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"LLANWRIN (LLAN-WRIN), a parish in the hundred of MACHYNLLETH, county of MONTGOMERY, NORTH WALES, 4 miles (N. E. by E.) from Machynlleth, containing 802 inhabitants. This parish, which lies in the western portion of the county, bordering upon Merionethshire, is pleasantly situated on the north bank of the river Dovey ... The church, dedicated to St. Gwrin, is an ancient structure ..." [A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833]
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Barfoot, James. Two halves of prehistoric shafthole implements from Caeadda, Llanwrin. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 75 (1987), p. 96-9
Victorian Powys for schools site - Census figures for Llanwrin parish 1841-1901
| Llanwrin Parish Church, Llanwrin |
| Zion Baptist Chapel, Tal-Y-Wern |
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 10351 acres; Population 386 males, 382 females, total 768
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Church of St Gwrin, Llanwrin on the Montgomeryshire Churches Survey site
Independent churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site - Saron
Calvinistic Methodist (Presbyterian) churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site - Cwmceirig
Church, Llanwrin - on the People's Collection Wales site
Seion Chapel, Llanwrin - on the People's Collection Wales site
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Llanwrin section (in Welsh) has been extracted - and translated by Maureen Saycell (Sept 2012)
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 1671-1690, 1695-1992; Marriages 1671-1690, 1695-1955; Burials 1671-1690, 1695-1993; Banns 1824-59
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
St Asaph Notitiae; deanery of Cyfeiliog and Mwddwy, parish of Llanwrin 1681 - on the NLW site
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Mostyn, John, Rev. , of Friog, Trawsfynydd, archives Includes "..... register of ministers of Llanwrin, Montgomeryshire, 1560-1930, [undated]."
- The transcription of the section for Llanwrin 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 Llanwrin to another place.
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Hengwrt-Uchaf collection "Deeds, 1641-1912, relating to the Hengwrt-uchaf estate mainly in Llanfachreth, Merionethshire, and Llanwrin, Montgomeryshire"
- Fronfelen estate, deeds "Records of the Fronfelen estate, 1810-1898, comprising deeds relating to property in Llanwrin, Montgomeryshire, and Pennal, Merionethshire, 1810-1898; miscellaneous death certificates and parish register extracts, 1846-1858."
Map of Montgomeryshire parishes on Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society's site - shows dioceses
Victorian Powys for schools site - Map of Llanwrin in 1837, and 1903
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SH795060 (Lat/Lon: 52.638618, -3.782044), Llanwrin 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;
- Parish and Community Council records 1894-1987
Llanwrin school 1938/71 - on the People's Collection Wales site