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Cwmparc in the Parish of Ystradyfodwg

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Included in the directory entry for Treorchy - "The church of St. George, CWMPARC, situated in the centre of the village, is a modern building of stone and rubble, in the Gothic style of the 15th century, from designs by Mr. George E. Halliday, diocesan surveyor, ... The reredos is of polished pink alabaster, and the pulpit and font of green Bridgend stone: the church affords about 400 sittings. The register dates from the year 1898. The living is a vicarage, ......
At Cwmparc are the collieries of the Ocean Coal Co. Limited, ... The Ocean Collieries, Park and Dare, Workmen's Institute here, opened in March, 1895, was erected by the workmen employed at Park and Dare pits (Ocean Collieries), at a cost of nearly £4000. The population of Cwmparc ecclesiastical parish in 1901 was 10,440, and in 1911, 15,265." [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

See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph of St George's Church

The church is dedicated to St. George, is in the Benefice of Cwmparc, and 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 SS951961.

Anglican Parish Registers
BaptismsMarriagesBurialsBannsBishops Transcripts
No Registers have been deposited yet

Non Conformist Registers Deposited
ChapelBaptismsMarriagesBurialsOS Map RefDeposited
Bethel, Baptist-1983-1988-SS 94859594GRO
Woodland Terrace, Calvinistic Methodist1956-1979-1947-1972SS 94829596NLW

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

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Description & Travel

Historic Landscape Characterisation: The Rhondda - on the CADW site.
Fully explore the site - there are separate detailed sections for places in the area

Cwmparc - on the Rhondda Cynon Taf Libraries Heritage Trail site

Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site

You can see pictures of Cwmparc in the Parish of Ystradyfodwg which are provided by:

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Directories

Transcript of complete name listing for Treherbert and Ystrad-Rhondda, with the parish and hamlets of Ystradyfodwg, Blaen-y-cwm, Blaen-y-Rhondda, Cwmdare, Cwmpark, Llwynpia, Pen-y-griag, Penyrenglyn, Pentre, Ton-pentre-ystrad, Ton-y-pandy, Treorky, Tynewydd and Tynybedw, from Slaters Directory for 1880.

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Gazetteers

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SS950960 (Lat/Lon: 51.652952, -3.51917), Cwmparc in the Parish of Ystradyfodwg which are provided by:

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Occupations

Dare Colliery, Cwmparc, Treorchy on the Welsh Coal Mines site

Parc Colliery, Cwmparc on the Welsh Coal Mines site