Michaelston super Avon

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

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

See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph

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

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. Michael, is in the Benefice of Cwmavon (Michaelston-super-Avon), 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 SS781919.

Michaelston-super-Avon Ecclesiastical Parish records          " .......... including registers of baptisms, 1785-1890; marriages, 1786-1930; burials, 1785-1890; banns, 1827-1849; services for St Michaels Church, 1911-1935; services for All Saints, Cwmavon, 1905-1948; parochial church council accounts, 1933-1972"

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

• Michaelston-super-Avon, St. Michael - Christenings (BT's), 1813-1870

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Transcript of name listing for Michaelston-super-Avon, from Commercial and Trade Directories, for the years:-

The transcription of the section for Michaelston-super-Avon from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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

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Some of the hamlets, towns and villages within this parish

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

Parish map (Kain/Oliver)

Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site

• Plan of the hamlet of Michaelstone Higher in the parish of Michaelstone super Avon in the County of Glamorgan
• Map of the hamlet of Michaelstone Lower in the parish of Michaelstone super Avon in the County of Glamorgan

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SS813957 (Lat/Lon: 51.647434, -3.717456), Michaelston super Avon 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 Michaelston-super-Avon 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)

• Michaelston Lower (48); Bryn; Bwlch; Chimney ?; Coal Level; Coed-y-parc; Cwmavon (village); Foel Fynyddon; Pant-du;
• Michaelston Higher (49); Afon Afan; Avan Vale Colliery; Bol Las; Cefnmawr; Coal Level (3); Craig Gyfylchi; Cwm Pelenna; Efail-fach; Fforch Dwm; GWR; Gyfylchi; Lletty-lwtd; Moel Troed-y-rhiw; Mynydd Canol; Mynydd Fforch Dwm; Mynydd Nant-y-bar; Mynydd Pen Rhys; Mynydd Rhiw-gregen; Nant Blaen Pelena; Nant Cregen; Nant-y-bar; Pen Moelgrochlef; Pen Rhys Fawr; Pont-rhyd-y-fen; Rhiw-cregen; Ton-mawr; Tunnel; Twyn Pum Erw; Tyle'r-waun; Tynton;

Newspaper extracts

The Population of Michaelston-super-Avon was as follows, and a more detailed breakdown is available.