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Maesyfed / New Radnor
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"RADNOR (NEW), or MAES - YVED, a borough and parish, having exclusive jurisdiction, and formerly of sufficient importance to have given its name to the county of RADNOR, SOUTH WALES, 8 miles (W. S. W.) from Presteign, and 157 (W. N. W.) from London, containing 472 inhabitants. Its Welsh name, signifying "the imbibing meadow,", is derived from the circumstance of the little river Somergil sinking into the earth in its vicinity, .............. Though at present little more than an inconsiderable village, it was anciently a place of some importance, and most probably owed its origin to the erection of a castle here by the Mortimers...........The present town is situated on the banks of the small river Somergil, near its descent from the mountains into the Vale of Radnor, and consists only of a few houses ............. With the exception of a few maltsters and handicraftsmen the entire population is engaged in agriculture. The market, formerly held on Tuesday, after several ineffectual attempts to revive it, has altogether fallen into disuse. Fairs are held annually on August 14th and October 28th and 29th, ...........The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's books at £ 13. 10. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, ........... The poor are maintained by an average annual expenditure amounting to £ 192. " ( A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, Samuel Lewis, 1833)
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Cole, E J L New Radnor town charters Radnorshire Society Transactions Vol 23 1953 Welsh Journals OnlineCole, E J L New Radnor murage grant, 1283 Radnorshire Society Transactions Vol 27 1957 Welsh Journals Online
Cole, E J L Account of the keeper of Radnor Castle, 9-10 Edward III Radnorshire Society Transactions vol. 33 1963 Welsh Journals Online
Downie, J A Robert Harley, Sir Rowland Gwynne, and the New Radnor Election of 1690 Radnorshire Society Transactions vol. 46 1976 Welsh Journals Online
Howse, William H. Radnor old and new. Kington : Mid-Border Books, 1989. 54p
Howse, W H New Radnor Radnorshire Society Transactions Vol 18 1948 Welsh Journals Online
Howse, William H. Some historical notes on New Radnor. Leominster : Leominster Printing Co, [19--] 8p
Howse, W H The church at New Radnor Radnorshire Society Transactions vol. 15 1945 Welsh Journals Online
Howse, W H The last royal visit to Radnor Castle Radnorshire Society Transactions Vol 24 1954 Welsh Journals Online & vol. 70 2000 Welsh Journals Online
Howse, W H The Harley V. Lewis affray at New Radnor in 1693 Radnorshire Society Transactions Vol 26 1956 Welsh Journals Online
Howese, W H A family feud at New Radnor and its results Radnorshire Society Transactions Vol 28 1958 Welsh Journals Online
Howse, W H New Radnor Castle Radnorshire Society Transactions Vol 28 1958 Welsh Journals Online
Jones, Nigel W. Excavations at the Porth, New Radnor, 1991-2. Transactions of the Radnorshire Society 63 (1993), p. 38-41
Lloyd, Alun R The Anglicisation of Welsh place names in the New Radnor area Radnorshire Society Transactions vol. 19 1949 Welsh Journals Online
Matthews, D Hugh. Bedyddwyr (Baptists) Maesyfed yn y 17eg ganrif : gwers mewn goddefgarwch. Trafodion Cymdeithas Hanes y Bedyddwyr (1986), p. 1-13
Morgan, Richard. Enwau lleoedd Buallt a Maesyfed. Capel Garmon : Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1993.
Oliver, Reginald C B. The Lewis family of Downtown [sic] House, New Radnor, 1758-1858. Radnorshire Society Transactions, vol. 61 1991 Welsh Journals Online
OLiver, R C B The complaint of New Radnor church Radnorshire Society Transactions Vol 48 1978 Welsh Journals Online
Owain Glyndwr ym Maesyfed. Llafar Gwlad 41 (1993), p. 17
Oppitz, Leslie. When the train ran to New Radnor. Country Quest (January 1996), p. 22-3
Silvester, R J. New Radnor on old maps. Radnorshire Society Transactions, vol. 64 1994 Welsh Journals Online
Smith, Laurence. New Radnor : the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace 1827-1886. New Radnor : Picture it, 2002. 49p
The monument to Sir George Cornewall Lewis at New Radnor Radnorshire Society Transactions vol. 14 1944 Welsh Journals Online
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. New Radnor Parish (Diocese Hereford); Statistics; Area 3342 acres; Population 249 males, 232 females, total 481
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See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph of New Radnor St Mary
See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data re St Mary's Church
Church of St Mary, New Radnor on the Radnorshire Churches Survey site
New Radnor church interior on the People's Collection Wales site
New Radnor church in 1828 on the People's Collection Wales site
Baptist chapel New Radnor on the People's Collection Wales site
Presbyterian church New Radnor on the People's Collection Wales site
Detailed information on deposited registers and transcripts for this parish is given on the Powys Archives page Radnorshire 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 1644-1903; Marriages 1644-1971; Burials 1644-1918; Banns 1823-1942
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 Hereford Archives and/or Powys Archives
New Radnor Castle on the Castle Wales site
Aerial photograph of New Radnor, 2001 - on the People's Collection Wales site
Aerial photograph of Black Mixen round barrow, New Radnor, 2001 - on the People's Collection Wales site
The transcription of the section for Maesyfed / New Radnor 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 Maesyfed / New Radnor to another place.
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- New Radnor Borough Charters "Charter of incorporation of the borough of New Radnor,Radnorshire, 1562, and charter of re-incorporation, 1739."
Sheep Dipping in New Radnor c1910 on the People's Collection Wales site
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
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
Victorian Powys for schools site - Map of New Radnor in 1904, and 1835
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SO221615 (Lat/Lon: 52.245799, -3.14239), Maesyfed / New Radnor 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;
- New Radnor (Maesyfed) Parish and Community Council Records 1894-1988
- New Radnor Rural District Council Records 1906-1974
The school New Radnor on the People's Collection Wales site