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"PENEGOES, or PENEGWEST, a parish in the hundred of MACHYNLLETH, county of MONTGOMERY, NORTH WALES, l 1/2 mile (E.) from Machynlleth, containing 826 inhabitants. This parish is said to derive its name from one of the petty sovereigns of Wales, named Egwest, who was beheaded near the church : it is situated in a very mountainous district in the western part of the county, and is intersected by the river Dovey ... The church, dedicated to St. Cadvarch, ... 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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Morgan, Wendy. Caeheulon and the parish of Penegoes : a collection of archive material for the family historian. Machynlleth : Coch-y-bonddu Books, 2003. 398p. Cover subtitle: the story of a Welsh farmhouse.Parish of Darowen: Beerseba C.M. Chapel, Melinbyrhedyn,Ty Cerrig W.M. Chapel, Commins Coch, Darowen Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Nebo Ind. Chapel, Cemmaes Road, Bethesda Chapel, Penegoes, Saron W.M. Chapel, Abercegir, Seion Baptist Chapel, Talywern: memorial inscriptions. [S.1.] : Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society , 2001.
Sheringham, J D T. Machynlleth and Penegoes land tax 1794, MONT. Q/RE L2 - N.L.W. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 73 (1985), p. 135-43
Victorian Powys for schools site - Census figures for Penegoes parish 1841-1901
Aberhosan Welsh Independent Chapel, Aberhosan |
Ebenezer Chapel, Penegoes (Welsh Independent) |
Penegoes Chapel (Calvinistic Methodist), Penegoes |
Penegoes Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan;Bethesda), Penegoes |
Rhyd-Y-Felin Chapel (Calvinistic Methodist;Beerseba), Melinbyrhedyn |
Friends' Meeting House And Burial Ground;Clawdd Quakers, Dolcaradog |
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 8085 acres; Population 479 males, 449 females, total 928
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Church of St Cadfarch, Penegoes on the Montgomeryshire Churches Survey site
Independent churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site - Ebeneser
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Aberhosan section (in Welsh) has been extracted - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Dec 2010) Also Penegos chapel - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Dec 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 1679-1993; Marriages 1679-1970; Burials 1679-1869; Banns 1823-1877
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
Melin Crewi watermill, Penegoes c 1930 - on the People's Collection Wales site
- The transcription of the section for Penegoes 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 Penegoes to another place.
Map of Montgomeryshire parishes on Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society's site - shows dioceses
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SN820963 (Lat/Lon: 52.551979, -3.741274), Penegoes 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.
Baling hay at Brynffynnon, Penegoes, Machynlleth - on the People's Collection Wales site
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Mines and Quarries Inspectorate Montgomeryshire records "Arranged into the following: Cwm Ricket and Maesnant lead mines, Llanidloes; Llanidloes, near Brynposteg Hill; Van Central, Llanidloes; Bwylch Creolan Mine, Pen-y-bont Fawr; Dyfngwm Mines, Hirnant Minerals Ltd; West Llangynog Mine; Dylife Mine, Llechwedd Ddu Mine, Penegoes"
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Penegoes Parish and Community Council records 1971-1987
Penegoes School Children, 1911 - on the People's Collection Wales site
Penegoes School, Machynlleth, 1915 - on the People's Collection Wales site