- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Llangeinor (Welsh: Llangeinwyr) is a small village and a geographically large parish located in the Garw Valley around 5 miles north of Bridgend in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. The ward population taken at the 2011 UK census was 1,243.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Llangeinor from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "LLANGEINOR, a parish in Bridgend [registration] district, Glamorgan; on the rivers Ogmore and Garw, 5 miles N by E of Bridgend [railway] station. It contains the villages of Abergarw, Newmill, and Roughmill; and its post town is Bridgend. Acres: 6,710. Real property: £1,395. Population: 363. Houses: 75. Coal, iron, and limestone abound. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Llandaff. Value: £71. Patron: R. M. Talbot, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Gwinear. Charities, £12."
Abergarw is also in St. Bride's Minor, the parish to the south.
Research Tips
- 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
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These maps were found on Wikimedia Commons
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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
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