Caerphilly in the Parish of Eglwysilan

References to the town of Caerphilly at

• The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

• David Davies, mineral surveyor
  1847-72: out letter books
  [Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff]
• Pandy Woollen Mill
  1856-89: William Austin's spinning account book and cloth account books
  [Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff - Reference: D/DXFC1-4]
• Ty Vaughan Shop
  1835-70: ledgers and journals
  [Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff]

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

• Barclays Bank, Caerphilly collection       "Merchant's account book of imports, 1789 (including Energlyn Estate rental, 1823); Caerphilly Petty Sessions minutes books containing lists of surveyors, constables and overseers, 1840-1852; Caerphilly Petty and Brewster's Sessions minutes book, 1868-1872."
• Great Western Garden Village Society Ltd, Caerphilly records     1925-1972    "Great Western (Caerphilly) Garden Village Society Ltd was established in 1925, to provide housing for the workers of Carephilly Railway Repair Works, Glamorgan. It remained active until 1972"

The Glamorgan Family History Society have produced a set of microfiche containing Monumental Inscriptions for the following burial grounds :-

• Church of St. Martin
• Tonyfelin Welsh Baptist
• Watford Congregational

Visit their website for information on how to purchase.

The Glamorgan Family History Society have produced a set of microfiche containing an enumerated transcription and a personal name index. These are available for the years :

• 1841 - (included with Cardiff)
• 1851 - HO107/2454

Visit their website for information on how to purchase.

Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site

• St. Martin's Church, Caerphilly 1905
• S. Martin's bell tower 2011

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

Caerphilly contains three Anglican churches :-

• St. Andrew
• St. Catherine
• St. Martin

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

• Caerphilly Ecclesiastical Parish records    " ......... including registers of baptisms, 1834-1924; marriages, 1813-1925; burials, 1822-1923; banns, 1868-1915; Pwllypant mission chapel baptisms, 1899-1902; St Catherines church miscellaneous records, 2000"

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

• Eglwysilan, Caerphilly St. Martin - Christenings (BT's), 1813-1875

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

Journey to the past -  Caerphilly Castle

Caerphilly County Borough Council

Caerphilly - on Wikipedia

• Geograph
• Flickr

Transcript of complete name listing for Eglwysilan & Caerphilly from Slaters Directory for 1858-185

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

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Caerphilly in the Parish of Eglwysilan to another place.

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

• Bradley and Edmunds family of Pontypridd and Caerphilly papers   "Records of the Bradley and Edmund family, 1790-1903, ....................."  
• Waters and Evans families, of Caerphilly papers   1725-1929    "Mrs Hester Waters (d 1794), possibly a member of the Waters family of Penhow (Monmouthshire) appears to have lived at Bath, Somerset, since at least 1775. Edward Evans (fl. 1794-1802), of Energlyn Mill, Caerphilly, Glamorgan, a descendant of the Waters family, was the executor of her will. ........................"

Description with images of Caerphilly Castle at www.castlewales.com by Jeff Thomas

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

• Dennis G. Sellwood papers    "The papers were collected by local historian Dennis G. Sellwood whilst conducting research for his book, The Friendly Invasion (Caerphilly Local History Society, 2002). The book focuses upon the American soldiers who passed through Caerphilly during 1943-1944 on their way to Europe, as remembered by themselves and the townspeople"  
• Jones, Glyndwr G., of Caerphilly, collection  1856-1991      "Glyndwr G. Jones is a local historian who has gathered together an extensive collection of miscellaneous sources on the history of Caerphilly and district, Glamorgan, covering Pandy woollen mill, photographs and postcards. Besides delivering lectures to the Caerphilly Local History Society, he is also the author of the local history journal, Cronicl Caerffili"

Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site

• Caerphilly station
• Caerphilly Miners Hospital
• Caerphilly Castle
• A photograph, dated 1907, of the organising committee for the visit of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to Caerphilly on 13th July 1907.
• Caerphilly Past and Present, several items
• Castle Street Caerphilly c.1910
• George V on his visit to Caerphilly in June 1912
• Edward VII on his visit to Caerphilly in July 1907
• Caerphilly bus 1950 (C. Carter)

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST155864 (Lat/Lon: 51.570115, -3.220607), Caerphilly in the Parish of Eglwysilan 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.

Caerphilly War Memorial - on the People's Collection Wales site

Waters and Evans families: Caerphilly
18thcent-19th cent: family and estate papers
[Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff - Reference: D/D Ps]

Rhos Llantwit Colliery (near Caerphilly) on the Welsh Coal Mines site

• Caerphilly Constituency Labour Party
  • 1934-64: records
    [University of Swansea library]
  • 1960-87: minute book, corresp, membership records and misc
    [National Library of Wales, Department of Manuscripts and Records]
• Caerphilly elections
  1964, 1966: papers of Roy Maddocks, Conservative Party, parliamentary candidate
  [Gwent Record Office, County Hall, Cwmbran NP44 2XH - Reference: D.1019

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

• Caerphilly Higher Petty Sessional Division records    1909-1962
• Caerphilly Lower Petty Sessional Division records  1872-1981
• Caerphilly Local Board of Health    1893-1894  
• Caerphilly Urban District Council records  1893-1974  
• Miskin Higher and Caerphilly Higher Petty Sessional Division records  1893-1964

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

• Caerphilly and Gelligaer Division Elementary/Primary school records     19th century-20th century  
• Caerphilly Senior Boys (Twyn)/Secondary school records    " ....... school records comprising of log book, 1933-1966"  
• Caerphilly Gwyndy Senior Girls/Secondary Modern for Girls records  1933-1947  
• Caerphilly/Caerphili Boys Secondary School and St. Martins Comprehensive school 1927-1989     "Caerphilly Boys' Secondary School originated as Caerphilly Higher Elementary School in 1912......"  
• Edmunds, Emma and Rachel, of Caerphilly papers   1846-1974    "Emma Edmunds and Rachel Edmunds were school teachers in the Caerphilly area, Glamorgan, in the last quarter of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Emma Edmunds was a teacher at Penarth National School and became head teacher at Twyn Infants School, Caerphilly Rachel Edmunds was the head teacher of the Aldworth Charity schools at Bedwas and Caerphilly."       "Rules and attendance register of Aldworth Charity school, 1846-1863; Twyn Infants head teacher's notebook, 1899-1913; testimonials, examination certificates, salary recipts, letters, photographs of teachers and pupils at Twyn school and miscellaneous papers, 1846-1974"

Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site

• The Caerphilly St. John's Ambulance team pictured in 1973 at their HQ off Mill Road Caerphilly.
• Caerphilly Wesley Church Boys Brigade.

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

• Caerphilly Local History Society records    "Programme for the performance of 'Macbeth' in Caerphilly Castle, 7-10 June, 1939; plans and sections pertaining to the Caerphilly U.D.C. waterworks, 1897; annual report of the 'Loyal St Cenydd' Lodge, 1902; set of rules relating to the Victorian Building Club, Caerphilly, 1902; copies of Pebyll Seion [A History of the Congregational Churches in Caerphilly District] edited by C. Tawelfryn Thomas and E. Bush, 1904, and A History of Caerphilly Castle: Its Assailants and Defenders by O. Morien Morgan, 1905; and photographs of Caerphilly and surrounding area, [20th century]. ........."