Nearby places

Radnorshire

Contents

EGLWYS NEWYDD,YR / NEWCHURCH

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

Church History

See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph  of ;

• Newchurch St Mary
• Newchurch Ebenezer Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel

Church of St Mary, Newchurch 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.

Newchurch Parish (Diocese of St Davids); Statistics; Area 1788 acres; Population 84 males, 69 females, total 153

• Newchurch Parish Church              Attendance - morning 25                1 service in English                J B Richards, Curate
•  
• Newchurch Chapel, Welsh Calvinistic Methodist       Erected  1847    Attendance - morning 47, afternoon 18 scholars      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 1708-1981; Marriages 1708-1748, 1755-1811, 1837-1971; Burials 1708-1981; Banns 1825-1981
  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 Eglwys Newydd,Yr / Newchurch from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
• A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833

Land and Property

Cutaway reconstruction drawing of Great House, Newchurch, Radnorshire - on the Gathering the Jewels site

Maps

Return to top

Eglwys Newydd,Yr / Newchurch

Find help, report problems, and contribute information.
[ 16 Nov 2011- Gareth Hicks]