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"MALLWYD, a parish in the hundreds of Talybont and Mathrafel, county Merioneth and county Montgomery, 9 miles from Dolgelly, its post town, and 2 S. of Dinas-Mowddwy. It is situated on the river Dyfi, under Camlan and Moel Dyfi, comprising Dinas and 7 other townships Mallwyd is a favourite resort of anglers, and, from its varied scenery, is much frequented by artists. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Bangor, value £255, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Tydecho, is a small, plain structure, with the communion-table in the centre. The churchyard is famous for its yew trees, one of which is 24 feet in girth. The parochial charities produce about £12 per annum. At Pont- Fallwyd, a short distance from the village, is a waterfall of the river Dovy." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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1851 census of Dinas Mawddwy Transcribed by Lady Judy Buckley
| St Tydecho, Mallwyd |
Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP, 1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants. Mallwyd parish (only) statistics; Area 14556 acres; Population 556 males, 529 females, total 1085
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People's Collection Wales - St Tydecho Church
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Dinasmawddwy section (in Welsh) has been extracted - with translation by Eleri Rowlands (2/2022) Also Bethsaida chapel which appears to be in this parish (translated by Eleri Rowlands 7/2024)
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- DINAS WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL, DINAS MAWDDWY
- St. Tydecho Church, Mallwyd
Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Merioneth Record Office.
Mallwyd Parochial Registers Collections historical & archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire Vol 32 1902 Welsh Journals Online
Mallwyd - on Wikipedia
Dinas Mawddwy - on Wikipedia
Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site
- The transcription of the section for Mallwyd from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Mallwyd to another place.
John Davies of Mallwyd - on Wikipedia "Dr John Davies, Mallwyd (c. 1567-1644) was one of Wales's leading scholars of the late Renaissance..................."
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Jones, E. D. (Evan Deulwyn), papurau (papers) 1677-1957 "Evan Deulwyn Jones (d [1964]) was a native of Dinas Mawddwy, Mallwyd....................."
- Williams, Walter, Dinas Mawddwy, papurau (papers) 1894-1965
Shearing sheep at Penantigi Uchaf, Dinas Mawddwy, 1915 - on the People's Collection Wales site
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Dolobran, Mallwyd, Deeds 1735-1877 [Dolobran house and estate is in the township of Cerist, Mallwyd, Merionethshire, and was inherited by John David Lewis (fl. 1735-1758). ] "Deeds, 1735-1877, relating to Dolobran and other property in Mallwyd, Merionethshire, and including schedules of the machinery of the Dolobran woollen factory, 1867-1874"
- Mallwyd Deeds 1872 -1904 "3 deeds touching upon properties called Ty mawr, Aberllewenydd and Gwernhefin and Blaen-y-cwm in the parish of Mallwyd, Merioneth"
Gwynedd Family History Society have a diagram of the ecclesiastical parishes of Merionethshire (under Parishes) - with some links to photographs of parish churches
A map of the parish of Mallwyd in the Counties of Merioneth and Montgomery - on the People's Collection Wales site
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SH854144 (Lat/Lon: 52.715112, -3.697285), Mallwyd 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.
Tyllau mwn (Friar's Coat), Dinas Mawddwy [iron ore mine] - on the Mindat site