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"LLANERVUL (LLAN-ERVUL), a parish in two divisions, Lower and Upper, in the upper division of the hundred of MATHRAVAL, county of MONTGOMERY, NORTH WALES, 5 miles (W. N. W.) from Llanvair, containing 989 inhabitants. This parish, which derives its name from the dedication of its church to St. Ervul, appears to have bcen a place of some importance at a very early period, and abounds with vestiges of British and Roman antiquity : it extends nearly eight miles in length and three in breadth, and is pleasantly situated in the vale of the river Banwy, the whole of which, with its encircling hills, is included in this and the adjoining parishes of Llangadvan and Garthbeibio. ... The church, dedicated to St. Ervul, is an ancient structure ... " [A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833]
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Edwards, Griffith. The works of the Rev. Griffith Edwards (Gutyn Padarn), M.A., F.R.H.S., late Vicar of Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire : parochial histories of Llangadfan, Garthbeibio, and Llanerfyl, Montgomeryshire, together with Welsh and English poetry. London : Elliot Stock, 1895. 296p Parish of Llanerfyl: Nonconformist Cemetery, Bethel Independent Chapel, Gosen Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Beulah Independent Chapel: memorial inscriptions. [S.1.] : Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society , 2002. 46pSilvester, R J. A lithic scatter on Mynydd Carreg-y-big, Llanerfyl. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 80 (1992), p. 31-7
Victorian Powys for schools site - Census figures for Llanerfyl 1841-1901
St Erfyl, Llanerfyl |
Bethel Welsh Independent Chapel, Llanerfyl |
Bethel, Llanerfyl |
Beulah Welsh Independent Chapel, Cwm Nant-Yr-Eira |
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. Parish statistics; Area 16255 acres; Population 468 males, 443 females, total 911
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Church of St Erfyl, Llanerfyl on the Montgomeryshire Churches Survey site
Independent churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site - Bethel, and Beulah
Calvinistic Methodist (Presbyterian) churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site - Gosen
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Beulah section (in Welsh) has been extracted- with translation by Maureen Saycell (Aug 2009) Also Llanerfyl chapel - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Oct 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 1626-40, 1643-5, 1648, 1660, 1662-71, 1674-1991; Marriages 1626-36, 1663-70, 1674-1970; Burials 1626-45, 1652-3, 1660, 1662-71, 1674-1907
Parish Registers, or copies, for all or part of these dates are held at the NLW, and/or Powys Archives(where there may be a more complete coverage within the dates shown above).
Bishops Transcripts for various periods are held at the NLW, Denbighshire Archives and/or Flintshire Archives
- The transcription of the section for Llanerfyl 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 Llanerfyl to another place.
Pen y Graig, a ruined farmstead. The 1850 Llanerfyl parish tithe map shows it as owned by Rev'd John Meredith Williams and rented by Edward Owen - on the People's Collection Wales site
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Kerry, Llanerfyl, Llanfair Caereinion and Mochdre, deeds 1617-1901 "..................... The properties of Tyddyn y Gardden and Tyddyn y Gogrydd, now Rhyd-y-Gro, were in the parishes of Llanerfyl and Llanfair Caereinion, and were owned by Rees Thomas (fl. 1723-1748) and his descendants ......................."
Map of Montgomeryshire parishes on Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society's site - shows dioceses
Victorian Powys for schools site - Map of Llanerfyl in 1836, and 1902
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ000080 (Lat/Lon: 52.660503, -3.479448), Llanerfyl which are provided by:
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