1891 census for Pontardawe R.D

RG12 4467, 4468 & 4469

Transcribed by Glamorgan FHS © who retain copyright  (DEC 2007)

The original transcriptions are provided by the Glamorgan Family History Society  
Converted into web pages by Gareth Hicks - Dec 2007
Validation of  place names for the Breconshire sections by Caryl Jones of Ystradgynlais FHS 

The key to Table headings is below

The names of the several hamlets/parcels which make up each piece
are detailed below in Descriptions of sections

Table headings

• 1. Folio number
• 2. Schedule number
• 3. Road, Street, No / Name of house
• 4. Surname and given name
• 5. Relation to Head    (See Abbreviations used)

• 6. Condition (M = Married; U = Unmarried; W = Widow / Widower)
• 7. Age (M = months)
• 8. Rank, profession, occupation
• 9/10. Where born  (Chapman codes used)

  The original census itself  has additional columns for the following data;

• Deaf and Dumb; Blind; Lunatic, imbecile or idiot -  transcribed here in the Occupations column (8)
• Language Spoken -  this has not been extracted

Descriptions of sections

County of Brecon

RG12 4467

R.D. PONTARDAWE R.S.D. PONTARDAWE

CP YSTRADGYNLAIS LOWER (BRECON), PENRHOSE (BRECON) GARTH (BRECON, YSTRADGYNLAIS HIGHER (BRECON) PONTARDAWE, RHYDFRO, LLANGUICK

Gurnos Parcel    Folio 1 - 12                  ED 1     (Enumerator ?)          148 schedules

• All that part of Ystradgynlais Parish known as Gurnos Parcel including Glanrhyd, Mason's Arms, Ynyscedwyn Arms, Glancamlais, Gurnos, Brickyard, Bryneithin, Pandy

Palleg (first part)   Folio 16 - 28             ED 2    Enumerator - Rees Morgan    167 schedules

• YSTRADGYNLAIS LOWER HAMLET, (PART OF) IN YSTRADGYNLAIS PARISH. ALL THE PART OF THE SAID PARISH OF YSTRADGYNLAIS WHICH IS PART OF THE PARCEL OF PALLEG, LIES TO THE EAST OF THE BROOK CALLED NANTWRACH, BRYNGROES,GIEDD BRIDGE INCLUDING PLAS Y COED AND YSTRADGYNLAIS VILLAGE.

Palleg (second part)  Folio 29 - 42         ED 3    Enumerator - David Williams        128 schedules

• YSTRADGYNLAIS LOWER HAMLET (PART OF) IN YSTRADGYNLAIS PARISH. ALL THE PART OF PALLEG PARCEL WHICH LIES BETWEEN THE ABOVE LINE AND THE RIVER GWYS INCLUDING GWERN YORATH, PENYRHEOL FARM, CAEMAWR, GLYNCYNWAL, CWMTWRCH COTTAGES, MAESPICA FARM AND PART OF CWMGIEDD VILLAGE

Palleg (third part)  Folio 43 - 51          ED 4     Enumerator - Lewis Daniel ?     74 schedules

• YSTRADGYNLAIS LOWER HAMLET (PART OF) IN THE PARISH OF YSTRADGYNLAIS. ALL THE REMAINING PART OF THE ABOVE NAMED PARCEL WHICH LIES BETWEEN THE RIVER GWYS AND TWRCH INCLUDING GELLY DORWEN, GWAUNLWYD COTTAGES, DREDEG, GILFACH, PART OF CWMTWRCH AND TIR Y GOF

Penrhos Parcel  Folio 52 - 66      ED 5   Enumerator - Richard Powell             145 schedules

• YSTRADGYNLAIS LOWER HAMLET (PART OF) IN YSTRADGYNLAIS PARISH. ALL THAT PART OF THE PARISH CALLED PENRHOS PARCEL INCLUDING GLANTAWE VILLAGE, GWERNPLYMIS, YSTRADISHA COTTAGES, PENRHOS VILLAGE, LAMB VILLAGE, TY MAWR AND NANSTALWN FARM.

 Garth Parcel    Folio 67 - 81        ED 6   Enumerator - Samuel Morgan            147 schedules

• ALL THAT PART OF THE PARISH CALLED PARCEL GARTH INCLUDING DUFNANT VILLAGE, MAES Y FRON,  BLAENCWM, TIR Y CWM, YNISBYDAFON, PART OF CWMGIEDD VILLAGE, YNISGLYNRHEBOG COTTAGES AND HENNEUADD COTTAGES

 Cribarth Parcel  Folio 82 - 90          ED 7    Enumerator - Lewis Havard        56 schedules

• YSTRADGYNLAIS HIGHER. ALL THAT PART OF THE PARISH CALLED CRIBARTH PARCEL INCLUDING ABERCRAVE, PENYCAE VILLAGE, CRAIG Y NOS CASTLE, TANYR OGOF FARM AND PANTYFFYRCH COTTAGES

Ellen, Llech & Banwen Parcel   Folio 91 - 98          ED 8   Enumerator - Richard Morgan      57 schedules

•  All that part of the Ellen, Llech & Banwen Parcel, including Glynllech, Coelbren, Corsllwynddu, Tonspyddaden, Penwill cottages, Wernddu & Nantyffin

County of Glamorgan

RG12 4467 (con't)

R.D. PONTARDAWE R.S.D. PONTARDAWE

Mawr Parcel  (first part)   Folio 99 - 104     ED  9    Enumerator - John Jones Roberts     32 schedules

• ALL THAT PART OF PARCEL MAWR WHICH LIES TO THE NORTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM THE RIVER GORS TO THE RIVER EGEL , PANTYGWYN BEING ON THE EASTERN EXTREMITY AND CWMCLYDD BEING ON THE WESTERN EXTREMITY  - THE LINE CROSSING THE GWRHYD MOUNTAIN TO A COTTAGE KNOWN BY THE NAME OF TYMAWR, ST GUIC, CWMNANTLLEKY, PISTYLL, BETTING, GORSYGRANOG, DDERI, DDERY COTTAGES AND CRACHLWYN

Mawr Parcel  (second part)   Folio 105 - 132     ED 10    Enumerator - James Huckin/Hawkin ?           275 schedules

• ALL THAT PART OF PARCEL MAWR WHICH LIES TO THE WEST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM THE ABOVE NAMED COTTAGES TY MAWR AND  SAINT GUIC, LLWYNMEUDW FARM, ALLTYCAM, TO THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER TAWE, PONTARDAWE VILLAGE, MAESIAGO COTTAGES, GELLIGRON AND RHYDFRO COTTAGES.

Mawr Parcel (third part)  Folio 133 - 150     ED  11         Enumerator - William Roberts    148 schedules

• ALL THAT PART OF PARCEL MAWR WHICH LIES TO THE EAST OF THE AFORE MENTIONED LINE INCLUDING GRAIG LLANGUICKE COTTAGES, GRAIG YNYSMEUDWY COTTAGES, YNYSMEUDW COTTAGES AND GELLIFOWY FARMS.

RG12   4468

CP YNISMOND but includes Alltygrug/Blaenegel and Caegurwen hamlets

Alltygrug Parcel (first part)   Folio 1 - 25   ED 12     Enumerator - Thomas Griffith Williams    262 schedules

• ALL THAT PART OF ALLTYGRUG WHICH LIES TO THE NORTH OF CONFLUENCE OF THE RIVER TWRCH WITH THE TAWE TO YSTALYFERA BRIDGE, THE RISE TO ALLTYGRUG FARM. GILFACH GOCH, GRAIGTWRCH, CWMTWRCH COTTAGES, VELINFACH COTTAGES AND PART OF YSTALYFERA VILLAGE.
  ( taken from 1871 census as 1891 missing from source)

Alltygrug Parcel (second part)       Folio   26 - 56    ED 13      Enumerator -  Morgan Morgan     361 schedules

• ALL THAT PART OF PARCEL ALLTYGRUG WHICH LIES TO THE SOUTH OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LINE DRAWN FROM YSTALYFERA BRIDGE, OFFICE COTTAGES, TO A ROAD CALLED HEOL CAE ROBERT, PENYGRAIGARW FARM, PENTREFACH, TIRGARW, GILFACHYRHAIDD, TY GWYN COTTAGES AND PART OF YSTALYFERA VILLAGE.

 Alltygrug Parcel (third part)      Folio 57 - 73         ED 14         Enumerator - George Edwin Williams         166 schedules

• ALL THAT PART OF PARCEL OF ALLTYGRUG WHICH LIES TO THE SOUTH OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LINE TO A LINE DRAWN FROM YSTALYFERA VILLAGE, FOUNTAIN HALL, TO TALLWN BROOK AND ALL THE REMAINING PART OF YSTALYFERA VILLAGE.

Alltygrug Parcel (fourth part)      Folio 74 - 85       ED  15   Enumerator - William Aubrey Jones      99 schedules

• ALL THAT REMAINING PART OF THE ABOVE PARCEL ALLTYGRUG WHICH LIES TO THE SOUTH OF THE ABOVE LINE INCLUDING A HOUSE CALLED DAVID REES THOMAS, PENYDARREN, CILMAENGWYN, PENTWYN, CWMTAWE ISHA COTTAGES, CWMTAWE UCHA, GRAIGARW COTTAGES AND CWMTWRCH SHOP.

Blaenegel Parcel   Folio 86 - 92       ED  16   Enumerator -  Morgan Samuel ?        35 schedules

• ALL THAT PART OF THE PARCEL CALLED BLAENEGEL INCLUDING CWRT, FORCHEGEL FARM, BRYNMELYN COTTAGES, GARTH AND PENTWYN.
•  
• ALL THAT REMAINING PART OF PARCEL BLAENEGEL WHICH LIES  TO THE NORTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM HENDREFORGAN TO NANT HOPKIN PASSING BRYNMELYN AND PENWAUN FARMS 

Caegurwen Parcel (first part)   Folio 98 - 110     ED 17   Enumerator - Samuel Morgan        126 schedules

• ALL THAT PART OF PARCEL CAE GURWEN WHICH LIES TO THE EAST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM A FORD ON THE RIVER AMMAN CALLED RHYDWEN TO A PASS IN THE HILL CALLED BWLCH Y BRYN DU, INCLUDING HENDREFORGAN, BRYN COTTAGES, CLWYDWYLUN COTTAGES AND BRYNLLEFRITH FARM.
•  
• ALL THAT REMAINING PORTION OF PARCEL CAEGURWEN WHICH LIES TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CWMTWRCH TO HENDREFORGAN AND CONTINUES TO NANT HOPKIN  INCLUDING  BRYNMORGAN 

Caegurwen Parcel (second part)    Folio 111 - 132    ED 18    Enumerator - John Richard Jones    203 schedules

• ALL THAT PART OF PARCEL CAE GURWEN WHICH LIES TO THE NORTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM BWLCH Y BRYN DU TO A FALL ON THE RIVER GORS CALLED SCWDYWRACH INCLUDING MOUNTAIN COTTAGES, NOYADD MILL, GWTER FAWR VILLAGE, CWMDRYSIEN AND CWMTEG.

Caegurwen Parcel (third part)      Folio 133 - 151           ED 19     Enumerator - David Morgan    178 schedules

• ALL THAT REMAINING PART OF THE ABOVE NAMED PARCEL WHICH LIES TO THE SOUTH OF THE ABOVE LINE INCLUDING BRYNDU, CAEGURWEN ARMS, PWLLYWRACH AS FAR AS NANTYGASEG FARMS AND COTTAGES  
•  
• ALL THE REMAINING PORTION OF PARCEL CAEGURWEN WHICH LIES TO THE SOUTH OF  NANT HOPKIN INCLUDING NANTYGASEG FARMS AND COTTAGES  

The sections below are not in Llangiwg parish - but included here as they were part of Pontardawe Registration District

RG12   4468     CP YNISMOND  (continued)

 Ynisymond   Folio 152 - 163     ED 20     Enumerator - David Jenkins        78 schedules

 The original area descriptions are not available - here is a random  selection of place names from the transcription itself - including the first and last names 

• CILHENDRE, WERNDDU, TIR Y GLAIS, YNYSLWYD ROAD, YNYSQUICKE, PANDY, GLAIS RD

RG12 4469

CP KILLYBEBILL, RHYNDWYCLDACH, TREBANNOS, NANT-Y-MOEL, MAWR

The original area descriptions are not available - here are the names of villages/towns/hamlets from the transcription itself together with the first schedule number on the page that they first appear on

Cilybebyll parish  (first part)  Folio 1 - 24      ED 21         317 schedules

•  Alltwen 41, Gellynudd 89, Rhos 109, Alltwen 164

Cilybebyll parish (second part)   Folio 25 - 32     ED 22       71 schedules

•  Cilybebyll 1    [GLENDELA FARM to GELLEGROSE]

Rhyndwyclydach Lower (first part)   Folio 35 - 63      ED 23    320 schedules

•  Trebanos 1, Clydach 40

Rhyndwyclydach Lower (second part)   Folio 64 - 87      ED  24     196 schedules

•  Clydach 1  [includes Clydach, Aberclydach & Craigcefnparc]

Rhyndwyclydach Lower (third part)   Folio 88 - 106       ED  25      182 schedules

• Craig Trebanos 1, Craig Glynmeirch 77, Pontardawe 115, (pages not named from 167 to end which section includes Gellionen isaf/uchaf, Alltyfanog, Eithrim, Cathelid etc)

Rhyndwyclydach Higher (first part)         Folio 107 - 115     ED  26          53 schedules

•  Rhyndwyclydach 1   [TANYGRAIG to TRESGYRCH MAWR]

Mawr Lower (first part)   Folio 116 - 126     ED  27        79 schedules

•  Mawr Lower 1 [CYNGHORDR FACH to PENRHEOL FACH]

Mawr Lower (second part)     Folio 127 - 137           ED 28           58 schedules

•  Mawr Lower 1  [CYNGHERDY to PENFIDY]

Mawr Higher (first part)         Folio 138 - 143          ED 29        34 schedules

• (No village/hamlet names on pages)    [TY'NY GRAIG to TYBACH]

Mawr Higher (second part)    Folio 144 - 151   ED 30           47 schedules

• Mawr 1  [GLANCATHAN to BANKYFYNON]

 Folio 1 - 12

 Gurnos Parcel

        Folio 16 - 28

[Last Updated : Dec 2007- Gareth Hicks]