLYRO

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

Bibliography

Clew, Kenneth R. Clyro & Bettws Clyro, Radnor, Powys : a brief guide. Clyro : [St. Michael's and All Angels Church], 1981.

Fisk, Eugene. Kilvert's Clyro now. Monmouth : A & K Publications, 1999. 48p

Hook, Amanda. Pages of reverent reflection : [Clyro and Francis Kilvert]. In Britain (July 1993), p. 44-6

Morgan, M M. Twenty-four walks in the Kilvert country : preceded by a chapter on Kilvert's Clyro. Hay-on-Wye : Kilvert Society Publications, 1980(1984 reprint) 40p

Church History

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

See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph of;

• Bettws Clyro Church of Holy Trinity
• Clyro St Michael and All Angels

Church of St Michael and All Angels, Clyro on the Radnorshire Churches Survey site

Church of Holy Trinity, Bettws Clyro on the Radnorshire Churches Survey site

Clyro church - on geograph.org.uk

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.

Clyro Parish consisting of the parish and Bettws-Clyro Chapelry; Statistics; Area 7225 acres; Population 471 males, 412 females, total 883

• Clyro Parish Church       Attendance - morning 76 + 50 scholars, No service afternoon or evening    1 service in English         R Lister Venables, Vicar
• Bettws Clyro Chapel      Attendance - afternoon 37. No service morning and evening      "This is a very ancient chapel. There is no burial ground........."    1 service in English       R Lister Venables, Vicar of Clyro
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• Bronith Chapel, P. Methodist      Erected 1844     Attendance - afternoon 50         James Allen, Steward, Wheelwright

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 1667-1988; Marriages 1688-1971; Burials 1688-1989;
  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  

Betws Cleirwy/Betws Clyro - an ancient chapelry with CMB entered in PR Cleirwy/Clyro

Description and Travel

Clyro Castle on the Castle Wales site

Clyro Community site

Clyro - on wikipedia

Roman Vexillation Fortress Temporarry Marching Camp, Clyro - on the Roman Britain site

Gazetteers

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

History

Clyro War Memorial - on geograph.org.uk

Land and Property

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

• Clyro Court Papers 1619-1951    "The Clyro Court estate, Clyro, Radnorshire, was the seat of the Baskerville family during the 19th and early 20th centuries................."

Maps

Public Records

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

• Clyro Parish and Community Council records  1894-1984

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