Myddfai: Its Land and Peoples

By David B James, 1991

Published by the author

These indexes were compiled by Gareth Hicks, November 2004.

**My copy of this book was deposited with Glamorgan FHS in April 2022

Lookups are not available - the bulk of the book (but not all) has since been extracted and approximate page range reference can be made between the indexes below and the book extract where the chapter headings show the number of the first page in each chapter.

• Photographs, maps, diagrams, tables
• Places
• Groups/events etc
•  
• Here (on a separate page) are supplementary extracts with names which are not included the main indexes
•  
• People  (separate page)

Photographs, maps, diagrams, tables

Names in the narrative are included in main indexes as well
Entries listed in the same order as in the book, the descriptions used here are the indexer's.

• View of village, 2
• Parish panorama - Pentwyn/Fan Fach, 3
• Esgairfeithgen/Mynydd Bach, 4
• Abandoned roadway - Pantygaseg/Cefnrhyddan, 4
• View of village from Tynewydd, 5
• View over Mynydd Bach, 6
• Valley of River Bran, 6
• Land bordering Mynydd Bach - Pentregronw/Llechglawdd/Twyn-Rhyblid, 7
• Parish boundary stones, 8
• Parish map, 9
• Part of Thomas Kitchin map c 1760, 10
• Plough inn, 11
• Village hall, 12
• Bronze axes, 15
• Carn Pant Meddygon, 16
• Urns from Mynydd Bach, 16
• Cromlech at Blaenddol farm, 17
• Mynydd Bach - diagram with tomens etc, 18
• Roman camps at Y Pigwn, 19
• Castell Waunberllan, 20
• St Paul's Marble, 20
• Myddfai Cauldron, 21
• Llyn y Fan Fach, 26
• Final Call from the Lady of the Lake, 32
• Plough track to lake, 35
• Ol Troed y Llo, 35
• Paragraph from the Red Book of Hergest, 36
• Gravestone of David & John Jones, 39
• Plant growth at lake, 42
• The Sea Campion, 42
• Llyn y Fan Fach cliffs, 43
• Parish population 1801-1981, 54
• Average annual burials and baptisms, 54
• Burials 1726-32, 55
• Parish register entries 1796, 56/57
• Deaths by age group, 58
• Monthly mortality values, 58
• Marriages by month, 59
• Owners in 1742, 65
• Land holdings on 1839 Tithe Map, 66/ 67
• Diagram showing principal estates in 1839, 68
• Estate owners in 1839, 69
• Estate leases, terms of, 71
• Melin Fran/ Bran Mill, 72/ 73
• Archery on lawn at Dolgarreg, 74
• Cilgwyn Manor, 76/ 77
• Gamekeepers at Cilgwyn - list, 78
• Holford Cup - 1884, 80
• Dispersal of estates, 81
• Presentation to Capt D C Gwynne in 1902, 82
• Cantref Bychan commotes/parishes, 86
• Inquest verdicts, 96
• Farm holdings, 102
• Inventory of Rees ap Ieaun Sir Rees, 1606, 104
• Average number of livestock owned, 104
• Summary of contents of inventories, 107
• Farm discards, 112
• Y Pair, the cauldron, 113
• Bee hive at Blaenddol, 114
• Stone trough/door step, 116
• Ffalde Llechach, 118
• Sheep/pens, 119
• William Davies of Cefngole, 119
• Shearers and catchers, 119
• Parish church, 121
• Sentinals on church, 122
• Gwynne Holford family hatchment, 123
• Church font, 123
• Interior of church, 124
• Altar at Easter, 124
• Consecration of church cemetery extension, 125/ 126
• List of vicars, 130
• Churchwarden's account, 131
• Tithe map, part, 135
• Capel Seion, 138
• Congregational ministers - list, 139
• Capel Bethania, 142
• Rev Dr T E Thomas, 142
• Miss H Jane Price, Llwyniar, 147
• Schools list from Welsh Piety, 151
• Village school, 152
• Halfway school, 153
• List of headteachers, 154
• Class of 1988, 156
• Class of 1958, 157
• Pupils on school registers, 158
• Sheep dip, 164
• Village hall classes scene 1954, 168
• Myddfai Drama Party 1920, 170
• Marriage group - Morgan Morgan/Nancy Williams, 174
• Inventory of Gladis Thomas's will 1684, 177
• Village and church 1988 and ?, 178
• Plough Inn 1907, 179
• Post Office and King's Head Inn, 179
• Black Cock Inn site, 181
• Parish pound, 182
• Shepherds Directory, 183
• Mountain pony, 185
• Gilfach/Nantyrhiddyl mine accounts 1769/72, 187
• Timber carriage & horses, 188
• Myddfai/Pentretygwyn Home Guard, 189
• R Rev Morgan Owen Bishop of Llandaff, 193
• Col, birthplace of Rev John Thomas, 197
• Rev Sir Erasmus Henry Griffies Williams Baronet of Llwynwormwood, 200
• Lady Anna M G Williams, 201
• Llwynwormwood Mansion ruin, 205
• Geological diagram of the parish, 208
• Craig Cwmclyd, 209
• Various plants, 213/4
• Cofio - poem by Waldo Williams, 219
• Description of a town coach in 1789, 238
• Words of topical song by Thomas or William Thomas of Troedyrhiw, 239/41
• Topical rhymes of last century, 242
• Miscellaneous items from WI Scrap Book 1952, 250
• List of earliest local vehicle registration numbers, 251
• Family tree of Llwynwormwood/Cilgwyn/Williamsfield families, 254/5

Groups/events

*NB; Names not extracted in people index for school classes in 1958/88

• Class of 1958 at Myddfai school, 157 *
• Class of 1988 at Myddfai school, 156 *
• Eisteddfodau, 171
• Evacuees in WWII, 190
• Female Friendly Society, 51
• Friendly Society, 51
• Funerals, 175
• Home Guard, 189/ 199
• Javelin Men, 81
• Lead Mining, 186/ 187
• Myddfai Fair, 184
• Order of Ivorites, 50
• Quakers, 204
• Usk Reservoir Project, 191
• WWII casualties, 190

Places