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Pontlottyn in the Parish of Gelligaer

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"PONTLOTTYN, near Bargoed, a populous part of Gelligaer parish, was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1870, and is a large village with several streets and a station on the Great Western railway, 21 miles north-west from Cardiff, 5 east of Merthyr and 3 west of Tredegar, in the Caerphilly division of the county of Glamorgan, lower division of Caerphilly hundred, Lower Caerphilly petty sessional division, Merthyr union and county court district, rural deanery of Caerphilly and archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaff. The church of St. Tyfaelog, erected in 1864, at a cost of £2300, is an edifice of stone with brick dressings, ... there are 500 sittings. The register dates from the year 1870. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £210, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Llandaff and the Board of Patronage, ... St. Michael's and All Angels, Tir Phil, built in 1892, at a cost of about £600, is an edifice of stone,...: there are sittings for 150 persons. The mission church at NEWTOWN is also a stone building, ... and will seat 100 persons. The mission church at Troedrhiwfuwch is an iron structure, ... and will seat 120 persons: the chancel, which is of stone, was added in 1892. The cemetery for Rhymney parish, Monmouthshire, locally in this parish, is about 3 acres in extent. The Pontlottyn Workmen's Library, in Merchant street, consists of over 2,000 volumes, and there is also a reading room. The population in 1911. was 9,618." [From Kelly's South Wales Directory 1923 (ArchiveCDBooks) - transcribed by Gareth Hicks]

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Church Records

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

The church is dedicated to St. Tyfaelog, is in the Benefice of Pontlottyn with Fochriw, and the 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 SO117060.

Anglican Parish Registers Held at the Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff
BaptismsMarriagesBurialsBannsBishops Transcripts
1870-19181864-19281871-1924--

These registers have been temporarily withdrawn, however 'imperfect' facsimile copies are available on request from Record Office staff (Sept. 1996)

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

  • Pontlottyn Ecclesiastical Parish " ....... including registers of baptisms, 1870-1918; marriages, 1864-1928; burials, 1871-1924; banns, 1919-1946; photographs, 1875-1903"

 

Non Conformist Registers Deposited
ChapelBaptismsMarriagesBurialsOS Map RefDeposited
Zoar, Baptist1837-1844--SO 11540627NLW
Mount Zion, Primitive Methodist1936-19711957-1966-SO 11670623GRO
Nazareth, Wesleyan1843-1916--SO 11670608NLW

GRO - Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff
NLW - National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

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Description & Travel

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

  • Photographs of Pontlottyn and locality 1897-1992
You can see pictures of Pontlottyn in the Parish of Gelligaer which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SO115062 (Lat/Lon: 51.747482, -3.283326), Pontlottyn in the Parish of Gelligaer which are provided by:

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Merchant Marine

Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site

  • List of Testimonials and Statement of service at sea and confirmation of passing test for a 2nd Mate. issued to Morgan Anthony Swidenbank of Pontlottyn . Rhymney Valley in 1893 The document lists all of the vessels he served on from 1884 to 1893. it also documents the ships type,tonnage and registered port
  • A Board of Trade certificate of competency as first mate on foreign going steamships awarded to Morgan Anthony Swidenbank of Pontlottyn in the Rhymney Valley in 1895
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Military History

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