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"CLEAR'S, ST. (ST. CLARE'S), a parish, in the higher division of the hundred of DERRLYS, union and county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, on the road from Carmarthen to Haverfordwest, 9 miles (W. by S.) from Carmarthen; containing 1167 inhabitants . . . The TOWN is situated at the confluence of the Guinning with the Taâf, which discharge their united waters into the bay of Carmarthen, at the small town of Laugharne, a few miles to the South: it consists of one straggling street, nearly a mile in length, neither lighted nor paved, but well supplied with water, and contains many good dwelling houses. Several respectable shops have been lately built; the old houses renovated, and other improvements made. The surrounding district is highly productive of corn and butter, which are here shipped for Bristol, Cardiff, Bridg-water, Southampton, and other ports . . . The church, which is situated on the banks of the Guinning, is of considerable antiquity. There are two places of worship for Independents, and one each for Wesleyan Methodists and Unitarians. In the parish are four day schools, in which are about 160 children. . . " [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1844).]
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| Bethlehem Welsh Independent Chapel, Pwll-Trap, St Clears |
| Bethlehem Welsh Independent Chapel, Pwll-Trap, St Clears |
| Capel Mair Welsh Independent Chapel, St Clears |
| Capel-Y-Graig (Unitarian), St Clears |
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 St Clears with Llanginning from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by (Archive CD Books).
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Griffiths, G. Milwyn. A Visitation of the Archdeaconry of Carmarthen, 1710 National Library of Wales journal. 1974, Summer Vol XVIII/3. Includes the parish of St Clere's
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Digital copy of a colour photograph showing an exterior view of Capel Mair Welsh Independent Chapel, St Clears, taken by Robert Scourfield, 1996.
- Digital copy of a colour photograph showing an exterior view of Seion Welsh Baptist Chapel, St Clears, taken by Robert Scourfield, 1996.
- Digital copy of a colour photograph showing an exterior view of Bethlehem Welsh Independent Chapel, Pwll Trapp, taken by Robert Scourfield, 1996.
- The front of Penuel Chapel, St. Clears.
- Trinity Chapel (CM), St. Clears
- Church, St Clears
- RCAHMW colour transparency showing view of the chancel arch at St Mary Magdalane's Church, St Clears.
Dyfed FHS have photographs and data relating to various churches and chapels on their site
Parish registers: Christenings (1681-1928), Marriages (1681-1970), Banns (1937-76) and Burials (1681-1951) are at the Carmarthenshire Record Office.
Facsimile Parish registers: Christenings and Burials (1681-1813) and Marriages (1681-1813, 1837-1959) are at the National Library of Wales.
Copy ts PR index CB (1813-75) M (1682-1875) at NLW
Bishops' Transcripts, covering the period (1672-3, 1681-4, 1686-7, 1702, 1705, 1707-8, 1720, 1722, 1726-35, 1737-8, 1740-62, 1764-5, 1769-71, 1774-81, 1783-9, 1797, 1799-1800, 1802-4, 1806, 1808-33, 1835, 1837-8, 1847, 1851, 1854) are at the National Library of Wales, and have been microfilmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
An Index to Christenings (1813-1875), Marriages (1682-1875) and Burials (1813-1875) is available on microfiche from Dyfed FHS.
Marriage index for this parish - see Dyfed Marriages, 1813-1837, Vol. 14 - Derllys Hundred (Dyfed Family History Society, c1989)
See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg
Nonconformist Chapels:
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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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St. Clears Castle on Castle Wales
Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site
St Clears - on Wikipedia
"Saint Clears is a long straggling village, at the junction of the river Cathgenny with the Taf. Immediately on the banks of the former, and not far from its junction with the latter, stood the castle, of which not one stone is left; but the artificial tumulus on which the citadel wa placed, and the other broken ground, mark its ancient site."
The Itinerary Through Wales and The Description of Wales by Giraldus Cambrensis (1188). The text is that of Sir Richard Colt Hoare who published an English translation in 1806, chiefly from the texts of Camden and Wharton . This extract is from the foot-notes in the Everyman's Library edition, (ed. Ernest Rhys) 1908.
Hunt, E.C. Directory and Topography for the Cities of Gloucester and Bristol: and the towns of Carmarthen, Kidwelly, Laugharne, Llanelly, and St. Clears [etc.]., London, B.W. Gardiner (1849) iv, 558 p.
Pigot & Co. South Wales Directory for 1830. Here are Extracts relating to St Clears, Laugharne and Neighbourhoods
Pigot & Co. South Wales Directory for 1844. Here are Extracts relating to Saint Clears and Neighbourhoods
The transcription of the section for St Clears from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from St Clears to another place.
Pike, Jonathan. Dyfed Apprentices in Eighteenth Century Bristol. Dyfed FHS Journal 5 (Aug. and Dec. 1996). [Powell Family of St Clears, Meyler Family of Haverfordwest, Protheroe Family of Molleston, Bowen Family of Pembroke]Richards, Christopher. A City Break - 1873 Style. Dyfed FHS journal, Vol 8/9 Aug 2005. Diary entries of Thomas David Rees of Great Bishop's Court farm, near St Clears re visit to London
St Clears War Memorial - on the Roll of Honour site
Williams, Eric I. Reflections of a country vet. Llandysul: Gomer, 1996. viii, 168p: ill, map, ports; 21cm. [ISBN 1859024866]
St Clears. Yr Ymofynydd (Llandysul: Gomer Press) 28 (1928).
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Ryder Davies collection of St Clears documents 1833-1902
- Castell Gorfod Estate records 1552-1990 "The Castell Gorfod estate was acquired by the Buckley family in 1871, when James Bevan sold it to James Buckley of Penyfai, Llanelli. The Castell Gorfod estate had previously been owned by the Bowen family of Llwyngwair............"
- Thomas, B. D. R., collection of White Lion Inn papers 1876-1963 "The White Lion Inn, Pwll-trap, near St Clears, Carmarthenshire was owned by James Thomas, innkeeper and farmer, until his death in 1875. The property passed to his granddaughter, Elizabeth James and her husband William James........................"
Plan of the parish of St Clears 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 SN260168 (Lat/Lon: 51.822249, -4.525895), St Clears which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- 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.
Shipping ledger, Laugharne and St Clears quays - on the People's Collection Wales site
Places, villages, farms etc within St Clears 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 Katherine Hocking)
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Ben Salmon Milk & Cheese Factory, Station Road, St Clears. Established 1909. Towy Valley Dairy Co. then D. M. P. Ltd. - on the People's Collection Wales site
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- St Clears Parish Council Records 1853-1996 (accumulated 1894-1996)
Held at Carmarthen Archives;
- Vaccination register, Carmarthen Union, St Clear's Division 1875-1877
St Clears fair, 1898 - on the People's Collection Wales site