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"CARNO, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of LLANIDLOES, county of MONTGOMERY, NORTH WALES, 11 miles (W. N. W.) from Newtown, containing 1010 inhabitants. ... The village is situated on the road from Newtown to Machynlleth : ... The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is an unadorned stone edifice, rebuilt in 1807: it formerly belonged to the knights of St. John of Jerusalem, who are said to have had a house near it. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, and Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. ... " [A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833]
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Carno in camera : [a collection of photographs to celebrate the Millennium]. Carno] : Carno Recreation Association, 2000. 44pDathliad Canmlwyddiant Eglwys y Creigfryn, Carno : 1811 hyd 1911. Bala : Argraffwyd gan H. Evans, [1912?] 41p
Davies, Mrs Andrew (Ty Mawr) The History of the parish of Carno Collections historical & archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire Vol 33 1904 Welsh Journals Online
Davies, Evan. Cofiant y Parchedig Joseph Thomas, Carno. Dolgellau : Argraffwyd gan E.W. Evans, 1911. 340p Parish of Carno: Parish Church of St.John the Baptist, Creigfryn Independent Chapel, Cwm Llwyd Baptist Chapel, Peniel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Rhyd Congregational Chapel, Soar Independent Chapel: memorial inscriptions. [S.1.] : Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society , c2000 . 130p
Richards, Thomas. Hanes dechreuad a chynydd yr ysgol Sabbothol yn mhlwyf Carno, Maldwyn : traethawd gwobrwyedig yn Nghylchwyl Lenyddol Carno, Nadolig 1869. Drefnewydd [Newtown] : Cyhoeddedig gan bwyllgor y Chyfarfod Llenyddol; argraffwyd gan H. Parry, [1870?] 20p
Victorian Powys for schools site - Census figures for Carno parish 1841-1901
| St John the Baptist, Carno |
| Amaria Baptist Chapel, Cwmllwyd |
Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP, 1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants. Parish statistics; Area 10982 acres; Population 456 males, 452 females, total 908
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See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data re
- St John's Church
- Peniel CM Chapel
St. John the Baptist church and cemetery, Carno - on the People's Collection Wales site
Church of St John the Baptist, Carno on the Montgomeryshire Churches Survey site
Independent churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site - Creigfryn, and Soar
Church/chapel photographs - on the People's Collection Wales site
- House and chapel, Carno
- The Congregational chapel and a house, Carno, with two men standing outside
- Wesleyan Sunday school, Carno c 1885
- St John's chapel (W), Carno
- CARNO WELSH CALVINISTIC METHODIST CHAPEL (PENIEL), A470, CARNO
Calvinistic Methodist (Presbyterian) churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site - Penuel
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Carno section (in Welsh) has been extracted - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Aug 2009)
Detailed information on deposited registers and transcripts for this parish is given on the Powys Archives page Montgomeryshire parish registers
As a guide only, the principal extant parochial church records for this parish span the dates shown below (as detailed in Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 2000) but exact current holdings should be confirmed with the individual Archives;
- Baptisms 1638-47, 1661-87, 1699-1716, 1718-1724, 1736-1809; Marriages 1638-47, 1661-86, 1699-1724, 1736-1837; Burials 1638-47, 1661-86, 1699-1724, 1736-1809, 1813-1916; Banns 1823-1975
Parish Registers, or copies, for all or part of these dates are held at the NLW, and/or Powys Archives.
Bishops Transcripts for various periods are held at the NLW
Stone Wrist Guard - on the People's Collection Wales site
Carno Dwyrhiw: Garreg-hir above Carno - on the RCAHM site
- The transcription of the section for Carno from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Carno to another place.
The Welsh dialect of Carno, Montgomeryshire (audio) - on the People's Collection Wales site
Map of Montgomeryshire parishes on Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society's site - shows dioceses
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SN957984 (Lat/Lon: 52.573148, -3.540129), Carno which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Carno Parish Council records 1927-1972
School related photographs - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Group portrait of girls and teacher [Carno school]
- Group portrait of boys and teachers [Carno school]
- Girls at Carno school, 1890
- Boys, Y Fan mine school, Carno
- Girls, Y Fan mine school, Carno (1890)
- Boys, Carno school (1890)
Various group photographs - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Members of Carno Women's Institute at Plas Llysyn, Carno [1909?]
- A group of men, a boy, and women, one of whom is holding a baby, standing in front of a draper and grocer's shop [Lloyd's Stores, Carno]
- Numerous individuals, donkeys, a horse and carts outside a building [Mill, Carno]
- Mr John Ashton and his family and workers, Carno [outside shop]