Penarth
"PEN ARTH, in the Cwmwd of Is Caeth, Cantref of Brenhinol (now called the Hundred of Dinas Powys), County of GLAMORGAN, South Wales: a discharged Vicarage, with the Rectory of Llafernoc annexed, valued in the King's Books at £4..17..11: Patron, The Earl of Plymouth, as Lessee of the Great Tythes under the Dean and Chapter of Bristol: Church dedicated to St. Austin. The Resident Population of this Parish, in 1801, was 72. The Money raised by the Parish Rates, in 1803, was £41..13..7 3/4, at 5s. in the pound. It is 7 m. S.S. W. from Caerdiff. This Parish contains between eight and nine hundred acres of cultivated Land. It is situate at the entrance of the river Elay, and possesses one of the best and safest Harbours in the Bristol Channel. According to the Diocesan Report, in 1809, the yearly value of this Benefice, arising from Tythes, and Stipend, was £119..6..4."
From A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle, London, 1811.
Archives and Libraries
- Penarth Public Library
20th cent: records incl photographs [Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff]
Bibliography
Here is a substantial reading list of books which relate to Glamorgan, either county or parish.
Business and Commerce Records
- Robert James Ltd (formerly T Emlyn Jones), ironmongers
late 19th cent-20th cent: receipt books, copy letter books, catalogues and other records
[Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff] - Charles Jones & Sons, florists
1930-34: cash account book
[Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff] - Pilot Inn
19th cent-20th cent: business papers
[Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff] - Sadler Bros Limited, garage proprietors
1890-1951: records
[Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff] - Charles Sadler & Sons, fruiterers and fishmongers
1937-82: ledgers and cash book
[Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff] - Florist
1887-1910: ledgers
[Glamorgan Archive Service, Cardiff]
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Black and white photograph of G Sadler & Sons, a fruit, fish and poultry shop in Penarth.
- A sepia promotional postcard of the Esplanade Hotel, Penarth, with printed contact details and amenities listed on the front.
Cemeteries
The Glamorgan Family History Society have produced a set of microfiche containing Monumental Inscriptions for the following burial grounds :-
- Parish Church of St. Augustine
Churches
| All Saints, Penarth |
| Holy Nativity Church / Cogan Mission Church Of The Holy Nativity, Penarth |
| St Augustine, Penarth |
| Penuel Welsh Baptist Chapel, Penarth |
| Stanwell Road English Baptist Chapel, Penarth |
| Tabernacle English Baptist Chapel, Penarth |
| Bethel Welsh Independent Chapel, Penarth |
| Christ Church (English Independent), Penarth |
| Mortuary Chapel, Lower Penarth |
| Old St Joseph'S Roman Catholic Church, Penarth |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Penarth |
| Quaker, Society of Friends, Penarth |
| Gospel Hall Bretheren Chapel, Penarth |
| Woodland Hall, Penarth |
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Penarth area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
Chapels Database - a list of all known non-conformist chapels or other non-Anglican religions in the parish
See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- A black and white postcard of Trinity Church, Stanwell Road, Penarth and surrounding houses.
- A black and white postcard of Albert Road Wesleyan Church, Penarth.
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 for St Augustine's
The church is dedicated to St. Augustine, is in the Benefice of Penarth with Lavernock, 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 ST189720.
A transcription of the registers is available from the Glamorgan Family History Society for the years: Baptisms, 1724-1900, Marriages, 1725-1837, Burials, 1724-1900. Visit their website for information on how to purchase these fiche.
| Anglican Parish Registers Held at the Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff | ||||
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | Banns | Bishops Transcripts |
| 1813-1938 | 1813-1922 | 1813-1940 | 1824-1890, 1899-1905, 1913-1946 | 1724-1747, 1749, 1751-1813, 1815-1816, 1818-1825, 1827-1830, 1832-1837 |
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Penarth Ecclesiastical Parish records " ......... including registers of baptisms, 1813-1990; marriages, 1813-1979; burials, 1813-1998; banns, 1824-1998; services, 1921-1999; preachers books, 1875-1921; records related to: property, 1864-1902; licences, 1945; churchwardens, 1894-1901; chruch affairs, 1905-1987; civil parish, 1822-1872; Holy Nativity, Cogan, 1926-1937"
Modern Parishes & Chapels of Ease :-
- All Saints, Penarth, Chapel of Ease to Penarth St. Augustine, formed into a Parish in 1895
- St. Luke, Penarth
- Holy Nativity, Penarth
- St Peter, Penarth
| Non Conformist Registers Held at the Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff | ||||
| Chapel | Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | OS Map Ref |
| Plasey Street, Tabernacle, Baptist | 1917-1942 | - | - | ST 18387192 |
| Quakers | - | - | 1911-1927 | - |
The following Religious Institutions are covered in the Mormon International Genealogical Index (IGI) :-
- Penarth, St. Augustine - Christenings (BT's), 1819-1875
Description and Travel
Description of parish from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis 1833
Places, villages, farms etc within Penarth 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 Gareth Hicks)
- Penarth (181); Castle; Cemetery; Coastguard Sta.; Custom Ho.; Dock; Golf Course; Lower Penarth; Penarth; Penarth Head; Pier; The Kymin; The Stairs;
Penarth town - community site
Penarth - on Wikipedia
Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site
Conservation areas within the Vale of Glamorgan. See Penarth - "Conservation areas are areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance"
You can see pictures of Penarth which are provided by:
Directories
Transcript of complete name listing for Penarth, and neighbouring parishes, from Slaters Directory for 1871.
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Penarth from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
Ask for a calculation of the distance from Penarth to another place.
Click here for a list of nearby places.
Historical Geography
Some of the hamlets, towns and villages within this parish
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You can see the administrative areas in which Penarth has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
History
The Manor of Penarth - from Cardiff Records, Volume II, Chapter I NOTES ON THE MANORS OF THE CARDIFF DISTRICT . (British History Online)
The South Wales Coal Annual for 1908; Edited by Joseph Davies. There are extracts of the sections on .......................... Penarth Docks
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Penarth Pier in the evening sunlight
- A black and white postcard of the sea front at Penarth, showing The Esplanade, Penarth Pavilion and the Pier.
- Alexandra Park, Penarth c1907
- A black and white postcard of the Turner Gallery, Penarth.
- The view of the northern part of Penarth Beach (later known as the Daranelles) also shows the ferry landing stage pulled up above the tide line.
- In 1926 a new landing stage was completed at Penarth Pier
- A sepia photograph of the Opening Day of Alexandra Park, Penarth. It was opened by Samuel Thomas on the Coronation Day of King Edward VII in 1902.
- In 1885, Penarth swimming baths were opened. Located on the seafront and costing £7,000 to build, this was a classic example of Penarth’s Victorian architecture.
- In 1929 the new Pier Pavilion opened to the public
- During the mid-1930s summers saw holiday-makers flock to Penarth in their thousands. Visitors enjoyed the Pleasure Steamers and promenading on the Pier. Loudspeakers provided background music on the Esplanade
- The town of Penarth soon began to grow wealthy, thanks to the tourist trade. This view shows the main thoroughfare, Windsor Road, at the end of the nineteenth century.
- Penarth Station opened in February 1878 and, thereafter, hundreds of trippers poured into the town every summer's day.
- A fire started on the Pier in 1931. The serious fire destroyed the original wooden Bijou Pavilion
- A black and white photograph of TWO Horse Drawn Carts outside Albert Road Methodist Church, ( approx 1890 ).
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
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Plan of the parish of Penarth in the County of Glamorgan - on the People's Collection Wales site
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST185715 (Lat/Lon: 51.436612, -3.173884), Penarth 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.
Merchant Marine
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Penarth Docks c1910
- A black and white photograph of Penarth Dock under construction showing coal shutes and buildings on Penarth Heights.
- Photographs of various ships at Penarth Head 1936
- 35mm colour slide showing the Customs House at Penarth Docks, Glamorgan
Military History
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Penarth War Memorial
- WW1 memorial St Augustine's Church, Penarth
- A black and white photograph of a Victory in Europe Party in Dock Street, Penarth.
- Instructions for the Inhabitants in the event of the Approach of Hostile Aircrafts (Official warning notice published by Penarth Urban District Council.)
- A black and white photograph of Air Raid Wardens ( Wandsworth ave area, Penarth ) during Second World War ( 1939-45 )
Names, Personal
Benjamin, Alwyn. A Statistical Comparison of the Principal Surnames in Use in Penarth (Gla), 1881 with those in use in Aberystwyth, 1871. Ceredigion, Vol IX/3 1982. Despite the different dates used the two places in this comparison had roughly equal population totals and both were then active sea ports. Interesting to note that the top 12 names in Aberystwyth covered 58.9% of the total whilst in Penarth they only covered 16.9% (Jones was first in both cases).
Occupations
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- A sepia photograph of the Penarth postal and telegraph staff.
- A sepia photograph of the St. Johns Hospital staff at St. John's Hospital, Albert Road, Penarth
Politics and Government
A sepia photograph of the members of Penarth Labour Club, in front of the Abbey Mills Cafe near Tewkesbury. 1938 - on the People's Collection Wales site
Population
The Population of Penarth was as follows, and a more detailed breakdown is available.
| 1841 - 110 | 1851 - 105 | 1861 - 1,406 | 1871 - 2,612 | 1881 - 4,963 | 1891 - 9,632 |
Public Records
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Penarth Civil Parish records "........... comprising assistant overseers rate books, 1869-1891; gas rate books, 1870-1873; street lighting rate books, 1871-1876; sanitary rate book, 1875; copy of tithe plan and apportionment, 1847 [copied 1980]; notice of gas rate, 1873"
- Penarth Local Board of Health 1875-1900
- Penarth Urban District Council records 1898-1974
Schools
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Intermediate/Grammar school records " ......... comprising of minute book, 1940-1952"
- Penarth School Board records " ......... comprising minute books, 1874-1903; ledger, 1901-1903"
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- A black and white postcard of The College, Penarth, surrounded by gardens.
- A black and white photograph of Penarth Grammer School for boys. Class photo with Teacher and Boys out of Uniform.
- A black and white class photograph of Class 5L from Penarth Grammar School
- Albert Road Infants School (children)
Societies
- Penarth Entomological and Natural History Society
1888-1908: minutes
[National Museum of Wales, Cardiff]