Llanmaes
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"A village four miles south from, and in the hundred of Cowbridge. The church contains some mural frescoes. Near it are the ruins of Malafant Castle" [Glamorganshire, 1911]
Bibliography
Here is a substantial reading list of books which relate to Glamorgan, either county or parish.
Cemeteries
The Glamorgan Family History Society have produced a set of microfiche containing Monumental Inscriptions for the following burial grounds :-
- Parish Church of St. Catwg
Churches
St Cattwg'S , Llanmaes |
Sunday School, Gadlys |
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Llanmaes area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
Glamorgan Chapels Database - no non-conformist chapels found in this parish
Church Records
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. Catwg, and is in the Benefice of Llantwit Major. 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 SS981694.
Anglican Parish Registers Held at the Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff | ||||
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | Banns | Bishops Transcripts |
1583-1988 | 1584-1812, 1814-1836, 1838-1968 | 1583-1988 | 1872-1987 | 1721, 1723-1730, 1732-1752, 1754-1776, 1778-1837 |
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Llanmaes Ecclesiastical Parish records "......... including copy registers of baptisms, 1766-1812; marriages, 1754-1812; combined baptisms, marriages and burials, 1583-1769"
The following Religious Institutions are covered in the Mormon International Genealogical Index (IGI) :-
- Llanmaes, St. Catwg - Christenings (BT's), 1796-1871
Description and Travel
Places, villages, farms etc within Llanmaes 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 Glenys Travis)
- Llanmaes [166] - Boverton Bk, The Butts, Domen-fawr, Froglands, Gadlys, Great Frampton, Llanmaes, Picketston, Rectory.
Descriptions of parish
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis.
A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle, London, 1811.
Conservation areas within the Vale of Glamorgan. See Llanmaes - "Conservation areas are areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance"
Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site
You can see pictures of Llanmaes which are provided by:
Directories
Transcript of complete name listing for Llantwit Major, with Llanmaes, St. Donats and neighbourhoods Slaters Directory for 1880.
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Llanmaes from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
Ask for a calculation of the distance from Llanmaes to another place.
Click here for a list of nearby places.
Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Llanmaes has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Maps
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
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SS990702 (Lat/Lon: 51.421636, -3.453913), Llanmaes which are provided by:
- This place shown on an OpenStreetMap map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- 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.
Population
The Population of Llanmaes was as follows, and a more detailed breakdown is available.
1841 - 194 | 1851 - 183 | 1861 - 164 | 1871 - 148 | 1881 - 147 | 1891 - 130 |
Public Records
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Llanmaes Civil Parish records " ......... comprising tithe plan and apportionment, 1843; copy of redemption of land tax on glebe, 1824"
Llanmaes [Last Updated : 3 May 2014 - Gareth Hicks]