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LLANSANFFRAID-YN-ELFAEL / LLANSAINTFFRAID-IN-ELWELL

• Church History
• Church Records
• Gazetteers
• History
• Maps

Church History

Church of St Bridget, Llansantfraed-in-Elvel 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.

Llansantfraed-in-Elvel Parish; Statistics; Area 4000 acres; Population 165 males, 158 females, total 323

• Llansaintfraed Parish Church     Attendance - (average) morning 40, afternoon 50 (alternate?)       1 service in English         Hugh Vaughan, Vicar
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• The Hundred House Chapel, Welsh Calvinistic Methodist           Erected 1830            Attendance - evening 132              John James, Minister

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 1767-1930; Marriages 1813-1957; Burials 1767-1980; Banns 1824-1972
  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 Llansanffraid-yn-Elfael / Llansaintffraid-in-Elwell from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
• A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833

History

Llansanffraed in Elwell with Bettws Disserth War Memorial - on the Roll of Honour site

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

Victorian Powys for schools site - Map of Llansantffraid-in-Elfael in 1837, also 1902

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Llansanffraid-yn-Elfael / Llansaintffraid-in-Elwell

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