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Contents

LLANELWEDD

• Bibliography
• Church History
• Church Records
• Description and Travel
• Gazetteers
• History
• Maps
• Schools

Bibliography

Bidgood, Ruth. Lawrence families of the Builth and Llanelwedd area in the 18th and 19th centuries. Transactions of the Radnorshire Society 61, 62 (1991), (1992), p. 37-53, 40-50

Musson, Chris. Cwrt Llechrhyd, Llanelwedd : an unusual moated site in central Powys. Medieval Archaeology 32 (1988), p. 97-109

Church History

Church of St Matthew, Llanelwedd on the Radnorshire Churches Survey site

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 1773-1981; Marriages 1796-1971; Burials 1773-1982
  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

Aerial photograph of the Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, 1995 - on the Gathering the Jewels site

Gazetteers

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

History

Llanelwedd St Matthews War Memorials - on the Roll of Honour site

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

• D. Edmondes Owen Papers      "Includes - Cuttings and other memorabilia relating to the ministry at Morriston and Llanelwedd, 1897-1910................. notes on the history of the parish of Llanelwedd; tithe rent-charges, [c. 1900]-1910; account book of the Builth Pageant, 1904-1905;............."

Maps

Victorian Powys for schools - Map of Llanelwedd in 1840, and 1888

Schools

Powys - A Day in the Life - Llanwelwedd School

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