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LLANBISTER

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

Bibliography

Davies, Haydn. The Pound Chapel : Llanbister, Radnorshire 1896-1996 : centenary commemoration. Llanbister : Hephzibah Pound Baptist Chapel, 1996. 50p

Howse, W H          An old account book           Radnorshire Society Transactions Vol 23  1953      Welsh Journals Online

Moseley, A J         Parish of Llanbister              Radnorshire Society Transactions Vol 3 1933         Welsh Journals Online

Moseley, A J & T P Davies              Place names in the parish of Llanbister             Radnorshire Society Transactions Vol 3 1933         Welsh Journals Online

Church History

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

Church of St Cynllo, Llanbister on the Radnorshire Churches Survey site

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.

Llanbister Parish; Statistics; Area 14837 acres; Population 575 males, 509 females, total 1084

• Llanbister Parish Church    Attendance - (average) general congregation 50/100 upwards, scholars 40/60      1 service in English      Remarks "Baptisms 145; Marriages 53; Burials 128. The above numbers are true copies of the Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and burials extracted the 31st March 1851 and contain all the insertions for the last 10 years."    Evan Powell, Vicar
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• Cwmllechwedd Chapel, Primitive Methodist          Erected 1831                Attendance - (average) afternoon 45      James Meredith, Steward

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 1705-1964; Marriages 1705-1971; Burials 1705-1994; Banns 1854-1901
  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  and /or SOG  

Description and Travel

Aerial photograph of Llanbister 2001 - on the People's Collection Wales site 

Gazetteers

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

Land and Property

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

• Salt & Sons, Solicitors of Shrewsbury: Radnorshire   1869   "Sales particulars for The Linwent, Llanbister, 1869"  
• Phillips & Co. [Ludlow] records     "Records collected by Phillips & Co., solicitors, 1438-1937, including deeds and associated papers relating to land in the parishes of .......... Llanbister, 1607-1687.........."  
• Llanbister, Llanyre and Llanddewi Ystradenni deeds   " Deeds and records, 1618-1758, relating to land in the parishes of Llanbister, 1692-1734; Llanyre, 1618-1758; Llanddewi Ystradenni, 1713-1758"  
• Green and Nixson, solicitors' Records   1578-1984   "Arranged into the following: Probate and personal papers; ..................... Y Ty Mawr, Llanbister, deeds; Vron charity documents; Llanddewi Ystradenni, Llanbister, Llangynllo and Knighton deeds; Llanbister deeds; Warren House, Llanbister, deeds; Owens family of Llanbister deeds; Miscellaneous; Deeds relating to Maes-yr-hardy, Llanbister; Thomas Clee of Knucklas papers"

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;

• Llanbister Parish and Community Council Records 1885-1993

Schools

Powys - A Day in the Life - Llanbister Cantal School

Victorian Powys for schools site - Llanbister Cantal School

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

• Cantal Board School, Llanbister, photographs  "Group photographs of pupils at Cantal School, [c. 1860], [early 20th century]; exercise books of Abraham Hamer, 1859, 1861"

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