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Pontnewydd-ar-Wy / Newbridge-on-Wye
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"NEWBRIDGE, or Newbridge-on-Wye, a hamlet on the S W border of Radnor; on the river Wye, and on the Llanidloes, Builth, and Talyllyn railway, 7¼ miles S S E of Rhayader. It has a station on the railway, a post-office under Builth, Breconshire, and a great fair on 17 Oct." [John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870-72 on Vision of Britain]
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An ecclesisatical parish formed out of Llanafan Fawr, Breconshire and Llanllyr/Llanyre, Radnorshire in 1882
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Hinchcliffe, J B. 120 views of Builth Wells : Llandrindod Wells, Elan Valley Waterworks, Llanwrtyd Wells, Llangammarch Wells, Newbridge-on-Wye, Rhayader etc. Builth Wells : J.B. Hinchliffe, [1909] 36pJones, Patricia A The use of pupil teachers at Newbridge on Wye school, 1872-1907 Radnorshire Society Transactions Vol 56 1986 Welsh Journals Online
Llewelyn, Charles Venables Bart The Old Wye Bridge at Newbridge-on-Wye Radnorshire Society Transactions Vol 3 1933 Welsh Journals Online
Slater, F M. Newbridge-on-Wye : a brief guide for visitors. [Newbridge-on-Wye] : University of Wales College of Cardiff, 1990. 42p
- No entry for this parish as it wasn't created until 1882 but see under Llanllyr/Llanyre,
An ecclesisatical parish formed out of Llanafan Fawr, Breconshire and Llanllyr/Llanyre, Radnorshire in 1882
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 1883-1966; Marriages 1883-1982; Burials 1884-1992; Banns 1883-1996
Parish Registers, or copies, for all or part of these dates are held at the NLW and/or Powys Archives.
Bishops Transcripts - none detailed
Old wooden bridge at Newbridge-on-Wye, c. 1900 on the People's Collection Wales site
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Pontnewydd-ar-Wy / Newbridge-on-Wye to another place.
Newbridge-on-Wye War Memorial - on the Roll of Honour site
Letter from the Cambrian Steam Bakery, Newbridge-on-Wye, 1915 - on the People's Collection Wales site
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Venables-Llewelyn collection, Llysdinam Estate 1781-1979 "The Llysdinam estate was owned by the Venables family of Llysdinam, Newbridge-on-Wye, Brecknockshire, which descended from Joseph Venables of Llysdinam, who married Elizabeth Davies in 1723. ................."
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
Family Search have an interactive map called "England and Wales Jurisdictions 1851" showing parish (and other) boundaries with optional background maps such as Ordnance Survey. There is also a Search facility, do read the guidance notes to get maximum benefit from this useful resource. See here for further background information to assist in the interpretation of this data
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SO016580 (Lat/Lon: 52.211402, -3.441554), Pontnewydd-ar-Wy / Newbridge-on-Wye which are provided by:
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- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Newbridge-on-Wye Parish Records 1873-1882