Rudry

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

The Glamorgan Family History Society have produced a set of microfiche containing Monumental Inscriptions for the following burial grounds :-

• Parish Church of St. James

Glamorgan Chapels Database project - a list of all known non-conformist chapels or other non-Anglican religions in the parish. Here are references to the only such chapel found in this parish;-

• Ebenezer Independent chapel(Ebeneser), Berllan-Gollen, Rudry ST19848677
  • Built in 1794, modified, altered or rebuilt 1821, 1864 and 1904
    The Chapels Recording Project in Wales (RCAHMW)
  • 1822, February 8; Independent; a chapel called Ebenezer; Griffith Hughes, Minister, William Lewis
    Dissent in the Counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth by Hywel D Emanuel
  • Here is a Congregational chapel Rev David Johns in 1895 and 'erected in 1794 with 300 seats' in 1910
    Kelly's Directory, South Wales 1895 & 1910 - the Archive CD Books Cd
  • Rhydri Ind chapel, opened in 1794, closed pre 1992
    My Ancestors were Congregationalists in England and Wales, by D J H Clifford, SOG, 1992.
  • Ebenezer Ind Erected in 1821 John Jones, Ind Minister, Rhudry (1851 Religious Census)
  • Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry for this chapel (in Welsh) - with translation by Maureen Saycell (May 2009)

 Various items  - on the People's Collection Wales site

• Ebenezer Chapel, Rudry
• St James Church, Rudry

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. James

A transcription of the registers is available from the Glamorgan Family History Society for the years: Baptisms, 1703-1837, Marriages, 1717-1837, Burials, 1704-1838.

Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

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

Some of the hamlets, towns and villages within this parish

• Cefn-On

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

• Dr William Price (Llantrisant) Papers      1697-1965         "William Price was born at Ty'n y Coedcae, the parish of Rudry, Glamorgan on 4 March 1800. He was the third son of the seven children of Rev. William Price and his wife Mary........................."

Description & Illustrations of Morgaig Castle in Cefn-On at www.castlewales.com by Jeff Thomas

Rudry, opening of Village Hall 1956 - on the People's Collection Wales site

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)

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST191869 (Lat/Lon: 51.571585, -3.164372), Rudry 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 Rudry 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)

• Rudry (133); Cefn-On; Coed Coesau-whips; Cross; Garth Place; Gwaun-y-bara; Llwyn-gwyn; Mynydd Rudry; Mynydd y Bwlch; Pant-glas; Pen-how; Rudry (village); Sch.; Ty-gowla?; Ty'n-y-coedcau; Wern Ddu;

There are many references to this area in the 15 million Welsh and English language articles from Welsh newspapers transcribed by the NLW and viewable on Welsh Newspapers Online
Below are English language articles that have been re-transcribed and extracted randomly to illustrate what is available, there are many that are not extracted here that include names of local people

• From The Cardiff Times 22nd March 1884

RUDRY. ACCIDENT.—On Saturday, at the Rudry Colliery, whilst a collier named A. Gibbs (married), a resident of Caerphilly, was working in his stall, a piece of coal, weighing nearly 20 cwt, fell from the roof, crushing his right leg. He was conveyed to his home, when Dr. W. C. Price attended to his injuries

•  From the South Wales Daily News 31st December 1890

RUDRY. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—A post-office has been opened at Rudry for the sale of stamps, registration of letters, and parcel-post business. Collections will be made at 9.30 a.m. and 5.15 p.m. on week days only.

• From the South Wales Daily News 7th October 1887

RUDRY. A PROLIFIC SOW.—On Wednesday a sow belonging to Mr Joseph Edwards, Penywain, Rudry, near Caerphilly, gave birth to a litter of 18 pigs, all living and doing remarkably well. Last year she gave birth to the same number, and the year before to 12. Thus, in three years she has bred 48 pigs

• From the  Weekly Mail 24th January 1880

RUDRY. TITHE AUDIT.—On Monday the Rev. W. Williams, rector of Bedwas and Rudry, held his annual tithe audit at the Griffin Inn, Rudry, when a great many farmers came together. After business was done an excellent dinner was served by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis. The usual loyal toasts followed, and Mr. Williams addressed the company on the present agricultural depression.

• From the South Wales Daily News 14th July 1891

RUDRY. MINERS' MEETING.—A largely-attended meeting of the Rudry-Merthyr Colliery workmen was held on the Rudry Mountain Recreation Grounds on Saturday. The colliery representatives- Messrs Evan Griffiths and Edmund Morgan- gave an interesting account of the work done at the delegate meetings of the Caerphilly Miners' Association, and reported very minutely on the cases now in dispute before the executive council of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Colliery Workmen's Federation.  .....(part extract).......

Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site

• Pit wheel and mainshaft at Rudry Corn Mill.
• Rudry Mill and stream, April 1989

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

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

• Rudry Civil Parish records          "....... including tithe plan and apportionment, 1843; assistant overseers rate books, 1884-1926; assistant overseers receipt and payment book, 1925-1927; vestry and parish meeting minutes books, 1878-1905; parish council minutes books, 1894-1955; declarations of acceptance of office by parish councillors, 1894-1970; poor rate account book, 1913-1924; general account book, 1910-1967; Rudry village/parish hall committee minutes books, 1946-1970"

Rudry School class - on the People's Collection Wales site