Llanelly (Llanelli)
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"LLANELLY, a parochial chapelry in the hundred of Crickhowell, county Brecon, 2 miles S. of Crickhowell, and 5 W. of Abergavenny, its post town. It is situated on the rivers Clydach and Usk, and the Brecon canal passes through it. It includes the parcels of Aberbaidan and Maesgwartha, and two waterfalls. Coal and lime are obtained, and iron ore is smelted at the Clydach and Llyndach iron-works. ..." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Churches
There are more than 30 churches identified in this place. Please click here for a complete list.
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Church History
History and Description of Llanelly Parish Church by Jeffrey Thomas.
Photographs of St Elli's Church and Bethlehem Chapel (Llanelly), and Ebenezer and English Wesleyan chapels (Clydach) on John Ball's Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection webpages.
Church Records
Detailed information on deposited registers and transcripts for this parish is given under Records Held on the Gwent Archives website.
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 1701-1924; Marriages 1701-52, 1754-1933; Burials 1708-1811, 1813-1925; Banns 1842-1921 Parish Registers, or copies, for all or part of these dates are held at the NLW and/or Gwent Archives. Bishops Transcripts for various periods are held at the NLW.
Description and Travel
Clydach Ironworks - photographs on John Ball's website.
A Photo Essay of Brynmawr by Jeffrey Thomas
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Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Llanelly from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
Description of Brynmawr from Theophilus Jones's The History of Brecknockshire revised in 1909.
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Genealogy
Brynmawr Wales History - Genealogy Project
Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Llanelly (Llanelli) has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SO225138 (Lat/Lon: 51.817125, -3.125524), Llanelly (Llanelli) which are provided by:
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- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
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Names, Geographical
Places, villages, farms etc., in Llanelly 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 John Ball)
- Llanelly [77] - Blackrock, Blaen Dyar, Blaen-nant, Brynmawr, Cabier Dyar, Cheltenham, Clydach, Clydach Bridge, Clydach Station, Colliery, Cwm Nant-garn, Dan-y-graig, Daren Disgwylfa, Daren-felen, Dyffryn-mawr, Gelli-felen, Gilwern, Glaslwn Court, Lime Works, Llam-march, Llanelly, Lower Common, Neuadd, Pant-y-beiliau, Pen-y-lan-fach, Tir-Gunter, Twyn Wenallt, Ty-mawr, Ty-uchaf, Ty-gwyr.
