Crai, Breconshire, Wales Genealogy
History[edit | edit source]
CRAY (CRAI), a chapelry, in the parish and hundred of Devynock, union and county of Brecknock, South Wales, 9½ miles (W.) from Brecknock. It is situated at the junction of the small river Cray with the Usk, which latter is here crossed by a bridge. The chapel, dedicated to St. Ilid, and sometimes called the chapel of Llan-Ilid, stands in the vale, on the eastern declivity of an eminence, and close to the left bank of the Cray rivulet. There is a place of worship for Calvinistic Methodists.[1]
Crai/Cray - an ancient chapelry in Defynnog parish, possibly without own PR before 1813.
There is a reference to "Llanilid/Llanulid parish church" in the context of Crai (see also the National Gazetteer entry). Consent was given to rebuild the 'ruinated chapel called Llanthew chapel otherwise Cray chapel in 1752' (NLW) For more information see Defynnog, Breconshire at Genuki.org.uk.
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| Civ Reg District | Brecknock (1881) |
| Reg Sub-district | Devynnock (1881) |
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| Chapelry | add here |
| Poor Law Union | Brecknock |
| Hundred | Devynnock |
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Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
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 Crai was DATE.
Nonconformist Chapel Records[edit | edit source]
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Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
The Civil Registration District for Crai is DATES AND NAMES CIV REG.
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Medieval Community Trees[edit | edit source]
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Visit the England and Wales Poor Law Records page for more information.
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1849), pp. 262-273. Adapted. Date accessed: 23 January 2014.