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Llandilo Talybont, Glamorgan

Historical Description

Llandilo Talybont, a parish in Glamorgan, on the river Loughor, at the boundary with Carmarthenshire, 6 miles NE of Llanelly, containing the villages of Pontardulais and Gorseinon. Pontardulais has a station on the G.W.R. and L. & N.W.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office (R.S.O.) Gorseinon, about 4 miles S, has a station on the L & N.W.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office (R.S.O.) A fair is held on the last Tuesday of each month. Acreage, 7530 of land and 269 of water, including 194 of foreshore; population, 4634. Coal abounds, and there are tinplate and chemical works and foundries. Traces of an ancient camp are near the river. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St David's; net value, £158 with residence. The church was erected in 1851 and restored in 1879. The old church is now disused. There are Baptist, Calvinistic Methodist, Congregational, and Wesleyan chapels. Gorseinon has a chapel of ease, and Congregational, Baptist, and Calvinistic Methodist chapels.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

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

Registration districtSwansea1837 - 1934
Registration districtWest Glamorgan1935 - 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 Llandeilo Talybont:

ParishBaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
Llandeilo Talybont  1923-1927 

Civil Registration

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

For births, marriages, and deaths in Llandilo Talybont from 1837 to 1934 you should search for the Swansea Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llandilo Talybont from 1935 to 1974 you should search for the West Glamorgan Registration District.


Newspapers and Periodicals

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