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LLANBADARN FAWR

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

Census

Victorian Powys for schools site - Census figures for Llanbadarn Fawr parish 1841-1901

Church History

Church of St Padarn, Llanbadarn Fawr on the Radnorshire Churches Survey site

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

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.

Llanbadarn-fawr Parish; Statistics; Area 3646 acres; Population 221 males, 212 females, total 433

• Llanbadarn Fawr Parish Church        Attendance - (average) morning 100, afternoon 200    William E Jones, Curate
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• Penybont Chapel, Calvinistic Methodists      Erected 1822     Attendance - (average) morning 90 scholars, evening 170      Ebenezer Williams, Calvs Methodist Minister, Mission House, Penybont
• Rock, Baptist   Erected  before 1800      Attendance - (average) morning 20 scholars, evening 90     John Jones, Baptist Minister, Penybont, Rock

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 1696-1778, 1781-1911; Marriages 1696-1795, 1797-1971; Burials 1696-1778, 1781-1919
  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 Llanbadarn Fawr from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
• A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833

History

Bridge collapse at Llanbadarn Fawr, 1923  - on the People's Collection Wales site

Land and Property

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

• Parc Bach or Little Park, Llanbadarn Fawr, deeds  1787-1880  
• Pen-y-bont Hall Papers 1673-1947   "Penybont Hall, Llanbadarn Fawr, Radnorshire, was built by John Price (1723-1798), banker. He built up a sizeable estate, including the manor of Golon, Abbey Cwm-Hir, purchased in 1790, and other properties in Radnorshire and in Ludlow, Shropshire..............."  
• Salwey and Rickards, Solicitors, Records      "Deeds and related papers, 1606-1871, relating to assorted parishes in Radnorshire and Herefordshire, including deeds for lands in the parishes of Llanbadarn Fawr and Llanddewi Ystradenni, Radnorshire, 1625-1812; Bleddfa, Radnorshire, 1606-1730"

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

Public Records

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

• Llanbadarn Fawr Parish and Community Council Records  1894-2002

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