Place:Llan giwg, Glamorgan, Wales

source: Family History Library Catalog

source: Family History Library Catalog

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Llan giwg from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"LLANGUICK, or LLANCIWG, a parish in Neath [registration] district, Glamorgan; on the river Tawe, the Swansea canal, and the railway up the Tawe valley, 5½ miles NW by N of Neath. It contains the hamlets of Alltgreig, Blaenegel, Caergwrwain, and Mawr; and its Post town is Neath. Acres: 12,550. Real property: £13,991; of which £4,487 are in mines, £2,000 in ironworks, and £66 in railways. Population in 1851: 4,229; in 1861: 7,983. Houses: 1,530. The increase of population arose mainly from the opening of new collieries, and from the extension of the iron trade. The property is subdivided. Coal, culm, anthracite, and ironstone are worked. The living is a [perpetual] curacy, in the diocese of St. David's. Value: £103. Patron: F. E. Lloyd, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Ciwg, and is of fair character. A portion of the chapelry of Cwmamman, with a population of 1,645 in 1861, is within the parish."

As yet an article has not been found in Wikipedia. Llan-gwig was in Pontardawe Rural District from 1894 until 1974 and is now part of Neath Port Talbot County Borough. The parish included the village of Place:Ystalyfera, Glamorgan, Wales|Ystalyfera]].

Research Tips

F. E. Lloyd is also mentioned in Wikipedia article on Cilybebyll and this may be why the place is mentioned in the following research tips.

• The parish registers have been transcribed and published by the The Glamorgan Family History Society. Cwmllynfell chapel registers are available on microfilm through the family History Library and The National Archives. Some chapels in the parish such as Saron and Gwrhyd have not turned registers of births, marriages or burials into the county or national record offices. Monumental inscriptions for Saron and Gwrhyd chapels have been published by the The Glamorgan Family History Society.
• Land tax assessments will be found grouped under the name of the hundred (Llangyfelach) in which the parish was situated.
• Land and property records such as the Cilybebyll deeds collection at the National Library of Wales provide details about families in the parish for a wide range of years. These deeds have extracts that are searchable on the National Library of Wales web site, on the ISYS Web search page.
• GENUKI on Glamorgan Lots of leads to other sources and descriptions of former parishes.
• The FamilySearch Wiki on Glamorgan has recently been updated (early 2016) and looks remarkably like Wikipedia. Their map "Glamorgan Parish Map.jpg" enlarges to show all the original parishes. The sub-section "Parishes of Historic Glamorgan" lists all the parishes of Glamorgan and the newer preserved counties and principal areas in both English and Welsh. (Currently this website is still under construction.)

Maps

The first three maps are provided by A Vision of Britain through Time

• A map of 1832 showing larger towns and some villages (not as good as the England county maps in this series).
• Ordnance Survey map of Glamorgan illustrating the parishes, rural districts, urban districts and boroughs as revised to 1899.
• A 1930s Ordnance Survey map of Glamorgan illustrating the parishes, rural districts, urban districts and boroughs as revised to 1944.

These maps were found on Wikimedia Commons

• Glamorgan Administrative Map 1947 separating the various types of administrations with colour coding. These division were most likely in place until 1974.
• A map of Wales outlining the prinicipal areas of Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan
• A map of Wales outlining the prinicipal areas of West Glamorgan
• A map of the Vale of Glamorgan principal area with the western part of Cardiff included

These maps of Glamorgan post-1974 were found on another site and are very useful for sorting out the up-to-date geography of the area

• A map of West Glamorgan showing the two principal areas and the towns located in them.
• A map of South Glamorgan showing the two principal areas and the towns located in them.
• A map of Bridgend, Merthyr and Rhondda showing the three principal areas and the towns located in them. The description states that this is "formerly part of Mid Glamorgan".
• A map of Caerphilly, Blaenau and Torfean showing the three principal areas and the towns located in them.