Llandyfodwg

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

An on-line index of the book Ogmore, Llynfi & Garw Valleys in Old Photographs has been provided by Huw Daniel

An on-line index to Ogmore Valley Colliery Fatalities (1867-1914) has been provided by Huw Daniel.

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

See Welsh Chapels and Churches for photographs of various churches/chapels in this parish

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

The church is dedicated to St. Tyfodwg, and is in the Benefice of Tonyrefail with Gilfach Goch and Llandyfodwg. 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 SS956872.

[Since 1st Oct 2006 St David's Church, Wyndham together with St. Tyfodwg's Church, Glyn Ogwr are now in the Parish of Llandyfodwg and Cwm Ogwr. This new parish covers all of the Ogmore Valley to Blackmill & Glyn Ogwr.]

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

• Llandyfodwg, St. Tyfodwg - Christenings (BT's), 1813-1864

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

Descriptions of the parish from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis 1833

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Llandyfodwg to another place.

Some of the hamlets, towns and villages within this parish

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)

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SS951908 (Lat/Lon: 51.573968, -3.507877), Llandyfodwg 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 Llandyfodwg 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 Roy Pugh)

• Llandyfodwg (65); Aber, Aber Ho, Aber ?, Abercerdin, Blaen-ogwr-uchaf, Bryn-cae, Bwlch-y-Clawdd, Cae Rosser, Coal level (north of Aber House), Coal Level (east of Aber House), Coal Level (south of Abercerdin), Colliery (north of Price Town), Colliery (Gilfach Goch), Craig-y-Gelli,Craig Ogwr, Cwm D?, Cwm Ogwr-fawr, Cwm-y-Ffo?, Dolau-Ifan-ddu, Ford (north of Glyn-coch), G? (near Llandyfodwg), Gadlys, Garn Fach, Garn Fawr, Gelli Road, Gilfach Goch, Hendre-Ifan-goch, Inn (near Llandyfodwg), Llandyfodwg, Maendy, Mynydd Maendy, Mynydd Maesteg, Mynydd y Gw?, Mynydd yr Aber, Mynydd William Meyrick, Nant Blaenogwr, Ogwr Fach, Ogwr Fawr, Pant-y-g?, Pant-y-?, Pen-llwyn-gwent, Price Town, Pwll-y-?, Res'r (north of Hendre-Ifan-goch), Rhiwglyn, Talga,Vicarage (near Llandyfodwg), ?lwyn-yr-ysgol, ?ach-?ydd, ?ryn-chw?.

Newspaper extracts

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

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

• Llandyfodwg Burial Board records 1887-1921   " .... minutes book, 1917-1921; and ledger, 1887-1921"  
• Llandyfodwg Civil Parish records      " .... comprising valuation, [early 18th century]; tithe plan and apportionment, 1842 [copied 1980]"

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

• Llandyfodwg School Board records       " ....... comprising of minute books, 1875-1903; ledgers, 1875-1903"