Aberrhiw / Berriew

Brown, Roger L. Mr Martin's retirement : an episode in the history of the church in Berriew. Montgomeryshire Collections 85 (1997), p. 105-10

Edwards, William R. The family of William Edwards (1772-1830) of Welshpool & Berriew, Montgomeryshire. Guilsfield : Wm. R. Edwards, 1988.

Evans, Geraint G. The place-names of Berriew. Montgomeryshire Collections 83 (1995), p. 1-40

Gibson, Alex. The Carreg Beuno prehistoric landscape, Berriew. Montgomeryshire Collections 83 (1995), p. 41-58 Parish of Berriew : memorial inscriptions. [S.l.] : Montgomeryshire Geneaological Society, 2003. 120p

Parish of Berriew : Parish Church of St. Beuno, Ebenezer Congregational Chapel ... : memorial inscriptions. [S.l.] : Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society, 1999. 122p

Silvester, R J. Luggy Moat, Berriew : recording and conservation. Montgomeryshire Collections 85 (1997), p. 1-12

Smith, D W. Aberriw to Berriew : the story of a community. [Aberriw] : D.W. Smith, 1992. 17p

Smith, Douglas W. Berriew and Trinity : Thomas Jones (1756-1807) and his contemporaries. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 79 (1991), p. 121-34

Smith, Douglas W. The Berriew enclosures : Brithdir and the intercommoning districts. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 77 (1989), p. 81-105

Smith, Douglas W. Owen Owens of Berriew. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 73 (1985), p. 121-3

Smith, Douglas W. Berriew in Stuart times : 2. Paupers and yeomen, poverty and prosperity. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 73 (1985), p. 8-29

Smith, Douglas W. Berriew maps : some comments. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 78 (1990), p. 162-3

Stormont, C A. A Berriew letter writer of the 1830s. Cronicl Powys. No. 24 (1991), p. 34-38

Stormont, C A. Berriew letter writer of the 1830s : a sequel to an article in Cronicl, no. 24. Cronicl Powys. No. 27 (1992), p. 8-14

Victorian Powys for schools site - Census figures for Berriew parish 1841-1901

See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph of St Beuno Church, Berriew

St. Beauno's Church, Berriew on the People's Collection Wales site

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

Church of St Beuno, Berriew on the Montgomeryshire Churches Survey site

Wesleyan churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site - Berriew, Pentre Llifior

Independent churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site - Ebenezer, built c 1829

Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for Berriew chapel (in Welsh )   - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Aug 2009)

Detailed information on deposited registers and transcripts for this parish is given on the Powys Archives page Montgomeryshire parish registers

As a guide only, the principal extant parochial church records for this parish span the dates shown below (as detailed in Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 2000) but exact current holdings should be confirmed with the individual Archives;

• Baptisms 1596-1628, 1685-1981; Marriages 1596-8, 1600-3, 1607-9, 1616-26, 1685-1985; Burials 1596-1628, 1683-91, 1693-1923; Banns 1834-1986
  Parish Registers, or copies, for all or part of these dates are held at the NLW, and/or Powys Archives.  
  Bishops Transcripts for various periods are held at the NLW, Denbigh Archives and/or Flintshire Archives  

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

• Refail (Jerusalem) Presbyterian Chapel, Berriew, records 1891-2000    "Jerusalem Presbyterian Chapel is in the hamlet of Refail (Yr Efail or Efail-fach) in the parish of Berriew, Montgomeryshire. The Calvinistic Methodist cause in the area was started about 1815. The chapel was built in 1850 and rebuilt in 1903. In 2000 the chapel had 49 members and friends. The chapel is usually called Refail (or Revel) Chapel"

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

• Welshpool, Berriew and Montgomery, postcards, donated by Lancashire County Council  [1921]-1929

Various landscape photographs of the area and surrounds - on the People's Collection Wales site

A pair of card-mounted stereoscope images from around 1890 of the village of Berriew - on the People's Collection Wales site

• Geograph
• Flickr

• The transcription of the section for Aberrhiw / Berriew 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 Aberrhiw / Berriew to another place.

Rhiewport Mansion near Berriew, 1864 - on the People's Collection Wales site    ".............. Rhiewport was owned by the Wythen-Jones family for many years."

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

• Vaynor Park Estate Records  1459-1977 (predominantly 1601-1930)     "Estate and family records of the Lyon, Winder and Corbett-Winder families of Vaynor Park, Berriew, Montgomeryshire............."   
• Montgomeryshire Deeds and Documents from the Bryson Collection    "Deeds and schedules of deeds relating to property in Llanidloes and Berriew, Montgomeryshire, 1771-[1912];......"

Map of Montgomeryshire parishes on Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society's site - shows dioceses

Victorian Powys for schools site - Map of Berriew in 1840, and 1901

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ158003 (Lat/Lon: 52.594352, -3.244572), Aberrhiw / Berriew 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.

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

• Edward Davies Papers 1883-1938     "Edward Davies, a farmer and cultivation officer for the Montgomeryshire Agricultural Executive, spent most of his life in the parish of Berriew, Wales. He was born on 9 August 1860, the son of Thomas Davies, a farmer of Stingwern, Berriew. In 1880 he married Martha Jane Bebb of Castle Caereinion. Their first son, Edward, was born in Castle Caereinion in about 1881, but by 1883 the family were living at Penfynydd, Berriew, until 1892 when they moved to Felindre in the same parish. Later they moved to Cil, also in Berriew, and Lower House Farm, Little Ness, England."   
• Cefngarthmyl Farm, Garthmyl, Berriew, records    "William Mellings (fl. 1826-1860) appears to have farmed at Cefngarthmyl Farm, Berriew, Montgomeryshire, and was also a maltster."

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

• Berriew Parish and Community Council records  1628-1994