Llangan

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

Chapels Database  - a  list of all known non-conformist chapels or other non-Anglican religions in the 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. Canna, and is in the Benefice of Coychurch with Llangan and St. Mary Hill 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 SS957778.

A transcription of the registers is available from the Glamorgan Family History Society for the years: Baptisms, 1689-1978, Marriages, 1724-1838, Burials, 1705-1894.

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

• Llangan Ecclesiastical Parish records      " ...... including registers of baptisms, 1688-1978; marriages, 1725-1970; burials, 1708-1984; banns, 1824-1848; services, 1899-1940; glebe, 1941; churchwardens records, 1932-1955; miscellaneous and civil records, 1785-1860"

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

• Llangan, St. Canna - Christenings (BT's), 1813-1860

Conservation areas within the Vale of Glamorgan. See Llan-gan - "Conservation areas are areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance"

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Transcript of name listing for Bridgend and district, from Slaters Directory for 1880.

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

Descriptions of parish from
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis and also
A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle

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Some of the hamlets, towns and villages within this parish

• Treoes

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 SS950777 (Lat/Lon: 51.487717, -3.502148), Llangan 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 Llangan 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 Gareth Hicks)

• Llangan (104); Cross; Ewenny River; Gelli-araul; Llangan (village); Mill (2); Molchenydd; Newland-fach Green; Parc-newydd; Rectory; School; Ton Ty-du; Treos

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

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

• Llangan Parish Council/Community Council records          " ..... comprising parish meetings minutes, 1894-1920; parish council minutes, 1919-1974; community council minutes, 1974-1999; tithe plan and apportionment, 1841"

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

• Llangan and St. Mary Hill School Board records        "....... comprising of minute books, 1874-1903; cash book, 1880-1903"