Killybebill or Cilypebyll, Glamorgan
Historical Description
Killybebill or Cilypebyll, a parish in Glamorgan, on the river Tawe, 5 miles N of Neath. Post town, Alltwen, under Swansea; money order and telegraph office, Pontar-dawe. Acreage, 3982; population, 2006. The manor belonged formerly to the Herberts and the Turbervilles. Plas Cilypebyll is the chief residence. There are large collieries. A bridge, by Edwards, the builder of the celebrated bridge at Pontypridd, with one arch of 80 feet in width, spans the Tawe at Pontardawe. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff; gross value, £120 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church was rebuilt in 1869. There is a Congregational chapel, and also a chapel of ease at Alltwen.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Registration district | Neath | 1837 - 1875 |
Registration district | Pontardawe | 1875 - 1934 |
Registration district | West Glamorgan | 1935 - 1974 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Killybebill or Cilypebyll from 1837 to 1875 you should search for the Neath Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Killybebill or Cilypebyll from 1875 to 1934 you should search for the Pontardawe Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Killybebill or Cilypebyll from 1935 to 1974 you should search for the West Glamorgan Registration District.
Maps
Online maps of Killybebill or Cilypebyll are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online: