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Contents

LLANFAIR LLYTHYFNWG / GLADESTRY

• Bibliography
• Census
• Church History
• Church Records
• Gazetteers
• Maps
• Schools

Bibliography

Banks, Lawrence     Three houses on one estate          Radnorshire Society Transactions, vol. 72 2002    Welsh Journals Online

Biggerton-Evans, Kathleen A. History and description of Gladestry Church and parish. Gladestry : St. Mary's Church, [1992?]. 16p

Davies, D Stedman Rev.          Some notes on Gladestry            Radnorshire Society Transactions Vol 10  1940     Welsh Journals Online

Hughes, Robert. Gladestry 1900-1999 : a century of change. Kington : Gladestry Millennium Publications, 2000. 200p

Hughes, Robert. Sickness and health in a Radnorshire school : Gladestry School 1877-1890 and 1983-1996.      Radnorshire Society Transactions, vol. 67 1997    Welsh Journals Online

Hughes, Robert. A village with two names: the names of Gladestry.     Radnorshire Society Transactions, vol. 68 1998    Welsh Journals Online

Oliver, R C B       James Crummer of Howey Hall, Esquire, 1749-1821        Radnorshire Society Transactions, vol. 59 1989    Welsh Journals Online

Sinclair, J B & R W D Fenn    James Watt, father and son, and Radnorshire           Radnorshire Society Transactions, vol. 62 1992    Welsh Journals Online

Sinclair, J B & R W D Fenn            Mr Watt buys some farms          Radnorshire Society Transactions, vol. 64 1994    Welsh Journals Online & vol. 65 1995    Welsh Journals Online

Census

Victorian Powys for schools site - Census figures for Gladestry parish 1841-1901

Church History

Church of St Mary, Gladestry on the Radnorshire Churches Survey site

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

See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data re Zion Baptist Chapel, Gladestry

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.

Gladestry Parish; Statistics; Area 3798 acres; Population 187 males, 175 females, total 362

• Gladistry Parish Church       Attendance - (average) morning 40 + 20 scholars, afternoon c 15    1 service in English         J N Welsh, Curate
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• Zion Chapel, Baptist   Erected 1842    Attendance - morning 35 + 18 scholars     "We hold service every alternate Sunday evening, the average number of attendants at that time is c 150"       Day School held          Josephus Judson, Baptist Minister
• Gladestry Chapel, Wesleyan      Erected 1838     Attendance - afternoon 80, evening 40     "Every other Sunday in evening"          Wm. Ferries, Steward, Huntingdon Park

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 1683-1946; Marriages 1683-1971; Burials 1683-1929
  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 Llanfair Llythyfnwg / Gladestry 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

Schools

Powys - A Day in the Life - Gladestry School

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