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LLANFIHANGEL RHYDIEITHON / LLANFIHANGEL RHYDITHON

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

Census

Victorian Powys for schools site - Census figures for Llanfihangel Rhydithon parish 1841-1901

Church History

See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph of Llanfihangel Rhydithon St Michael

See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data re Dolau Baptist Chapel

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

See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data re Tanhouse CM Chapel, Llanfihangel Rhydithon

Church of St Michael, Llanfihangel Rhydithon 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.

Llanfihangel-Rhydithon Parish consisting of part of Llanfihangel-Rhydithon Township; Statistics; Area 3204 acres; Population 190 males, 163 females, total 353

• Llanvihangel-Rhydithon Parish Church (Penybont)        Attendance - morning 60   "Church rebuilt in 1838 on site of the northern portion of the old one taken down because of dilapidation (Lewis 1848)"   2 (?) services in English    D Lewis, Curate

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 1725, 1732-47, 1749-55, 1758-1944; Marriages 1732-47, 1749-1837, 1839-1971; Burials 1732-47, 1749-55, 1758-1990
  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   

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Llanfihangel Rhydieithon / Llanfihangel Rhydithon 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;

•  Llanfihangel Rhydithon, deeds    "Deeds relating to properties in Llanfihangel Rhydithon , Radnorshire, and in Holt and Abergele, Denbighshire, 1648-1842; share certificates in the Minera Ragman Mining Company, 1863, 1871"
• Ruell family, Llandrindod, photocopies  "Photocopies, [1985], of papers of the Ruell family (1792-1891) including deeds relating to properties in Llanfihangel Rhydithon, Llanddewi Ystradenni and Llandrindod, Radnorshire, Llanwrthwl, Brecknockshire, Borden and Boughton, Kent, and St Andrew Holborn, Middlesex (1792-1891), plans of properties in Llanfihangel Rhydithon (1840), legal costs ([1834]-1869) and letters (1855-1856)."

Maps

Schools

Victorian Powys for schools site - Llanfihangel Rhydithon School

 Watkins, W. J. H.   'Education in Llanfihangel Rhydithon and District', Radnorshire Society Transactions, vol. VI (1936).

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