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Penllyn

"PEN LLYNN, in the Cwmwd of Maenor Glynn Ogwr, Cantref of Cron Nedd (now called the Hundred of Ogmure), County of GLAMORGAN, South Wales: a discharged Vicarage valued in the King's Books at £4..15..2 1/2: Patron, Thomas Wyndham, Esq.: Church dedicated to St. Brynach. The Resident Population of this Parish, in 1801, was 263. The Money raised by the Parish Rates, in 1803, was £89..4..3, at 4s. 6d. in the pound. It is 3 1/2 m. N. b. N. from Cowbridge. According to the Diocesan Report, in 1809 the yearly value of this Benefice, arising from Tythes, Glebe, and Augmentation, was £35..14..10. The Castle is in ruins."
From: A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle, London, 1811.

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Directories Land and Property Maps Population

Bibliography

Here is a substantial reading list of books which relate to Glamorgan, either county or parish.

References to Penllyn at the British Library

Church History

Chapels Database  - a  list of all known non-conformist chapels or other non-Anglican religions in the parish

Church Records

See also St. Brynach, Llanfrynach

Description and Travel

Places, villages, farms etc within Penllyn as shown on the parish map on the CD of  Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. (Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R.). (Extracted by Gareth Hicks)

• Penllyn (110); Craig Penlline; Cymle; Dre-fechan; Fferm-goch; Ham; Llanfawr; Llwynhelyg Ho.; Moorland; Pen-fistla; Penlline (village); Penlline Moor; Penllyn Castle; Penllyne Court; Pentre Meyrick; Tewgoed; Ty- (tir y ? ); Ty-mawr.

Description of parish from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis

Penllyn Castle - on the Castle Wales site

Directories

Land and Property

• Homfray of Penllyn Castle
  1809-1957: deeds 1818-52, estate incl sale catalogues. 1847-1957, wills, settlements, trusts. 1809-1916, misc personal papers 19th cent
  [Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff - Reference: D/D Pe]
• Lewis family of Penlline
  1757-1812: estate rental and accounts
  Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff]

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

• Homfray of Penllyn Estate papers     1777-1983        "The Homfray family, long seated in Yorkshire, came to Glamorgan when Francis Homfray of Wollaston Hall, Worcestershire, married Hannah Popkin of Coytrahen (Coetre-hen), near Bridgend, Glamorgan. Francis, a successful iron-master in Staffordshire and Worcestershire, established an ironworks at Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil. His third son, Jeremiah Homfray (1759-1833) gave up his share in the Penydarren works to his brother, Samuel in 1789. In 1813 Jeremiah was declared bankrupt. He fled to Boulogne to avoid paying his creditors. Jeremiah's son, John Homfray (1793-1877) purchased Penllyn Castle in the vale of Glamorgan in 1846. ..............................................."
• Penlline [Penllyn] Civil Parish records        "........... comprising copy of tithe plan and apportionment, 1840"

Maps

Population

Hamlets, Towns and Villages

• Craig Penllyn
• Llanfrynach

Penllyn

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