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"MACHEN, a parish chiefly in the lower division of the hundred of Wentllooge, county Monmouth, but partly in the hundred of Caerphilly, county Glamorgan, 5 miles N.W. of Newport, its post town. It is situated between the Rumney and Ebbs, and includes the hamlets of Upper and Lower Machen, and Rhydgwern. Here are mines from which are obtained calamine, coal, iron, and lead. The principal seat of industry is Upper Machen, where there are extensive iron and tin works, a foundry, and the works of the Rumney Railway Company. The Monmouthshire canal, and the Rhymney and Tyrhowey railways, afford facility of conveyance to Newport." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
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- Bedwas and Machen Urban District official guide. Carshalton] : Home Publishing, [1972]
- Coleman, Delphine. Machen revisited. Stroud : Tempus Publishing, 2001. Images of Wales. 128p.
- Machen remembered. Chalford : Chalford Publishing, 1996. 128p. Chalford Oral History Series.
- Osborne. G A. Notes on an early cattle enclosure on Mynydd Machen. Gwent Local History. No. 91 2001 Welsh Journals Online
| Chapel (1), Adulam (Independent) |
| Chapel (2), Adulam (Independent) |
| Moriah Sunday School, Ochr-Chwith (Independent) |
Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by I.G Jones, & D. Williams. UWP, Cardiff, 1976. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants. Check with Gwent RO to see what extant records are held, and possible names of chapels/churches established after 1851. Machen Parish, consisting of the hamlets of Lower Machen, Upper Machen and Rhydgwen (the latter in the county of Glamorgan). Statistics; Area 4460 acres; Population 1172 males, 1038 females, total 2210
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See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data re St John the Baptist, Upper Machen
See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data re St Michael's Church, Lower Machen
- Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Siloam Chapel
- Siloam Chapel, demolition
- St Michael's Church
- St Michael's Roll of Honour 1914-18, 1998
- Adullam Chapel, demolition
- Opening of Pentecostal Church, March 1968
- Wesley Chapel, 2000
See the Monmouthshire county page for links to online records
- This list of parish records is intended as a rough guide to coverage only. Their location as stated should be confirmed with the appropriate Record Office prior to any visit.
[Details as published in The Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 1986 - present location/availability may vary] selected parish records.Machen, St Michael's Church - records with the NLW Baptisms Marriages Burials 1670-1850 1670-1837 1670-1849 Bishops Transcripts 1696, 1725-68, 1770-5, 1777-1828, 1830-77 - records with the NLW
- Machen - on wikipedia also Lower Machen
- Castell Machen - on castle wales
- Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site
- The transcription of the section for Machen from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Machen to another place.
- There is a large collection of items under the name "Machen Remembered", a random selection of these appear throughout these topics - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Receipt from Machen Tin Works 1872
- Machen station, track removal in 1988
- Rebuilding of Village Hall - opening day! nd
- Toll house, Lower Machen
Freehold plots and land for sale Machen 1925 - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Family Search have an interactive map called "England and Wales Jurisdictions 1851" showing parish (and other) boundaries with optional background maps such as Ordnance Survey. There is also a Search facility, do read the guidance notes to get maximum benefit from this useful resource. See here for further background information to assist in the interpretation of this data
- Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R., Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: History Data Service, UK Data Archive [distributor], 17 May 2001. SN: 4348. Here is a gazetteer/finding aid plus a set of overview maps to accurately identify the position of parishes within the county.
- Plan of the parish of Machen in the counties of Monmouth and Glamorgan - on the People's Collection Wales site
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST210895 (Lat/Lon: 51.598821, -3.141575), Machen 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.
1914/18 War, Welcome home. - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Machen Station
- Machen Corn Mill.
- Machen Quarry.
- Machen Quarry, workmen, 1930's.
- Quarry, ballast trucks
- Sinking of Machen pit
- Group of workmen at the Foundry near Machen Station
- Machen Co-operative Society shop, 1920's
- Lower Machen old Post Offic, c. 1910
- Tredegar Arms Hotel, c. 1900
- Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Machen School class c.1955
- Machen School Class, 1940's.
- Machen School Class, 1935/36
- Machen School Class, 1931/32.
- Machen School Class, 1930's
- Machen School Class 2 , infants, 1928/9.
- Machen School class, 1920's
- Machen School class, pre-1910
- Machen School Class, c. 1900
- Machen School Class, c.1897
- Machen School class, c. 1895
- Machen School Class 1890's
- Old School Playground, Dumb-bells
- Machen School, pupils and Brass Band
- School Report, Trevor Jones, 1930s
- Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Machen Soccer Team. nd
- Machen Rugby team c.1886, Machen Rugby team, 1899 & Machen Rugby Team, 1911-1912
- Machen Hockey team.nd
- Machen Bowls club.nd
- Machen Cricketers. nd
- Machen carnival, 1952.
- Machen Brownies, c.1960
- St John's Sunday School concert, 1947-48
- Girls Friendly Society, 1910-20's
- Siloam Social Centre, Opening on 25 June 1937
- Dance invitation, 1935
- British Legion parade