- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Rudry (Welsh: Rhydri) is a small village and community (or civil parish) located to the east of Caerphilly in Wales. As a community Rudry contains not only the village of Rudry, but also the villages of Draethen, Garth and Waterloo. The population of the community at the 2011 UK census was 1,053.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Rudry from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "RUDDRY, a parish in Cardiff [registration] district, Glamorgan; 2¼ miles E by S of Caerphilly [railway] station. Post-town: Caerphilly, under Cardiff. Acres: 2,639. Real property: £3,236; of which £846 are in mines. Population: 329. Houses: 73. The property is divided among a few. There is a mineral spring. The living is a [perpetual] curacy, annexed to the rectory of Bedwas, in the diocese of Llan-daff. The church is not good."
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.)
- Where to find local archives in the Caerphilly area
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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