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"LLANSANTFRAID YN MECHAN (LLAN-SANTFRAID-YN-MECHAIN), a parish partly in the upper division of the hundred of DEYTHUR, and partly in the lower division of the hundred of POOL, county of MONTGOMERY, NORTH WALES, 6 miles (E. by N.) from Llanvyllin, containing 1365 inhabitants, of which number, 808 are in the main body of the parish, on the northern side of the river Vyrnwy, and the remainder in the several townships of Collvryn, Llanerchila, Tredderwen-Vawr, and Trewylan, on the southern side of the same stream : the portions in the several hundreds maintain their poor by a separate assessment. ... The church, which appears to have been built at different periods, is a neat structure, ..." [A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833]
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Victorian Powys for schools site - Census figures for Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain parish 1841-1901
| Bethesda Independent Chapel, Llansanffraid-Ym-Mechain |
| Pen-Y-Groes Welsh Independent Chapel, Llanerch Emrys |
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. Llansaintffraid Parish consisting of Llansaintffraid, Collfryn Township, Llanerchila Township, Tredderwenfawr Township and Trewylan Township - Statistics; Area 6065 acres; Population 613 males, 583 females, total 1196
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Church of St Ffraid, Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain on the Montgomeryshire Churches Survey site
Wesleyan churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site - Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain
Calvinistic Methodist (Presbyterian) churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site - Zion
Bethesda chapel (Cong), Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain - on the People's Collection Wales site
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for Penygroes chapel (in Welsh ) - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Feb 2010) Also Llansantffraid chapel - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Feb 2010)
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 1582-1615, 1653-4, 1656, 1665, 1680, 1712-1750, 1757-1911; Marriages 1582-1615, 1674-1750, 1754-1970; Burials 1582-1615, 1666, 1668-1750, 1757-1851, 1898-1993
Parish Registers, or copies, for all or part of these dates are held at the NLW, SOG and/or Powys Archives.
Bishops Transcripts for various periods are held at the NLW, Denbighshire Archives and/or Flintshire Archives
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Gwern-y-pant Church, Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain, records 1900-2001 "The Calvinistic Methodist cause began in the parish of Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain around 1797. At first, meetings were held at Gwernypant, a dwelling house owned by Thomas Pryce.In 1815 Pryce gave land for the purpose of erecting a meeting house and donated a sum of money towards the building fund. The chapel, incorporating a house which stood on the original site, was erected in 1816. Extensive alterations were made to the building in 1868. Originally a Welsh chapel, Gwern-y-pant became an English cause in 1863. The chapel was closed in June 2001."
- The transcription of the section for Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain 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 Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain to another place.
Davies' stores, (Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain?) - 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 SJ220204 (Lat/Lon: 52.77553, -3.157704), Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain which are provided by:
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Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain Women's Institute bulb and handicraft show - on the People's Collection Wales site