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"LLANGENNECH (LLAN-GENNECH), a parish, in the union of LLANELLY, hundred of CARNAWLLON, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 4 miles (E.N.E.) from Llanelly; containing 803 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the western margin of the river Loughor, by which it is separated from the county of Glamorgan; and is intersected by the rivulet called Morlais, a tributary to that stream, and also by the turnpike-road from Swansea to Llanelly. The surface is varied; the lands for the greater part are inclosed and cultivated, and the soil is generally fertile. . . Coal of very superior quality, which obtains a high price in the London market, is found in the parish; and works upon an extensive scale have been established by the Llangennech Coal Company . . . The church is dedicated to St. Gwynog. There is a place of worship for Independents; and a day school, commenced in 1831, contains children of both sexes, and is supported by Mr. Tunno." [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1844).]
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Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Morlais Tinplate Works 1880-1951 "Morlais tinplate works was situated in Llangennech and was operated by the Morlais Tinplate Company Limited.........."
Monumental inscriptions for Salem, Llangennech, are available on microfiche from Dyfed FHS.
| Salem (1) Baptist Chapel And Sunday School, Hen Salem;Yr Allt, Llangennech |
| Salem (2) Welsh Baptist Church, Llangennech |
| Tabor Baptist Sunday School, Bryn, Llangennech |
Some church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by I.G Jones, & D. Williams. UWP, Cardiff, 1976. The names are those of the informants
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Parish entry from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by (Archive CD Books).
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Richards, Daniel. Hanes eglwys Annibynnol Bethesda, Llangennech. Paratowyd ar gyfer dathlu canmlwyddiant yr achos, 1831-1931, (Llanelli, 1936), 71p.
Dyfed FHS have photographs and data relating to various churches and chapels on their site
Parish registers: Christenings (1742-1960), Marriages (1742-1970) and Burials (1742-1875) are at the Carmarthenshire Record Office.
Bishops' Transcripts, covering the period (1678, 1703, 1707-8, 1711, 1713, 1717, 1719, 1721, 1724-32, 1736-40, 1742-64, 1766-95, 1797-1800, 1802-37, 1839-40, 1842-4, 1850-3) are at the National Library of Wales, and have been microfilmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Marriage index for this parish - see Dyfed Marriages, 1813-1837, Vol. 19 - Carnwallon Hundred (Dyfed Family History Society, c1989)
See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg
Nonconformist Chapels:
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The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales., byJones, I.G. & Williams, D. UWP, Cardiff, 1976. These statistics for this parish are extracted from this book which in turn got them from the 1851 census itself;
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Llangennech - on Wikipedia
Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site
Aubrey, John. Moses and Rachel Harry from "Sir Gar" to Aotearoa.[New Zealand]. Dyfed FHS journal Vol 6/7, Aug 1999, p 272-278. The CMN parishes involved are Llanelli, Llangennech,and Llanddarog.
The transcription of the section for Llangennech from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Llangennech to another place.
Davies, C T. Hannah and Her Sisters or The Mystery of the Stones. Dyfed FHS journal, Vol7/5 Aug 2001. A tale of Rolfe and Thomas families.
Charles, Alwyn C. History of Llangennech. Llangennech: Cyngor Cymdeithas Llangennech, 1997. x, 352p [12p of plates]: ill (some col), maps, charts; 27cm. [ISBN 0953080706]Lloyd, Sir John E., (Ed.). A History of Carmarthenshire (2 vols.), Cardiff, London Carmarthenshire Society (1935, 1939). Extracts from this book can be accessed on some parish pages, see here for this parish.
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Reference to plan of Llangennech Estate c. 1835 "A reference to a plan of the Llangennech estate situated in the parishes of Llangennech, Llanelli, Llan-non and Llanedi, Carmarthenshire. Includes particulars of holdings owned by Edward Rose Tunno and others."
Held at Carmarthen Archives;
- Llangennech Park and Clayton estate papers c 1680-C20.
Plan of the parish of Llangennech in the County of Carmarthen - on the People's Collection Wales site
Parish map(Kain/Oliver)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SN555024 (Lat/Lon: 51.701579, -4.092235), Llangennech 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 Llangennech 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)
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Morlais Colliery, Llangennech on the Welsh Coal Mines site
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Morlais Colliery 1895-1981 "Morlais Colliery was sited in Llangennech near Llanelli. The first pits were sunk in 1894 by Thomas Williams & Sons (Llangennech) Ltd............"
- Morlais Lodge 1st August 1936 - 16th January 1981 "Morlais Lodge was a branch of the National Union of Mineworkers (South Wales Area). ..........."
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Llangennech Parish Council Records 1875-1974