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Llansbyddyd / Llanspyddid

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"LLANSPYDDID, a parish in the hundred of Devynnock, county Brecon, 2 miles W. of Brecknock, its post town. It is situated on the Roman Via Julia Montana, and is watered by the river Usk. The parish includes the townships of Modrydd and Pen-Pont. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's, value £100. The parish church, dedicated to St. Cattwe, ... " [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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Bibliography

Meredith, William L. The genealogy of Charles Lee Lee Williams of the family of Williams of Llanspyddid, Breconshire. Gloucester: [Gloucester Welsh Society], [1909] 30p
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Cemeteries

Llanspyddid Community Website includes fully indexed and illustrated Monumental Inscriptions for St Catwg's Churchyard.

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Churches

Congregational / Independent
Libanus United Reformed Church, Libanus
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Church History

Church of St Catwg, Llanspyddid on the Brecknockshire Churches Survey site.

Church of St Catwg, Llanspyddid on the Llanspyddid Community Website site.

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Church Records

Detailed information on deposited registers and transcripts for this parish is given under Breconshire Parish Registers on the Powys 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 1699-1811, 1813-1983; Marriages 1699-1971; Burials 1699-1811,1813-1909 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.

Llanspyddid Community Website includes fully indexed and illustrated Monumental Inscriptions for St Catwg's Churchyard.

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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for Llansbyddyd from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SN990235 (Lat/Lon: 51.900667, -3.469792), Llansbyddyd / Llanspyddid which are provided by:

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Names, Geographical

Places, villages, farms, etc., in Llanspyddid 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)

  • Modrydd [55] - Baddegar, Cilwhybert, Corn Du, Craig Byllfa, Cwm-llwch, Cwrt Gilbert, Hollybush Hall, Login, Llwyn-on, Llyn Cwm-llwch, Modrydd, Obelisk, Pen-y-Fan, Pont-ar-Daf, Pont-Rhyd-goch, Rifle Range
  • Llanspyddyd [56] - Bedd Gwyl Illtyd, Bolgoed, Cefn-y-parc, Closcedi, Garn-galed, Llanspyddid, Pen-isa'r-pentre, Pen-y-wern, Tir Bull, Tir-y-ffynnon
  • Penpont [57] - Camlais, Blaen Rheon, Penpont, Pen-y-parc, Sarn Helen, Wern-fawr