Gelligaer, Glamorgan
Historical Description
Gelligaer, a village and a parish in Glamorgan. The village stands on an eminence on the E border of the county, between the rivers Rhymney and Clydach, 1½ mile E of Pen-;gam station on the L. & N.W. and Rhymney, and the Brecon , .and Merthyr railways, and 14 miles N by W of Cardiff, and i has a post office under Cardiff; money order office, Pengam; telegraph office, Maes-y-Cwmmer. A Roman camp was here, ] and gave occasion for the suffix "gaer;" and a Roman road , went hence, and has left some traces. The parish includes i the hamlets of Hengoed, Garthgwynid, Ysgwyddgwyn, Cefn .and Brithdir, and the villages of Pontlottyn, Bargoed, Bed-il-inog, Deri, Fochriw, Tirphil, and Troedyfuwch. Acreage, 16,772; population, 12,754. Several old houses are in the parish, and one of these, now a farmhouse, near Llancaiach, is said to have given a night's lodging to Charles I. A 'battle was fought here between the Welsh and the Normans in 1094. Coal mining is carried on extensively. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £200 with iresidence. The parish church, dedicated to St Cadocus, stands on high ground, and has a square tower visible-at a great distance. It was restored in 1867. Pontlottyn was formed into a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1870. The living is a vicarage in the gift of the Rector of Gelligaer;½ro&s value, £200. There are also churches at Brithdir, Bargoed, Bedlinog, Deri, Fochriw, Troedyfuwch, Trelewis, Tirphil, Newtown, and Gwerthonor, and numerous dissenting "chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Registration district | Merthyr Tydfil | 1837 - 1934 |
Registration district | East Glamorgan | 1935 - 1974 |
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 Gelligaer:
Parish | Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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Gelligaer | 1812-1907 | 1904-1920 | 1812-1922 |
Maps
Online maps of Gelligaer 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
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