Nearby places

Radnorshire

Contents

LLANDEGLAU / LLANDEGLEY

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

Bibliography

Pritchard, T J Llewelyn. The Llandrindod guide, including the wells of Llandegley and Blaenedwy... Newport : E. Nicholas, pr., [1825] 271p

Sharpe, Richard. Some medieval miracula from Llandegley (Lambeth Palace Library, MS. 94 fols. 153v-155v). Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 37 (1990), p. 166-76

Census

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

Church History

Church of St Tecla, Llandegley 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.

Swydd, Graig and Tynlan Township in Llandegley Parish; Statistics; Area 3729 acres; Population 169 males, 170 females, total 339

• Llandegley Parish Church            Attendance - (average) afternoon 40            1 service in English              John Jones, Vicar
•  
• The Pales, Meeting House of the Society of Friends                Erected 1745, re-erected 1828            Attendance - morning 16                  Thomas Rogers

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 1727-1914; Marriages 1727-1971; Burials 1727-1990
  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  

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

• Society of Friends Papers   " .............. The Pales Meeting House in Llandegley is the oldest meeting house in Wales. The first deed of 1673 gives Pales two meanings, a burial ground called round about and y Ty ar dir yn y Swydd (the house on the land at the Swydd)............."

Description and Travel

Llandegley Rocks from Esgair-nantau  -  on the Cistercian Way site

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Llandeglau / Llandegley 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;

• D. R. I. Williams Collection of Radnorshire Deeds    "Deeds and documents relating to the parish of Llandeglau, Radnorshire, 1585-1885"

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

Victorian Powys for schools site - Llandegley School c 1885

Return to top

Llandeglau / Llandegley

Find help, report problems, and contribute information.
[ 1 May 2011 - Gareth Hicks]