Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales Genealogy
Guide to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: civil registration, census records, and parish register transcripts.
History[edit | edit source]
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.[1]
For further information on Aberystwyth see Genuki - Aberystwyth
| Aberystwyth Parish | |
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| 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 |
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Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Parish Registers[edit | edit source]
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Parish Chest[edit | edit source]
Vestry minutes (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].
Church warden accounts (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].
Tithe Records[edit | edit source]
The tithe agreement date for Aberystwyth was DATE.
Nonconformist Chapel Records[edit | edit source]
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Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
The Civil Registration District for Aberystwyth is DATESANDNAMESCIVREG.
Estates[edit | edit source]
Genealogies[edit | edit source]
Medieval Community Trees[edit | edit source]
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Visit the England and Wales Poor Law Records page for more information.
Published Sources[edit | edit source]
Record Compilations[edit | edit source]
Research Facilities[edit | edit source]
Archives[edit | edit source]
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1849), pp. 12-25. Adapted. Date accessed: 17 January 2014.