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Contents

DISERTH

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

Bibliography

Extracts from the parish vestry books and poor law accounts of Disserth. Cronicl Powys, No. 40 (April 1997), 36-38

Fenn, Roy W D. Diserth parish church. Transactions of the Radnorshire Society, 71 (2001), 141-167

Howse, William H. Disserth, Radnorshire : its church and its history and folk-lore. Llandrindod Wells : Sayce Brothers, 1952. 23p

Jones, Ruth M. The account books of Stephen Joseph, Disserth. Cronicl Powys. No. 46 (1999), p. 22-24

Stratton, John. Brecon Archdeaconry Court, 12.9.1775 : dispute concerning seats in Disserth Church. Cronicl Powys. No. 31 (1994), p. 22-23

Church History

Church of St Cewydd, Disserth on the Radnorshire Churches Survey site

See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph of Church of St Cewydd

Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Caebach  section (in Welsh) has been extracted - with translation by Maureen Saycell (July 2009)  

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.

Disserth Parish consisting of Disserth and the hamlet of Trecoed; Statistics; Area 6650 acres; Population 280 males, 284 females, total 564

• Disserth
• Disserth Parish Church     Attendance - morning 79 + 32 scholars  (3 m  average afternoon 250 + 45 scholars)    1 service each in English in the Church and Chapel (?)     Jno. Thomas, Rector
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• Trecoed Hamlet
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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 1734-1991; Marriages 1734-1839; Burials 1734-1915; Banns 1789-1816, 1823-86
  Parish Registers, or copies, for all or part of these dates are held at the NLW, SOG and/or Powys Archives.  
  Bishops Transcripts for various periods are held at the NLW  

Cwm-bach Llechrhyd ecclesiastical parish formed out of Diserth parish in 1886-7, extant records are;

• Baptisms 1886-1997; Marriages 1888-1997; Burials 1887-1992 (NLW and/or Powys Archives)

Gazetteers

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

History

Cwmbach Llechryd War Memorial - on the Roll of Honour site

Howey (Disserth) War Memorial - on the Roll of Honour site

Land and Property

Data on Archives Network Wales;

• Dr John Griffiths Collection of Diserth and Llanfechain Deeds - Deeds and other documents, 1630-1886, relating mainly to the Powell family of Maesgwyn and to the parishes of Diserth, Llansanffraid-yn-Elfael, Llandegla and Glasgwm, Radnorshire, 1630-1886; and to properties of the Jones family of Bryncynfelyn in the parish of Llanfechain, 1651-1782.

Maps

Public Records

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

• Cwmbach Lechryd Parish Records  1877-1962     "Cwmbach Lechrhyd was created as a consolidated chapelry, out of the parishes of Diserth and Llanelwedd, in 1887."  
• Disserth and Trecoed Parish and Community Council Records  1838-1999

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