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"LLANGENDEIRN (LLAN-GYNDEYRN), a parish, in the hundred of KIDWELLY, union and county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 5 miles (S.E.) from Carmarthen, on the road through Llannon to Swansea; containing 2624 inhabitants . . . The lands are, with the exception of a very small portion, inclosed and in a good state of cultivation; and the substratum of the soil consists of various valuable minerals, chiefly, coal, iron, and limestone, the procuring of which affords employment to many of the inhabitants. . . The church, dedicated to St. Cyndeyrn, is a spacious and plain edifice; and the churchyard is one of the finest and most agreeably situated in the country. There are two places of worship for Independents, two for Baptists, and one for Methodists. A school for the gratuitous education of poor children was endowed by Mrs. Catherine Goldfrap, a native of the parish, in 1784 . . . there are 80 boys and girls in the school . . . About 60 children are instructed at another day school, at their parents' cost; and there are eight Sunday schools . . . Formerly there were numerous seats in the parish, within which no fewer than seven magistrates were resident; but they have all been deserted by their proprietors, and most of them converted into farm-houses." [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1844).]
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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 from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by (Archive CD Books).
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Dyfed FHS have photographs and data relating to various churches and chapels on their site
PR (1665-1700) recorded in 1933 apparently lost
Parish registers: Christenings (1735-1858), Marriages (1735-1960) and Burials (1735-1972)), and Facsimiles of Marriages (1963-1971) are at the Carmarthenshire Record Office.
Copy ts PR C (1665-1971) M (1671-1970) B (1668-1972) at Carm.RO
Copy ts PR index CB (1813-75) M (1671-1875) at NLW and Carm.RO
Bishops' Transcripts, covering the period (1671, 1677-9, 1681-7, 1690, 1692-6, 1700-4, 1707-8, 1711, 1717-21, 1724-43, 1746-7, 1749-51, 1753-67, 1769-94, 1796-1800, 1802-52, 1854-7, 1859-66) are at the National Library of Wales, and have been microfilmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Marriage index for this parish - see Dyfed Marriages, 1813-1837, Vol. 16 - Kidwelly Hundred (Dyfed Family History Society, c1989).
See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg
Nonconformist Chapels:
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Pontyates/Pont-Iets [formed out of Llangendeirne and Llanelli]
Christenings (1872-1945), Marriages (1858-1970) at Carm.RO
Parish Church photograph and basic information from Dyfed FHS.
The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales., byJones, I.G. & Williams, D. UWP, Cardiff, 1976. These statistics for this parish are extracted from this book which in turn got them from the 1851 census itself;
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The transcription of the section for Llangendeirne from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Llangendeirne to another place.
Lloyd, Sir John E., (Ed.). A History of Carmarthenshire (2 vols.), Cardiff, London Carmarthenshire Society (1935, 1939). Extracts from this book can be accessed on some parish pages, see here for this parish.
Rhys, R. Cloi'r clwydi, [Llangyndeyrn], Cymdeithas Les Llangyndeyrn (1994) 72 p., ill., maps, ports.
Resolutions passed at a meeting of farmers and other inhabitants of the parishes of Llanelli, Llan-non, Pembrey and Llangendeirne, held on Mynydd Sylen, between Llan-non and Pontyberem, 25 August 1843. The meeting was chaired by William Chambers and addressed by Hugh Williams. The resolutions passed related to tolls and the expenditure of the county stock, commending several landowners for reducing their rents and condemming Rees Goring Thomas for his 'unfair and deceitful' behaviour with regard to the Llanelli tithes. - on the People's Collection Wales site
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Papers relating to the Saunders family of Glanrhydw, Llangendeirne 1741-1925 "John Vaughan sold Glanrhydw, Carmarthenshire, to William Saunders, a successful attorney, in 1732............"
Chief Rents 1664-1676 "Names and Surnames of the Freeholders that pay Chief Rent yearly within the Parish of Llangendeirne being Maynor Gwnwr and Quarter Trystyrch within the Commot of Kidwellie" - on the Kidwelly History site
Plan of the parish of Llangyndeyrn in the County of Carmarthen - on the People's Collection Wales site
Parish map(Kain/Oliver)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SN466113 (Lat/Lon: 51.778937, -4.224629), Llangendeirne which are provided by:
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- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
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- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
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Places, villages, farms etc within Llangendeirne 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)
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- Carway Colliery on the Welsh Coal Mines site
- Gwendraeth Colliery, Pontyates on the Welsh Coal Mines site
- Plasbach Colliery, Pontyates on the Welsh Coal Mines site
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Carway and Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd Papers 1863 "Rees Emmanuel (fl. 1863) was a collier in the Gwendraeth Valley, Carmarthenshire. Carway and Duffryn Steam Coal Company was located in Llangyndeyrn in the Gwendraeth Valley."
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Llangynderyn Parish Council and Community Council Records 1894-1989