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"PEN-BREY, otherwise PEMBREY (PEN-BRE), a parish in the hundred of KIDWELLY, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 5 miles (S.S.E.) from Kidwelly, contains 2645 inhabitants . . . The name of this place, signifying literally the head of a hill or promontory, is derived from its situation at the extremity of a mountainous ridge, beyond which a low promontory extends into the bay of Carmarthen. . . The substrata abound with mineral wealth, this district being thought to be the richest in South Wales in both bituminous and hard coal, both being worked to a very great extent. The quality of the soft coal is peculiarly adapted to the production of gas, the working of iron, and other manufacturing purposes; and vast quantities of both sorts are exported to various parts of the kingdom. . . a capacious harbour was constructed in 1819. . . This part of the coast is of difficult navigation, and to sailors unacquainted of it the most fatal on the shores of the Bristol Channel." [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1833).]
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Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Glanrhyd Farm, Pembrey Records "Records, c. 1945-1970, relating to Glanrhyd Farm and Pembrey Airfield, including correspondence; accounts; schedules; and Pembrey Airfield sales particulars, 1964."
- Records of The Stores, Pembrey 1854-1959 "The Stores, 5 Randall Square, Pembrey, Carmarthenshie, was in existence by the 1880s and active into the 1980s......."
| Holy Trinity Church, Pwll, Pembrey (Church in Wales) |
| Llandyry Church, Trimsaran, Pembrey (Church in Wales) |
| St Illtyd, Pembrey (Church in Wales) |
| Bethlehem Chapel, Pwll, Pembrey (Welsh Particular Baptist) |
| Noddfa Welsh Baptist Church, Trimsaran, Pembrey |
| Tabernacle Chapel, Burry Port (Welsh Baptist), Pembrey |
| Burry Port Cemetery, Burry Port, Pembrey |
| Burry Port Cemetery, Burry Port, Pembrey |
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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See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data re St Mary's Church, Burry Port
Hughes, John Llewelyn. Hanes Capel Clement a Rehoboth ger Llanelli, yn nghyda chryn lawer o hanes Jerusalem, Carmel a Seion, Penbre, hefyd crynhodeb o hanes y Parchn Thomas Clement, David Davies, Rehoboth; Evan Davies, Carmel, Henry Evans, Burry Port, ac ereill (Llandeilo, 1907), 52p.
Jones, Herman. Hanes eglwys Annibynnol Jerusalem, Burry Port, 1812-1962 (Llanelli, 1962), 80p.
Nicholson, John A. Pembrey's Welsh Wesleyanism: Ebenezer, 1833-1858, Hermon 1858. [Pembrey]: John A. Nicholson, 1989. 46p: ill, maps; 22cm.
Nicholson, John A. St. Illtyd's Church, Pembrey: a brief history and guide. Pembrey: St. Illtyd's Church, [1989] [7]p: plans; 21cm.
Roberts, E. and Pertwee, H.A. St. Illtyd's Church, Pembrey: its history and its architecture, Swansea, C. E. Willing (1898).
Williams, Wyndham H. Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru Bethel Penbre: hanes yr eglwys. [Penbre]: [Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru, Bethel Penbre], [1977] 55p: ill, ports; 22cm.
Williams, W. Braslun o Hanes Bethlehem, Pwll, Llanelli [ A Brief History of Bethlehem, Pool, Llanelli].Llanelli, 1934 [LDS GS 942.95/L1 K2b]. The translation by Ivor Griffiths is available for purchase, see Wales - Genealogy Help Pages
Dyfed FHS have photographs and data relating to various churches and chapels on their site
Parish registers: Christenings (1700-1958) and Llandyry (1904-57), Marriages (1700-1964), Banns (1823-1973) and Burials (1700-1965) and Llandyry (1904-86) are at the Carmarthenshire Record Office.
Copy ts PR C (1701-71) M (1701-54) B (1701-71) and ts PR index C (1772-1833) M (1700-1894) B (1800-1900) at Carm.RO
Bishops' Transcripts, covering the period (1716, 1718, 1721-2, 1724-5, 1727, 1743-74, 1776-1800, 1802-83) 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)
An index to Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1701-1771 is available on microfiche from DFHS
See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg
Burry Port/Porthtywyn [formed out of Pembrey]
Christenings (1903-79) Pwll (1904-76) Marriages (1902-76) are at the Carmarthenshire Record Office.
Nonconformist Chapels:
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Nicholson, J.A. Pembrey Parish Church registers: selected entries from 1701 to 1900, Pembrey Parish Church, Carmarthen, n.d.
Parish Church photograph and basic information from Dyfed FHS.
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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Pembrey and Burry Port Industrial and Maritime Heritage Project - contains a wealth of local material
Pigot & Co. South Wales Directory for 1844. Here are Extracts relating to Llanelli with Loughor, Pembrey, Burry Port and Neighbourhoods
The transcription of the section for Pembrey from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Pembrey to another place.
On the site Pembrey and Burry Port Industrial and Maritime Heritage Project is an article on the life and family background of Francis Randell,
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"According to Pembrey Parish Registers, Randell Square is named after Francis Randell, baptised 28th May 1800 in Kidwelly and died 10th February 1870 in Pembrey parish. He is buried in St Illtyd’s churchyard Pembrey. His father, Captain Francis Randell, was born in Clovelly, Devon in 1772. Coastal shipping was the primary means of conducting trade and the Randells had been trading with Welsh ports for centuries.........."
Evans, Margaret. PHILLIPS of Pembrey. Dyfed FHS journal (3/288) The rise and fall of the Iron Industry, in the UK and USA, and its affect on a Welsh migrant family.
Hughes, John. The Dunns of Dyfatty. Dyfed FHS journal vol 9/1, Dec 2005.
Men who made Burry Port on Pembrey and Burry Port Industrial and Maritime Heritage Project
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Pembrey, H. M. Munitions Factory, archive 1926 "A munitions factory was first set up in Pembrey c. 1881, producing gunpowder and dynamite. .............."
Craig, R S & Robert P. Jones & & M V Symons. The Industrial and Maritime History of Llanelli and Bury Port 1750-2000. Llanelli 2002
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
Nicholson, J.A. Pembrey and Burry Port, Their Harbour, Shipwrecks and Looters, Llanelli Borough Council (n.d.) 171 p. [ISBN 0 906821 04 5]
Nicholson, J.A. Pembrey and Burry Port: Aspects of Their History. Book One, Llanelli, Wales, Llanelli Borough Council (1993) 145 p. [The main coverage is of: (i) the census returns for 1841, 1851 and 1861, with notes on selected people and places, (ii) the Ashburnham Family, and (iii) the various schools. Illustrated with maps and photographs, and provided with detailed source references.]
Nicholson, J.A. Pembrey and Burry Port: A historical miscellany: Book Two, Llanelli, Llanelli Borough Council (1994) 135 p. [Includes a lengthy account of the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway, and brief chapters relating to various local 19th century industrial organizations and industrialists, and on Field Names, Tithes, the 1871 Census, and the Rev. Thomas Evans (Vicar of Pembrey, 1817-1838).]
Nicholson, J.A. Pembrey and Burry Port: Further historical glimpses: Book Three, Llanelli, Llanelli Borough Council? (1996).
Nicholson, J.A. Pembrey and Burry Port: Some historical events and recollections: Book Four, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire County Council (1994) 187 p.
Thomas, R.G. Pembrey Parish - Early Industrial Efforts, Trans. Carms. Antiq., vol. 20, no. Part XLIX, (1929) pp.39.
Williams, R J. Meat Poisoning at Burry Port: 1893. Dyfed FHS Journal Vol 8/5 April 2004.
Documents at the National Library of Wales:
- Research material of D. G. Lloyd Hughes relating to the history of Burry Port and Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, and Pwllheli.
- Papers of Richard Ellis Williams (1862-1926), Baptist minister in Cwmavon, London and Pembrey.
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Ashburnham Welsh Estates Records 1392-1968 (predominantly 1600-1925] "Before 1677 the Ashburnham Welsh estate belonged to the Vaughan family, originally of Brodwardine, Herefordshire. Following the marriage of Sir Richard Vaughan to Anne, daughter and heiress of John Butler of Pembrey the family acquired both the Pembrey and Dunraven estates..........."
Documents at the National Library of Wales:
- Records of the Welsh estates of the earls of Ashburnham, 1392-1923. The chief estates were Porthamal, Breconshire, and in the parishes of Llanddeusant, Myddfai and Pembrey.
A map of the parish of Pembrey, Carmarthenshire - on the People's Collection Wales site
Parish map(Kain/Oliver)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SN428037 (Lat/Lon: 51.709973, -4.276814), Pembrey 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.
Pembrey Harbour Interpretation Board - on Pembrey and Burry Port Industrial and Maritime Heritage Project
Burry Port Harbour Interpretation Board on Pembrey and Burry Port Industrial and Maritime Heritage Project
Aerial photograph of Burry Port Docks from the east. Taken on 09 June 2005. - on the People's Collection Wales site
Nicholson, J.A.. Pembrey and Burry Port, Their Harbour, Shipwrecks and Looters, Llanelli Borough Council, n.d., 171 p. ISBN 0 906821 04 5.
Places, villages, farms etc within Pembrey 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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The Copper Works Interpretation Board on Pembrey and Burry Port Industrial and Maritime Heritage Project
Ashburnham Tinplate Works on Pembrey and Burry Port Industrial and Maritime Heritage Project
Trimsaran Colliery Washery on the Welsh Coal Mines site
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- PEMBREY COPPER WORKS; IMPERIAL SMELTING CORPORATION LTD., PEMBREY
- The Garden Suburb at Burry Port was built 1915-1919 for workers at Pembrey explosives factory by Burry Port Garden Suburb Ltd
- Photograph of Olwen Leyshon in uniform,WW1- worked in ‘Powder Factory’ in Pembrey, Llanelli.
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Trimsaran Estate "Plan of Trimsaran Estate, Pembrey showing seams of coal, undated (?c1850-1950)."
- O J Anthony [lecture] "During the 1930s O J Anthony worked at Pembrey Collieries Ltd., as a boy collier or carter at the colliery known locally as 'Y Ffrwd' Burry Port. The lecture relates his memories of life in the mine during this period."
The Copper Works School Log Books on Pembrey and Burry Port Industrial and Maritime Heritage Project