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"LLANVYRNACH (LLAN-VRYNACH), a parish in the hundred of KEMMES, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 8 miles (S.W.) from Newcastle-Emlyn, containing 979 inhabitants. This parish, which derives its name from the dedication of its church, is situated in the north eastern part of the county, bordering upon Carmarthenshire, and comprises an extensive tract of land, of which the greater portion is enclosed and cultivated. . . On the banks of the river Tâf, and at no great distance from its source, are some extensive lead mines, which were formerly worked with great success; but for some years the works have been suspended. . . The church, dedicated to St. Brynach, is not remarkable for any architectural details of importance. There are places of worship for Baptists and Presbyterians. . . " [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1833).]
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The 1851 census for this parish has been indexed by Dyfed Family History Society.
Census Returns for this parish have the following LDS Call Numbers:
- 1841 Census - 0464343
- 1851 Census - 0104241
- 1861 Census - 0543247
- 1871 Census - 0850862
- 1881 Census - 1342308
- 1891 Census - 6099657
| Hermon Welsh Baptist Chapel, Hermon, Llanfyrnach |
| Seion Chapel, Crymych, Llanfyrnach (Welsh Baptist) |
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Some 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 are those of the informants
Parish entry from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).
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James, J Lloyd. Hanes Eglwys Glandwr o'r Cychwyniad yn Nghyda Hanes dechreuol yr Eglwys a Cychwynodd [ History of Glandwr Church from The Beginning Together With an Initial History of the Church and its {rogress]. merthyr Tydfil, The Tyst Office, 1902
Diocesan records suggest that c1790 this parish had registers going back to 1714
Parish registers: Christenings (1765-1993), Marriages (1754-1968, 1973-94) Banns (1823-44, 1908-56), Burials (1765-1992) at Pem.RO
Copy ts PR C (1765-1993) M (1754-1968) B (1765-1992) at SOG
Copy ts C (1813-1992) B (1813-1993) with index at Pem.RO
Bishops' Transcripts, covering the period (1675-6, 1678-83, 1685-8, 1703, 1799-1813, 1815-20, 1823-63, 1865-7, 1869-71, 1875-7) are at the National Library of Wales, and have been microfilmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Call Number: 0105170.
See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg
Nonconformist Chapels:
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Various landscape photographs of area and surrounds on the People's Collection Wales site
Hermon, Glogue and Llanfyrnach "Hermon is a small village of about 100 households situated about 10 miles south of Cardigan, 1.8miles off the A478 at Crymych The village is in the parish of Llanfyrnach.............."
The transcription of the section for Llanfyrnach from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
Transcript of complete entry in Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales of 1833.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Llanfyrnach to another place.
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Marion Thomas Deeds Including " ...... a pedigree, compiled by Major Francis Jones, of the Devonald and Morse families of Llanfyrnach and the associated family of Skeel of Trewilym, Pembrokeshire, 1886-1905"
Lewis (Mynachlog-ddu), E.T. Llanfyrnach Parish Lore. Printed by C.I. Thomas, Haverfordwest. 143p. [A comprehensive parish history of 143 pages with photos , contains all sorts of snippets relating to the churches, schools, industry, tradespeople, place-names, incomes, prices, etc. and 18 pages of brief biographical notes on selected individuals, mostly from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Here is an index by Peter JonesThomas, J H The diaries of a Pembrokeshire man, 1876-1905 [David Williams] The Journal of the Pembrokeshire Historical Society, No.4 1990/91 Welsh Journals Online
Parish map (Kain/Oliver)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SN205308 (Lat/Lon: 51.946585, -4.613486), Llanfyrnach 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.
Places, villages, farms etc within Llanfyrnach parish as shown on the online parish map from the CD of Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. (Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R.). (Extracted by Peter D Hall)
- Llanfyrnach [14]; Benney, Blaiddbwll, Brynteg Fm, Bwlch-gwynt, Bwlch-sais, Crymmych Arms, Clawdd-du, Caer, Glan-dwr, Glogue Sta, Graig, Gwndwn, Hermon, Llanfyrnach, Maen Gwyn Hir, Maes-y-garn, Nant-y-geifr, Pant-y-Gwyddel, Pant-y-gwndwn, Pentre-galar, Pont-y-Gafel, Pwll-glas, Rhyd-y-gath, Silver Lead Mine, Tre-Henry, Tre-Howel, Troyan, Ty-coed
Llanfyrnach Silver-Lead Mine (Linked site forbidden 8/2023) circa 1752 to 1890 ; based on a presentation and display for the Local History Festival, Llanfyrnach Parish Church, 8 April 1999. Well worth a visit, includes personal names.
"The Llanfyrnach Silver Lead Mine is situated on either side of the Afon Taf 650 metres north east of Llanfyrnach Parish Church, near Crymych, and is partially within Clydey parish at NGR SN 225316......................"
See also the diaries of Williams, David, a carpenter working for Lewis Evans at the Llanfyrnach Mine. The diaries have been published in part in Clebran (papur bro'r Preseli) Rhif 235, Ionawr 1996.
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Mine plans, Pembrokeshire (non-coal) "Plans relating to Llanfyrnach lead mines, Crymych, and Green Hill ochre mine, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, 1883-1919"