Nantcwnlle

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

• Nantcwnlle Parish Church Evan Evans, Vicar
• see Nonconformist chapels below

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

• St Cynllo & Mission Church
• Incumbent and Curates; T T Davies
• Rural Deanery of Ultra Aeron
• Acreage 4,607 ; Population 515

Bwlchyllan / Bwlch-Llan CM chapel, (Penuel) Bwlchyllan

• Bwlch-Llan CM chapel, (Penuel) Bwlch-Llan SN57975878 Preaching in homes for years before chapel built 1841, rebuilt 1876/7. Schoolhouse built 1836. Members; 140 in 1902 Records; see Gwynfil, Llanddewi brefi Still open 1998 (From The Chapels Recording Project in Wales & Rawlins - see Notes on Church/Chapel Records page)
• Bwlchllan or Penuel chapel CM Erected in 1836 Rees Williams, Deacon, Bryngalem (1851 Religious census, see above)

• Photograph on Dyfed FHS

• From Byr Hanes am Blwyf Nantcwnlle
  "Bwlchllan Chapel was licensed to perform marriages in 1865"
  "In 1836 a school was built in Bwlchllan and, after that, the Sunday School was held there. After five years this building was pulled down and the Methodists built a chapel in its place, with a schoolroom at the gable end, on land which Dr. Morgan, Frongoch, had leased to them "
  "The first Chapel was built in Bwlchllan in 1841; this was renovated and extended in 1876."
  "It was in 1895 that burials started in Bwlchllan Chapel graveyard and David Jones, Meiarth, was the first to be buried there on January 9th 1895, aged 73. "

• Hanes Methodistiaeth, rhan ddeheuol Sir Aberteifi : oddechreuad y "Diwvgiad Methodistaidd" yn 1735 hyd 1900 . By John Evans. Dolgellau , 1904. (Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church History in the southern part of Cardiganshire from 1735 to 1900) This book contains an entry for each CM chapel in existence in South Cardiganshire at the end of 1900, including this one. It includes a history of preaching in the area before the chapel was built, lists deacons, ministers etc, and contains a wealth of genealogical information.

The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales., by Jones, I.G. & Williams, D. UWP, Cardiff, 1976. These statistics for this parish or chapelry are extracted from this book which in turn got them from the 1851 census itself;

• Area 4603 acres; Population 368 males, 415 females, total 783

With the kind permission of the publisher, these selected extracts below are taken from " The History of Cardiganshire" by S R Meyrick, 1810, specifically the reprint of the 1907 imprint published by Stephen Collard in July 2000.

• "In this parish is an old intrenchment, called Pen y Gaer, just above Havod, the residence of Mr Rogers."
• "Two thirds of the tithes belong to a prebendary in tthe church of Brecon."
• The names of the last three incumbents [of the parish church], are ; the Rev. Rhys Williams ;the Rev. - Parry ; and the Rev John Evans."
• Crynvryn, previously possessed by the Lloyd family. The estate was purchased by Sir Thomas Bonsall, Knt., whose son now possesses it.
• Havod, the seat of --- Rogers Esq.

Places, villages, farms etc within Nantcwnlle as shown on the online parish map from 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)

• Nantcwnlle (52); Blaen-castell; Bryn-ele; Bryn-gwyn; Bwlch-diwyrgam; Bwlch llan; Bwlch-y-graig; Crynfryn; Dyfnant; Fan; Glownant; Gwenffrwd; Hafod; Llan-Feilog; Llundain-fach; Nantcwnlle (village); Nant-Rhiw-afallen; Pen y Gaer; Talsarn; Ty-newydd; Ty'r college;