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CRUNWEAR [CRONWERN]

Parish based sketch map of the hundred

"CRONWERE (CRUNWEAR), a parish in the hundred of NARBERTH, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 6 miles (E.S.E.) from Narberth, containing 274 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the confines of the county, and at a short distance to the south of the turnpike road from Laugharne to Narberth. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of St.David's, rated in the king's books at £6. 16. 10 1/2., and in the patronage of the King, as Prince of Wales. The church, dedicated to St. Elidyr, is appropriately fitted up for the performance of divine service, but not distinguished by any architectural features. An average annual expenditure amounting to £58. 6. is applied for the maintenance of the poor." [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1833).]

• Census
• Church History
• Church Records
• Description and Travel
• Genealogy
• History
• Maps

Census

The 1851 census for this parish has been indexed by Dyfed Family History Society.

Census Returns for this parish have the following LDS Call Numbers:

• 1841 Census - 0464344
• 1851 Census - 0104230
• 1861 Census - 0543242
• 1871 Census - 0850851
• 1881 Census - 1342302
• 1891 Census - 6099633

Church History

Some 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 are those of the informants

• Crunwear Parish Church                   "The congregation in the summer months is larger"    Wm Phillips, Rector
• Mountain   Ind                     William Phillips, Elder, Amroth

Parish entry from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).

• St Elidyr
• Incumbent and Curates; R Jackett
• Rural Deanery of Narberth
• Acreage 1,703; Population 186

Church Records

Crunwear Wills Index by Owen Vaughan

PR CB (1725-83) M (1725-53) recorded in 1831 apparently lost

Parish registers: Christenings (1783-1979), Marriages (1754-1969), Burials (1783-1978) at Pem.RO with fac copies  (1725-62) at NLW

Bishops' Transcripts, covering the period (1799-1839, 1841-91, 1893-1900) are at the National Library of Wales, and have been microfilmed by the LDS - Call Number: 0105138.

Nonconformist Chapels:

• Zoar Baptist chapel, Crunwear    -  near Pendeilo (which is Amroth parish)       SN17120962         Built 1854    Still open 1993        Coflein               On Dyfed FHS  
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• Mountain / Llanteague  [Independents, 1854-1873?] - in Mountain / Llanteg          SN17561005      Built 1854, rebuilt 1889.   Still open 1993      Coflein                 On Dyfed FHS  
  Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for this chapel (in Welsh ) - with translation by Maureen Saycell (April 2008)

Dyfed FHS have published a series of indexes of baptisms, marriages and burials from Pembrokeshire hundreds for various periods.

Description and Travel

Places, villages, farms etc within Crunwear parish  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 Barry Johnson)

• Crunwear (123); Crunwear, Garness, Llanteg, Llanteglos, Oaklands, Rigman's Hill, Three Wells, Tre-newydd.

Genealogy

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

• Hobbs family papers  1868-1960     "John and Caroline Hobbs were based in Pembrokeshire when Caroline was schoolmistress at Crunwear, Pembrokeshire in the late 19th century. Their children were ...................................."

History

Catalogue of Newspaper Articles with reference to the surname ORIEL or the village of LLANTEG with brief descriptions. Taken from the NARBERTH Weekly News. Held in Tenby Library. This volume covers the period : 1923 - 1944. Transcribed by O. J. & C. A. Vaughan

Llanteg History Society - Publications include history books, MIs etc etc

Maps

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[Gareth Hicks: 28 May 2008]

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