Llanfihangel-y-pennant
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"LLANFIHANGEL-Y-PENNANT, a parish in the hundred of Estimauer, county Merioneth, 7 miles S.W. of Dolgelly, its post town, and 9 N. of Aberdovey. It is situated at the foot of Cader Idris, and includes the townships of Cedris, Llanllwydan, Maestrefnant, and Uwchygarreg. The surface is hilly, and only partially enclosed. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Bangor, value £464 in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Michael, and has an ancient font. There are small charities of about £1 per annum. A fort stood here in early times. Caerberllan Hall is the principal residence." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Business and Commerce Records
Holmes, Alan. Slates from Abergynolwyn: the story of Bryneglwys Slate Quarry 1986
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Abergynolwyn Slate Quarries [in Llanfihangel-y-pennant parish] Papers 1866-1912
Cemeteries
| St Michael, Llanfihangel-y-pennant (Church in Wales) |
| Cemetery, Abergynolwyn |
Churches
| St David, Abergynolwyn (Church in Wales) |
| St Michael (site of), Llanfihangel-Y-Pennant |
| St Michael, Llanfihangel-y-pennant (Church in Wales) |
| Cwrt Chapel, Abergynolwyn (Welsh Independent) |
| Sardis Independent Chapel (Lanfihangel), Llanfihangel-Y-Pennant |
| Burial Ground, Bryn-Eglwys Quarry |
| Cemetery, Abergynolwyn |
| The Chapel In The Lake, Genasaret |
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Llanfihangel-y-pennant area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
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Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP, 1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants. Parish statistics; Area 8321 acres; Population 195 males, 181 females, total 376
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Memorial to Mary Jones, Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Merionethshire - on the People's Collection Wales site
"'In memory of Mary Jones, who in the year 1800, at the age of 16 walked from here to Bala, to procure from the Rev. Thomas Charles, B.A., a copy of the Welsh Bible...."
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for Abergynolwyn chapel (in Welsh ) - with translation Also Llanfihangel chapel (with translation by Eleri Rowlands May 2019)
Llanfihangel y Pennant Church - on the People's Collection Wales site
Church Records
Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Merioneth Record Office.
Description and Travel
Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site
You can see pictures of Llanfihangel-y-pennant which are provided by:
Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Llanfihangel y Pennant from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833
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Genealogy
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Ynysfor collection of Pughe and Jones family papers 1620-1875 "John Pughe (d 1737) of Bodilan, Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Merionethshire, was the son of William Pughe......."
Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Llanfihangel-y-pennant has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Maps
Gwynedd Family History Society have a diagram of the ecclesiastical parishes of Merionethshire (under Parishes) - with some links to photographs of parish churches
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SH671088 (Lat/Lon: 52.660172, -3.965936), Llanfihangel-y-pennant 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.
