Cilybebyll

Here is a substantial reading list of books which relate to Glamorgan, either county or parish.

References to the parish of Cilybebyll at

• The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

An on-line index to Old Characters of Gellinudd by John E. Morgan [1908] has been provided by Gareth Hicks.

Gellinudd - From Old Characters of Gellinudd by John E Morgan [Hirfryn] 1908. Translated by Ivor Griffiths. Here is the Preface and general introduction to the above book.  Now included here

See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data re St John's Church

Chapels Database - a list of all known non-conformist chapels or other non-Anglican religions in the parish

Undated black and white photograph showing Danygraig Chapel, Alltwen - on the People's Collection Wales site

For full and up-to-date details of their holdings see the sites of Glamorgan Record Office and/or West Glamorgan Archives

See Bap/Mar/Bur data on  FreeReg

See Cwmgors/Waun site  for a history database of local chapels and churches

The church is dedicated to St John the Evangelist, is in the Benefice of Cilybebyll, and diocese of Llandaff. Details of the present incumbent of this benefice can be found at the Church in Wales website. The church can be located at grid reference SN744047.

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

• Cilybebyll Ecclesiastical Parish records     "..... including registers of baptisms, 1768-1931; marriages, 1813-1929; records relating to Acts of Parliament 1836-1837; licence for marriages, 1939; tithes, 1838-1922; property, 1915; churchwardens, 1937; church affairs, 1939-1958; civil records, 1844"

Modern Parishes & Chapels of Ease :-

• St. John the Evangelist, Alltwen

The following Religious Institutions are covered in the Mormon International Genealogical Index (IGI) :-

• Cilybebyll, St. John the Evangelist - Christenings (BT's) - 1776-1858
• Cilybebyll Independent - Christenings, 1751-1836

Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site

• Geograph
• Flickr

Transcript of name listing for Cilybebyll taken from Slaters Directory for 1871.

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

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

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Some of the hamlets, towns and villages within this parish

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

• Cilybebyll Estate Records     1399-1854      "Deeds and other papers, 1614-1775, mainly relating to the Herbert family of Cilybebyll, Glamorgan (Ethel Lloyd Deeds);estate and family deeds and a few other papers, [c. 1466]-[c. 1841], relating to the Griffith family of Cilybebyll [c. 1572]-1614, the Herbert family of Cilybebyll,  [c. 1617]-1740, the Turberville family of Ewenny and Cilybebyll, [c. 1740]-[c. 1794], and the Lloyd family of Cilybebyll 1813 (Cilybebyll Deeds (Group I); estate and family deeds and papers, 1523-1854, relating to the Griffith family of Cilybebyll [c. 1557]-1615, the Herbert family of Cilybebyll and elsewhere, [c. 1606]-[c. 1754], the Turberville family of Ewenny and Cilybebyll [c. 1747]-[c. 1796], the Lloyd family of Cilybebyll [c. 1789]-[c. 1815], the Bassett family of Cilybebyll [c. 1817-c. 1825], and the Leach family of Milford and Cilybebyll, [c. 1831]-[c. 1848] (Cilybebyll Deeds (Group II)). The 1962 group which remains uncatalogued comprises deeds and documents, 1847-1883, consisting largely of leases of building ground formerly part of Clynibidy farm, Llangiwg, Glamorgan."  
  And    " .....comprising mainly title deeds, 1497-1946, deeds of settlement, 1575-1954, and mortgages, 1859-1916."
• Lloyd Family of Plâs-Cilybebyll papers  " ........ including correspondence, 1944-1953; papers relating to Herbert Lloyd, 1864-1930; papers of John Herbert Purdon and Eleanor Lloyd, 1914-1956; papers of the Pemberton family, 1905-1965; records of a court case for between John Herbert Purdon Lloyd and Philip Llewellyn Michael for trespass "
• John Jenkins Collection of Neath and Cilybebyll Deeds   1546-1933

 Rolls of courts Baron & Leet for manors of Neath Burgus, Neath Citra & Briton, Neath Ultra & Cilybebyll, 1741-59: - on the People's Collection Wales site

This diagram shows the position of this parish within the county of Glamorgan - click on this to see a full size diagram of the county

Parish map (Kain/Oliver)

Plan of the parish of Cilybebyll, Glamorganshire - on the People's Collection Wales site

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SN753054 (Lat/Lon: 51.733208, -3.806506), Cilybebyll 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.

Places, villages, farms etc within Cilybebyll 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 John Ball)

• Cilybebyll (9) - Alltwen, Cilybebyll, Craig-gelli-nedd, Craig-y-fforest, Darren Wyddon, Farteg, Farteg Hill, Hendre Garnilog, Melin-y-Rhos, Plas Cil-y-bebyll, Rhos, Tarreni-gleision, Wigfa.

Place names from the C19th Tithe Apportionment schedules. Contributed by Darris Williams

Newspaper extracts

Primrose Colliery, Rhos on the Welsh Coal Mines site

The Population of Cilybebyll was as follows, and a more detailed breakdown is available.

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

• Cilybebyll Parish and Community Councils records  1894-2001

School House, near Penyralltwen Farm, Alltwen  - History, map and photographs on the Cwmgors/Waun site.