Kenfig in the Parish of Pyle and Kenfig

References to the village of Kenfig at

• The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site

• Geograph
• Flickr

Transcript of Pyle, with Sker, Kenfig, Cornelly, Kenfig Hill, and neighbourhoods, from Slaters Directory for 1880.

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

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Kenfig in the Parish of Pyle and Kenfig to another place.

Description & Image of Kenfig Castle at www.castlewales.com by Jeff Thomas

Kenfig Origins - what's in a name

Kenfig through the ages (site off line) - "In medieval times Kenfig was awarded the status of a Borough. The Kenfig Borough or Old Bro Cynffig included old Kenfig, modern Kenfig, Maudlam (Mawdlam), much of North Cornelly, Marlas, Pyle and some of Kenfig Hill..............

Glamorgan Brigade horses tethered on the lines at Kenfig Sands. - on the People's Collection Wales site

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SS803812 (Lat/Lon: 51.517, -3.72651), Kenfig in the Parish of Pyle and Kenfig 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.

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

(*) - including 21 inhabitants of the Extra Parochial parish of Sker

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

• Borough of Kenfig records  "Records of the Borough of Kenfig, [c. 1396]-1998, includes: charters and transcripts, [c. 1396]-1886; ordinances of the town, 1550-1800; survey, [1661]; minutes of the various courts, suit rolls, account books, 1742-1886; admissions of burgesses, 1774-1837; and records of Kenfig Corporation Property and Kenfig Corporation Trust, 1923-1998."
• Kenfig Parish Council/Town Council records ".......... including minutes books, 1919-1985; receipts and payments book, 1981-1985"

The Kenfig Society