Llandow, Glamorgan

Historical Description

Llandow, a parish in Glamorgan, 3 miles W by S of Cowbridge. Post town, Cowbridge. Acreage, 1119; population, 117. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff; gross value, £266 with residence. Patrons, Jesus College, Oxford. The church is ancient, and was repaired in 1889.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

Findmypast, in conjunction with the National Library of Wales and the Welsh County Archivists Group, have the following parish records online for Llandow:

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

For births, marriages, and deaths in Llandow from 1837 to 1970 you should search for the Bridgend Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llandow from 1970 to 1974 you should search for the Mid Glamorgan Registration District.

Maps

Online maps of Llandow 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:

• South Wales Daily News
• The Cardiff Times
• Western Mail
• South Wales Echo