Llanwonno

Here is a substantial reading list of books which relate to Glamorgan, either county or parish.

Baldwin, Bernard.  Mountain Ash and Penrhiwceiber remembered in Pictures, 1986.  Index by Jill Smith

Rhondda, A second selection [Archive Photograph Series]. Indexed by Allen Powell

Thomas, Rev W. Glanffrwd's History of Llanwonno, 1843-90 (Hanes Plwyf Llanwonno);  published in 1888 in serial form in the 'Darian' (Aberdare) &  translated by Thomas Evans in 1950;  published by Merthyr Express. 210 pp. Indexed by Glenys Travis (with chapter headings)

Chapels Database  - a  list of all known non-conformist chapels or other non-Anglican religions in the parish

See Welsh Chapels and Churches for photographs of various churches/chapels in this parish

See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data re St Gwynno's Church

For full and up-to-date details of their holdings see the sites of Glamorgan Record Office and/or West Glamorgan Archives

See Bap/Mar/Bur data on  FreeReg

The church is dedicated to St. Gwynno, is in the Benefice of Llanwynno, and the diocese of Llandaff. Details of the present incumbent of this benefice can be found at the Church in Wales website. The church can be located at grid reference ST030956.

Modern Parishes & Chapels of Ease :-

• St. Donat, Abercynon
• St. Gwynno, Abercynon
• St. Mary, Glyntaff - Parish formed in 1848 from Eglwysilan, Llanwonno and Llantwit Fardre
• St. David, Hopkinstown (Llanddewi Rhondda) - Parish formed in 1914 from Llanwonno
• St. John the Baptist, Miskin
• St. Margaret, Mountain Ash - Parish formed in 1863 from Aberdare and Llanwonno
• St. Winifred, Penrhiwceibr - Parish formed in 1897 from Mountain Ash
• St. Paul, Porth
• St. Mary Magdalene, Pontygwaith
• St. Barnabas, Trehafod
• Christ Church, Ynysybwl
• All Saints, Ynysyboeth

The following Religious Institutions are covered in the Mormon International Genealogical Index (IGI) :-

• Llanwonno, St. Gwynno - Christenings (BT's), 1826-1860

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Transcript of name listing for Pontypridd, and district, from Commercial and Trade Directories, for the years:-

Extract From Kelly's South Wales Directory 1923  (ArchiveCDBooks)  - transcribed by Gareth Hicks

• "WATTSTOWN is a township forming part of the Urban District of Rhondda, 1½ miles south from Tylor's Town. St. Thomas's Mission church here, attached to St. Ann's church at Ynyshir, is an iron structure; the Rev. Pierce Price B.A. is curate. There are Welsh Baptist and Independent chapels. The United National Collieries are here."

The transcription of the section for Llanwonno from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Description of parish from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis.

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Llanwonno to another place.

Some of the hamlets, towns and villages within this parish

Historical snippets re 'the Rhondda', various contributors

• William family of the Glog, Llanwonno
  1641-20th century: deeds (3) 1641, 1733, 1748, family and estate papers 18th-20th century
  [National Library of Wales, Department of Manuscripts and Records]

This diagram shows the position of this parish within the county of Glamorgan - click on this to see a full size diagram of the county

Plan of the parish of Llanwonno in the County of Glamorgan - on the People's Collection Wales site

Parish map (Kain/Oliver)

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST041952 (Lat/Lon: 51.647507, -3.387523), Llanwonno 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 Llanwonno parish 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 John Ball)

• Llanwonno [69] - Abercynon, Blaenhenwysg, Blaenllechau, Bryn-goleu, Buarth-capel, Caer Maen, Carn-y-Wiwer, Cefn, Cefn-llechau-uchaf, Coed Pen-y-parc, Cribyn-du, Dduallt, Cwm, Darwonno, Fanhaulog, Fforest-isaf, Ffynnon-dwyn, Gelli-fendigaid, Gelli-isaf, Gelli-lwch, Gelli-Wrgan, Gilfach-glyd, Gilfach-y-rhyd, Glog, Glyn-coch, Glyn-ddwynant, Gyfeillon, Hafod, Hendre-Rhys, Hopkinstown, Kennel, Lan, Llanwonno, Llwynperdid, Llysnant, Maen Tri-gwr, Maerdy, Miskin, Mynachdy, Nant-yr-ysfa, New Road, Newtown, Nyth-bran, Pant-y-craig-wen, Parc-newydd, Pendyrys Colliery, Pen Lan, Pen-rhiw, Penrhiwceiber, Penrhiw-Cradoc, Pentwyn, Pen-y-parc, Pen-y-wal, Perthgelyn, Pistyll-goleu, Porth, Pwll-helyg, Reservoir, Rhiw-yr-uchain, St Gwynno's Well, Stanleytown, Tai'r-heol, Twyn Brynbychan, Ty-bach, Tyntetown, Tyn-y-wern, Ty'r-y-gelli, Ty'r-gweydd, Wattstown, Y Ffrwd, Ynys-boeth, Ynys-y-bwl

Newspaper extracts

Local collieries not shown elsewhere on this site;

• The National Colliery, Wattstown on the Welsh Coal Mines site

The Population of Llanwonno was as follows, and a more detailed breakdown is available.

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Llanwonno Civil Parish records          " ....... comprising rate books, 1850-1875; valuation lists, 1881-1882; copy of tithe plan and apportionment, 1842 (copied c 1980)"

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Llanwonno School Board records       " ..... comprising minute books, 1871-1903; letter books, 1895-1906; ledger, 1894-1899; teacher's salaries books, c. 1890-1900; cookery account book, 1899-1908"