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Llantwit Vardre, Glamorgan

Historical Description

Llantwit Vardre, a parish in Glamorgan, on the river Taff, 4½ miles W by S of Caerphilly, and 4½ S of Pontypridd. It has a station on the Taff Vale railway and a post and money order office under Pontypridd; telegraph office, Llantwit railway station. It contains part of Pontypridd. Acreage, 5412, of which 56 are water; population of the civil parish, 8845; of the ecclesiastical, 1564. There are collieries and ironworks. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Llantrisant. The church is very ancient and is one of the three supposed to have been founded by St Illtyd, St Dyfodwg, and St Wonno, the other two churches being Ystradyfodwg and Llanwonno.

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 districtCardiff1837 - 1863
Registration districtPontypridd1863 - 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 Llantwit Fardre:

ParishBaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
Llantwit Fardre1776-1912  1776-1949

Civil Registration

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

For births, marriages, and deaths in Llantwit Vardre from 1837 to 1863 you should search for the Cardiff Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llantwit Vardre from 1863 to 1974 you should search for the Pontypridd Registration District.


Maps

Online maps of Llantwit Vardre are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online:

CountyRhondda Cynon Taf
RegionSouth Wales
CountryWales
Postal districtCF38
Post TownPontypridd

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