Ysbyty Ystwyth
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"YSPYTTY-YSTWITH, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of ILAR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 13 miles (S. E. by E.) from Aberystwith, containing 472 inhabitants. The name is derived from an ancient hospitium formerly existing here, which is supposed to have belonged to the Knights Hospitallers, and its adjunct from its situation on the banks of the river Ystwith. The parish, which is also bounded on the east by the small rivers Marchnad and Meuric, comprises about four thousand acres, one-half of which is waste land..."
[From Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833]
Churches
| St John the Baptist (new), Yspytty Ystwyth (Church in Wales) |
| St John The Baptist Old Church, Ysbyty Ystwyth (Church in Wales) |
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Ysbyty Ystwyth area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
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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
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Parish entry for Yspytty Ystwyth with Ystrad Meurig from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).
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St John the Baptist - photograph on Dyfed FHS
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Ysbyty Ystwyth Band of Hope
- Maesglas Sunday School, Ysbyty Ystwyth
- Maesglas Chapel, Ysbyty Ystwyth in the snow
- Men chatting on Ysbyty Ystwyth square after Sunday service at Maesglas Chapel
Church Records
See Notes on Church/Chapel Records page
Parish Register;
Baptisms 1781-1915 . Marriages 1782-1956. Burials 1781-1886, 1897-1916, 1928-92 NLW/Cer.RO
Copy ts PR M 1782-1837 with index NLW/Cer.RO
Bishops Transcripts;
1682, 1811, 1813-53, 1858-79, 1884-93 NLW
See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg
I.G.I; Baptisms 1811-75
Index to Burials from Parish Registers 1813-1837 available for purchase from Cardiganshire Family History Society Volume 2: Ilar (Upper) Hundred . Parishes covered: Eglwys Newydd, Gwnnws, Llanafan, Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, Llanilar, Lledrod, Rhostïe, Ysbyty Ystwyth, Ystrad Meurig
Nonconformist Chapels;
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Maes-glas CM chapel
Capel Saeson Wesleyan Methodist (Lisburne Mines), Pontrhydygroes
Bethel (Salem?) Wesleyan Methodist chapel, Pontrhydygroes
Maen-Arthur CM Sunday school, Pontrhydygroes
Capel Heleth Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Helaeth
Hendre Calvinistic Methodist Chapel Sunday School, Craig-Y-Bwlch
Waun-Lloi Methodist Chapel Sunday School
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Description and Travel
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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;
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Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Ysbytty Ystwyth from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
Description of the parish of Ysbyty Ystwyth from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis.
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Genealogy
Jones, Daryl. JONES of Ysbyty Ystwyth. Dyfed FHS journal,Vol 7/96 . An advertisement in a newspaper, regarding the author's grandfather, led to an ancestral tree researched back to the eighteenth century
Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Ysbyty Ystwyth has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
History
Meyrick, Sir Samuel Rush.(1783-1848) The History and Antiquities of the county of Cardigan. Collected from the few remaining documents which have escaped the ravages of time, as well as from actual observation. Longman: London ,1810. The history and antiquities of the County of Cardigan ... to which are now added a parliamentary history, list of High Sheriffs, some notes on the present county families, &c., &c. repr. Brecon: 1907. This 1907 print has now been reprinted. The brief section relating to this parish is on page 273; Y Spytty Ystwyth - or the hospitium of the Ystwyth.
Land and Property
Held at the NLW ;
- Hendrefelen. Deeds and documents relating mainly to property of the families of Herbert and Hughes of Hendrefelen, parish of Ysbyty Ystwyth, Cardiganshire, 1546-1885.
Maps
Parish map (Kain/Oliver)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SN791721 (Lat/Lon: 52.333463, -3.775735), Ysbyty Ystwyth which are provided by:
- This place shown on an OpenStreetMap map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- 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.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- 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.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Names, Geographical
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Places, villages, farms etc within Ysbyty Ystwyth parish 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 Dewi Evans)
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Occupations
Frongoch Mine. "The Frongoch Lead & Zinc Mine is situated about 2 miles from Pontrhydygroes in mid Wales. The history and surface remains have been well documented in an excellent book by David Bick......"
Hendre Felen Mine - on the Mindat site
Esgair Mwyn Mine - on the Mindat site
Glogfach & Glogfawr mines. "These mines are situated near Pontrhydygroes from where the deep adit is driven".
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Workers by Ystwyth river
- Pontrhydygroes and Ysbyty Ystwyth milkman
- Logaulas Mine, Ysbyty Ystwyth
Bick David . Frongoch Lead and Zinc Mine N.M.R.S. British Mining No. 30
Schools
Here is an extract from The Reports of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the state of Education in Wales. 1847
Ysbyty Ystwyth School Christmas Party - on the People's Collection Wales site
