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LLANBEDR CASTELL-PAEN / LLANBEDR PAINSCASTLE

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

Census

Victorian Powys for schools site - Census figures for Llanbedr Painscastle parish 1841-1901

Church History

Church of St Peter, Llanbedr Painscastle on the Radnorshire Churches Survey site

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

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 1726-1981; Marriages 1726-1971; Burials 1726-1980; Banns 1836-1980
  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  

Description and Travel

Painscastle castle - on Castle Wales

Painscastle - on Wikipedia

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Llanbedr Castell-Paen / Llanbedr Painscastle from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
• A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833

Land and Property

Cutaway drawing of Upper House, Llanbedr Painscastle - on the Gathering the Jewels site

Maps

Public Records

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

• Painscastle District Highway Board Records     "Minutes of Painscastle Highway Board, 1892-1894"  
• Painscastle Rural District Council Records 1895-1974

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Llanbedr Castell-Paen / Llanbedr Painscastle

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