Llanfabon, Glamorgan
Historical Description
Llanfabon, a parish in Glamorgan, on the rivers Taff and Rhymney, near the Merthyr Tydfil Canal and the boundary with Monmouthshire, 2 miles SW of Llancaiach station on the G.W. and Rhymney Joint railway, and 5 miles NNE of Pontypridd. It contains the village of Nelson, which has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Treharris (R.S.O.) Acreage, 5400; population of the civil parish, 3037; of the ecclesiastical, 2753. The surface is hilly. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff; gross value, £128 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Llandaff. The church is dedicated to St Mabon, and was rebuilt in 1848. There are chapels of ease at St Cynon and Nelson. Ystrad Mynach, which is partly in this parish, was formed into a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1890. There are Baptist, Congregational, Calvinistic Methodist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan 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 - 1863 |
Registration district | Pontypridd | 1863 - 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 Llanfabon:
Parish | Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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Llanfabon | 1769-1812 | 1857-1922 | 1769-1951 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanfabon from 1837 to 1863 you should search for the Merthyr Tydfil Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanfabon from 1863 to 1934 you should search for the Pontypridd Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanfabon from 1935 to 1974 you should search for the East Glamorgan Registration District.
Maps
Online maps of Llanfabon 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: