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"ST. MELLONS, a parish in the hundred of Wentllooge, county Monmouth, 3½ miles N.N.E. of Cardiff, and 7 S.W. of Newport. It is situated on the river Romney, and is a small agricultural village. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff, value with the curacy of Llanedarn, £160, in the patronage of the bishop and chapter, who, with the Dean and Chapter of Bristol, are the appropriators. The church is an ancient structure. The charities produce about £15 per annum." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
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- Bielski, Alison - The story of St Mellons. Port Talbot : Alun, c1985. 114p.
- Blockley, Kevin - Archaeological notes: 'The Ton', St Mellons, Cardiff (ST 2280 8131). Morgannwg, 41 (1997), 81-85.
- Magor and St Mellons Rural District Official Guide. Carshalton : Home Publishing, [1971] 24p
- Neal, Marjorie et al. - Rumney & St Mellons, A History of two Villages. Compiled by Marjorie Neal, Sylvia Atherton, Marilyn Nurse, Allen Hambly & Sam Parker. First published: August 2005. © 2005 Rumney and District Local History Society. Information provided by Robert Gatheridge. ISBN 0-95506371 - X
- Phillips, Roger - From London to St. Mellons in 1809. Gwent Local History 64 (1988), p. 23-6
- Williams, Russell - St. Mellons Baptist Church, 1794-1994: tracing the history of the church in its bicentenary year. Evangelical Magazine of Wales, 33/3 (1994), p. 12-13.
Soar Chapel (now Kingdom Hall), St Mellons (Welsh Congregational) |
Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by I.G Jones, & D. Williams. UWP, Cardiff, 1976. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants. Check with Gwent RO to see what extant records are held, and possible names of chapels/churches established after 1851. St Mellons Parish; Statistics; Area 2574 acres; Population 324 males, 313 females, total 637
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[Details as published in The Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 1986 - present location/availability may vary]Llaneirwg / St Mellons, St Mellon's Church - records with the NLW Baptisms Marriages Burials Baptisms/Marriages/Burials 1722-1900 1722-1844 1722-1904 1717-20 in PR Llanedern/Llanedeyrn (GLA) Bishops Transcripts 1725-75, 1777-1844, 1846-61, 1864-9 - records with the NLW
- Old St Mellons - history, photographs etc
- St Mellons - on wikipedia.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Llaneirwg / St Mellons to another place.
Fox and Hounds Public House, St. Mellons, near Cardiff, c. 1890s - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Family Search have an interactive map called "England and Wales Jurisdictions 1851" showing parish (and other) boundaries with optional background maps such as Ordnance Survey. There is also a Search facility, do read the guidance notes to get maximum benefit from this useful resource. See here for further background information to assist in the interpretation of this data
- Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R., Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: History Data Service, UK Data Archive [distributor], 17 May 2001. SN: 4348. Here is a gazetteer/finding aid plus a set of overview maps to accurately identify the position of parishes within the county.
- Plan of the parish of Saint Mellons in the County of Monmouth - on the People's Collection Wales site
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