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"MEIVOD, a parish partly in the lower division of the hundred of LLANVYLLIN, partly in the upper division of that of DEYTHUR, and partly in the hundred of PooL, county of MONTGOMERY, NORTH WALES, 5 miles (N. E. by N.) from Llanvair, containing 1861 inhabitants. The name of this very extensive parish, implying a "lowland champaign dwelling," is obviously derived from its situation in a vast tract of fine open country, in the north-eastern part of the county. ... The church dedicated to St. Mary ... There are places of worship for Independents and Welsh Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. ..." [A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833]
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See also Pont Robert hamlet in this parish
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Edwards, R Wynn. A history of the parish of Meifod. 188?, 188pJones, Gwilym T. A headless ghost at Meifod. Country Quest 30/10 (1990), p. 41 Meifod : a century of change : a pictorial record. Llanfyllin : Meifod Local History Group, 1999. 158p
Parish of Meifod : memorial inscriptions. [S.l.] : Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society, 2003. 48p
Parish of Meifod : Main Independent Chapel : Register of baptisms, 1821-1837. [S.l.] : Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society, 2001. 32p
Parish of Meifod : register of baptisms, 1761-1812. [S.l.] : Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society, 2003. 146p
Parish of Meifod : register of baptisms, 1813-1880. [S.l.] : Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society, 2003. 116p
Parish of Meifod : register of baptisms, marriages & burials 1649-1675. Welshpool : Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society, c2003. Also 1675-1702, 2003. Also 1597-1648, 2003.
Parish of Meifod : register of burials : 1702-1812 . [S.l.] : Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society, 2003. 160p. Also 1813-1870 , 2003.
Parish of Meifod : register of marriages, 1702-1837. [S.l.] : Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society, 2003. 106p
Scard, M Ann. Village with a tale to tell : a journey to Meifod. Country Quest (November 1998), p. 44
Victorian Powys for schools site - Census figures for Meifod parish 1841-1901
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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 12614 acres; Population 878 males, 885 females, total 1763
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Church of St Tyslio, Meifod on the Montgomeryshire Churches Survey site
Meifod Chapel (Calvinistic Methodist;seion), Meifod - on the People's Collection Wales site
The church, Meifod - on the People's Collection Wales site
Church, Bwlchycibau, Meifod - on the People's Collection Wales site
Independent churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site - Meifod
Calvinistic Methodist (Presbyterian) churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site - Meifod
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Sarnau section (in Welsh) has been extracted - with translation by Maureen Saycell (May 2010) Also Main chapel - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Aug 2010) Also Meifod chapel - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Aug 2010) Also Pontrobert chapel - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Aug 2010)
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 1597, 1600, 1602, 1604-22, 1624-6, 1628-32, 1634-42, 1647-1880; Marriages 1602, 1605-18, 1620-6, 1628-31, 1634-7, 1640-2, 1649-1970; Burials 1600, 1602-26, 1628-32, 1634-42, 1647-1922; Banns 1838-1917
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, Denbighshire Archives and/or Flintshire Archives
Meifod - on Wikipedia
Various landscape photographs of the area and surrounds - on the People's Collection Wales sit
- The transcription of the section for Meifod 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 Meifod to another place.
Meifod Local History Group panels, Y Lle Hanes, National Eisteddfod 2015 - on the People's Collection Wales site
High street, Meifod - on the People's Collection Wales site
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Dolobran estate, records "Deeds relating to the Dolobran estate in the parishes of Meifod and Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa , Montgomeryshire. The deeds date from the time of Charles Lloyd (1662-1747), and are records of mortgages, transfers of mortgages and creations of trusts, of the sale of the estate by the Lloyd family to Joseph Jones, and of the repurchase in 1873 of a portion of the old estate (Dolobran Fach) by Henry Lloyd. Two documents dated 1878 refer to the acquisition of the other part of the estate by Sampson Samuel Lloyd, MP. The part played by Dolobran in the history of the Quakers in Montgomeryshire is reflected in letters, 1813-1829 relating to transactions for the sale of the Quaker Meeting House and Burial Ground at Dolobran"
- Glascoed, Meifod, deeds "Deeds, 1690-1782, relating to property in the township of Glascoed, Meifod, and Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire."
- Pontysgawrhyd, deeds "Deeds relating to properties near the river Vyrnwy in Meifod, Montgomeryshire, 1562-1602, including Pontysgawrhyd and Pontysgawrhyd Mill."
- Ystumcolwyn Estate, Meifod, Deeds 1674-1854 "..............The Price family lived at Keel (or Cil), Meifod and owned property in Montgomeryshire, Denbighshire and Shropshire......."
Map of Montgomeryshire parishes on Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society's site - shows dioceses
Victorian Powys for schools site - Map of Meifod in 1840, and 1902
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ171138 (Lat/Lon: 52.715144, -3.229251), Meifod which are provided by:
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- 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.
The boys and head teacher of Meifod school, 1890s - on the People's Collection Wales site
Girls of Meifod school and their teachers, 1890s - on the People's Collection Wales site