Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales Genealogy

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Ceredigion

Parishes of Historic Cardiganshire

Aberystwyth

Guide to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: civil registration, census records, and parish register transcripts.

History

Aberystwyth is a seaside town, community and ecclesiastical parish in Ceredigion, Wales.

Before 1974 the town was in the historic county of Cardiganshire and, between 1974 and 1996 in the County of Dyfed. In 1996 it became part of the modern county of Ceredigion.

Aberystwyth is an important educational centre, with both Aberystwyth University and the National Library of Wales sited in the town.

ABERYSTWITH (ABER-YSTWYTH), a sea-port, borough, market town, and chapelry, in the parish of LLAN BADARN-VAWR, locally, in the lower division of the hundred of GENEU'R, GLYN, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 38 miles (N.E.) from Cardigan, and 208 (W. N.W.) from London. This place, from its having been fortified at a very early period, and also forming part of the ancient parish of Llanbadarn Vawr, was originally called Llan-Badarn Gaerog; whilst the small ancient village of Aber-ystwith was situated to the west of it, on ground now covered by the sea, and on the bank of the Ystwyth, into which river the Rheidol probably emptied itself, at some distance from the ocean. Many years before the erection of Old St. Michael's chapel, which was taken down in 1836, the town appears to have been deprived of a church or chapel by the encroachments of the sea. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists, and Roman Catholics.

For further information on Aberystwyth see Genuki - Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth Parish
Jurisdictions
County bef 1974	Cardiganshire
County 1 Apr 1974-31 Mar 1996	Dyfed
County 1 Apr 1996 -	Ceredigion
Civ Reg District	Aberystwith (1881)
Reg Sub-district	Aberystwith (1881)
Probate Court	add here
Diocese	St. David's (1864)
Rural Deanery	Cardigan (1864)
Chapelry	add here
Poor Law Union	Aberystwyth
Hundred	GENEU'R
Province	Canterbuty (1864)
Hamlets	add here

Resources

Cemeteries

Census Records

Church Records

Parish Registers

Church of Wales Chapels and Parish Registers
Parish		Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
PARISH NAME		[URL YEARS]		[URL YEARS]		[URL YEARS]
PARISH NAME		[URL YEARS]		[URL YEARS]		[URL YEARS]
PARISH NAME		[URL YEARS]		[URL YEARS]		[URL YEARS]
Bishop's Transcripts
Bishop Transcripts: Christenings, Marriages, Burials and Christenings and Burials		[URL YEARS]

Parish Chest

Vestry minutes (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Church warden accounts (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Tithe Records

The tithe agreement date for Aberystwyth was DATE.

Nonconformist Chapel Records

XXXX-XXXX denotes that the information has not been compiled yet.

Chapel	Denomination	Year Founded	Baptism	Marriage	Death
CHAPELNAME	DENOMINATION	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]
CHAPELNAME	DENOMINATION	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]
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CHAPELNAME	DENOMINATION	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]

Civil Registration

The Civil Registration District for Aberystwyth is DATESANDNAMESCIVREG.

Estates

Genealogies

Medieval Community Trees

Poor Law Unions

Visit the England and Wales Poor Law Records page for more information.

Published Sources

Record Compilations

Research Facilities

Archives

Libraries

Websites

References