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MAESYFED / NEW RADNOR

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

Bibliography

Howse, William H. Radnor old and new. Kington : Mid-Border Books, 1989. 54p

Howse, William H. Some historical notes on New Radnor. Leominster : Leominster Printing Co, [19--] 8p

Jones, Nigel W. Excavations at the Porth, New Radnor, 1991-2. Transactions of the Radnorshire Society 63 (1993), p. 38-41

Matthews, D Hugh. Bedyddwyr (Baptists) Maesyfed yn y 17eg ganrif : gwers mewn goddefgarwch. Trafodion Cymdeithas Hanes y Bedyddwyr (1986), p. 1-13

Morgan, Richard. Enwau lleoedd Buallt a Maesyfed. Capel Garmon : Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1993.

Oliver, Reginald C B. The Lewis family of Downtown [sic] House, New Radnor, 1758-1858. Transactions of the Radnorshire Society 61 (1991), p. 20-36

Owain Glyndwr ym Maesyfed. Llafar Gwlad 41 (1993), p. 17

Oppitz, Leslie. When the train ran to New Radnor. Country Quest (January 1996), p. 22-3

Silvester, R J. New Radnor on old maps. Transactions of the Radnorshire Society 64 (1994), p. 15-24

Smith, Laurence. New Radnor : the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace 1827-1886. New Radnor : Picture it, 2002. 49p

Church History

Church of St Mary, New Radnor 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 1644-1903; Marriages 1644-1971; Burials 1644-1918; Banns 1823-1942
  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 Hereford Archives and/or Powys Archives   

Description and Travel

New Radnor Castle on the Castle Wales site

Aerial photograph of New Radnor, 2001 - on the Gathering the Jewels site 

Aerial photograph of Black Mixen round barrow, New Radnor, 2001   - on the Gathering the Jewels site

Gazetteers

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

History

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

• New Radnor Borough Charters     "Charter of incorporation of the borough of New Radnor,Radnorshire, 1562, and charter of re-incorporation, 1739."

Maps

Victorian Powys for schools site - Map of New Radnor in 1904, and 1835

Public Records

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

• New Radnor (Maesyfed) Parish and Community Council Records  1894-1988    
• New Radnor Rural District Council Records  1906-1974

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