Ystradmeurig

Donaldson, M.C. Edward Richards of Ystrad Meurig . Ceredigion: Journal of the Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society. Vol V, No. 3 (1966)

Osborne-Jones, D G. Edward Richard of Ystrad Meurig. (hanes yr ysgol, 1734-1934). 1934. 160pp.

St John the Baptist - photograph on Dyfed FHS

Howells, William H. The Library of Edward Richard, Ystradmeurig. Ceredigion, Vol IX/3 1982.
"The traditional picture of the Established Church in eighteenth century Wales tends to emphasise its weaknesses and ignore the attempts at reform. The root cause of the many difficulties which faced the church for much of the period was poverty...... moreover, personal impoverishment could also retard a clergyman's education by preventing him from receiving an adequate education, and even from buying religious literature.......... The teaching of divinity at the universities left much to be desired....in the diocese of St David's few candidates for ordination could afford to enter the English universities.... for much of the period libraries were the clergy's only means of education and enlightenment, but gradually two institutions providing a more formal system of clerical instruction emerged, the first being the grammar school at Ystradmeurig which was set up in the 1740s, the second being the college at Lampeter which opened in 1827...."
"Edward Richard was born in 1714 in the remote village of Ystradmeurig, the youngest child of Thomas and Gwenllian Richard, his father was a tailor .. while his mother kept an inn........ Edward reopened the school at Ystradmeurig in 1746...it grew to become a preparatory school for some of the most reputable educational institutions of England ..... a vital contribution was made to the growth and reputation of the school by the emphasis Edward Richard placed on his library..... described by George Eyre Evans as the 'Bodley of Wales'......"

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Parish Register;
Baptisms 1798-1916 and 1949-86. Marriages 1798-1836, 1838-1970 . Burials 1799-1916, 1949-76 NLW/Cer.RO
Copy ts PR M 1798-1837 with index NLW/Cer.RO
Bishops Transcripts;
1682, 1813, 1823, 1825-80, 1885-90 NLW

See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg

I.G.I; Baptisms 1813-75. Marriages 1823-36

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; none

Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site

Jones, R O. Ystradmeurig Castle (NLW's site) Ceredigion, Vol I

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Kelly's Directory South Wales 1895

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

Description of the parish of Ystradmeurig from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis.

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Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Monica Rawlins Papers 1909-1988 "Monica O Rawlins (1903-90) was an artist and goose-breeder, of Bryn-meheryn, Ystrad Meurig.............."

Donaldson, M C. Edward Richard of Ystrad Meurig (NLW's site) Ceredigion Vol V

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 section relating to this parish is on pages 268/73; Spytty Ystradmeurig- so called from having been one of the ancient hospitia of the monks of Ystradflur and Ystradmeurig. Birth place of Edward Richard, founder of the renowned grammar school in the parish for the education of poor children in the Latin language and the principles of the Church of England. Section on the Castle.

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Hendrefelen estate, records "Deeds relating to the Hendrefelen estate, 1546-1885, in Cardiganshire, Brecon and Manchester, including a faculty from the bishop of St Davids enabling Edward Richard to set up a library at Ystrad Meurig"

Parish map (Kain/Oliver)

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Here is an extract from The Reports of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the state of Education in Wales. 1847

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Ystrad Meurig Grammar School (St. John's College) Archive 1909-1961 "Ystrad Meurig School was established c.1734 by Edward Richard of Ystrad Meurig who began teaching local boys in the parish church. By 1759, he had over 50 pupils. In 1757, the school was legally established and endowed as a grammar school, and in 1774 was declared open to boys from Cardiganshire, ........ "

Howells, William H. The library of Edward Richard. Ystrad Meurig (NLW's site) Ceredigion Vol IX

Jones, D J. Ysgol Ystrad Meurig. Llawlyfr Cym. Cered. Llundain., Vol I(1934-5)

Hanes Ystrad Meurig History - for details see Ceredigion Local History Forum