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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Trefilan St Hilary

 

The Parish

The parish of Trefilan lies in southern central Cardiganshire about 7 miles north of the market town of Lampeter. Trefilan sits on the B4337 road which connects the Carmarthenshire village of Llanybyther with Llanrhystud on the Cardiganshire coast. There is not much of a village at Trefilan, a congregation of farms and cottages marking the point where the B4337 leaves the valley of the Afon Aeron and begins its climb on to higher ground and a smaller cluster by the Aeron bridge at Tal Sarn. The area is a farming area dominated by pastoral farming, lush pastures on the valley floor of the Aeron are complemented by less rich hillsides. Two small watercourses, Nany y Fergi & Nant Rhiw Afallen, drain the short distance south to the Aeron which heads westwards to reach the Irish Sea through the port of Aberaeron. Trefilan is sited at around 90 metres above the sea, this is, however, hill country and land rises steadily to the north to reach a local height of 343 metres at the tumuli on Trichrug. Upland Cardiganshire is characterised by large parishes, Trefilan was midway between one of those and the smaller coastal examples, it covered around 2,200 acres and would have supported a population of just over 300 parishioners. Like most of Wales Trefilan was not recorded in Domesday Book which did not cover this area.


The Church

St Hilary's church sits just east of the B4337 at the very next road junction 30 metres or so to the east. Immediately opposite the church is the site of Castell Trefilan, a 12th century Norman motte. The present church is, sadly, not a mediaeval one but in fact is the third successor to whatever stood here at the start of this transcript. The church was rebuilt in 1806, again in 1834 and today's church was erected in the early 1880s so was not the building in which these events were recorded. A simple design of nave & chancel augmented by a southern porch is sufficient to meet the small congregation, the bellcote is unusual in being placed at junction of nave & chancel rather than at the western end. The churchyard, triangular in shape and thus not ancient, is surrounded by a low local stone wall topped by fencing, metal gates at the road junction grating access to a space with few obstructions to photography.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 31st January 1757 - 18th December 1811 Ceredigion Archives - Reference - PR/TRE/4 Plain, unruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 16th February 1813 - 14th February 1837 Ceredigion Archives - Reference - PR/TRE/3 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Cilcennin St Cenwyn
Cilcennin St Cenwyn
Llanbadarn Trefeglwys St Padarn
Cilcennin St Cenwyn
Nantcwnlle St Gwynlleu
Llanfihangel-Ystrad St Michael
Llanfihangel-Ystrad St Michael
Llanfihangel-Ystrad St Michael

1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830

Register Reference Date Groom Forename Groom Surname Groom Status Groom Abode Bride Forename Bride Surname Bride Status Bride Abode
31/01/1757 Jenkin EVAN     Posthuma DAVID    
30/10/1759 John DANIEL   Llanfihangel Ystrad Jane EVAN    
17/01/1760 Evan EDWARD     Mary DAVID   Llanddewi Brefi
11/06/1760 Evan DAVID     Jane DAVID    
17/12/1760 Jenkin EVAN     Elinor THOMAS    
07/07/1761 Evan JOHN   Llanfihangel Ystrad Hannah HUGH    
23/12/1761 Richard MORRIS   Llanrhystyd Elizabeth ROGERS    
29/04/1762 Morgan EVAN   Llanfihangel Ystrad Margaret ROBERT    
13/07/1762 John THOMAS   Llanfihangel Ystrad Mary HUGH    
16/02/1763 John DAVID   Nantcwnlle Mary DAVID    
09/09/1763 John WILLIAMS   Nantcwnlle Elizabeth LLOYD    
04/01/1764 Edward EVAN   Cilcennin Mary EDWARD    
26/11/1765 Evan JOHN   Llanddewi Brefi Mary DAVID    
13/05/1766 Evan DAVID   Llanfihangel Ystrad Catherine LLOYD    
12/11/1766 Morgan GRIFFITH     Ann REES    
24/11/1769 David LEWIS     Elizabeth RHYDDERCH    
27/11/1769 Morgan JOHN   Llanddewi Brefi Rachel EVAN    
22/12/1769 Lewis JOHN   Ciliau Aeron Margaret JOHN    
20/04/1770 John EVAN   Llanddewi Brefi Margaret HUGH    
18/01/1771 Morgan LEWIS     Jane JENKIN    
28/06/1771 David Williams HOPKINS Widower Llanbadarn Vawr Margaret ROGERS Single  
19/07/1771 Evan LEWIS   Llanddewi Brefi Mary JONES    
26/11/1773 John THOMAS   Ciliau Aeron Mary HUGH    
28/10/1774 Daniel DAVID   Llanfihangel Ystrad Mary OLIVER    
19/12/1775 David EDWARD     Mary EVAN    
08/04/1776 David MORGAN   Llanfihangel Ystrad Mary JENKIN    
19/04/1776 John DAVIES     Sarah JONES Single Nantcwnlle
02/07/1776 Stephen HUGHES     Mary JENKINS    
25/11/1777 Samuel JOHN     Mary DAVID    
08/12/1778 Samuel HECTOR   Nantcwnlle Jane DAVID    
19/01/1779 John JENKIN   Llanfihangel Ystrad Rachel DAVID    
22/01/1779 Rees DAVIES     Mary LLOYD    
27/12/1779 Jenkin EVAN     Ann HUGHES    
10/07/1780 Daniel JENKINS   Llanbadarn Trefeglwys Mary JOHN    
08/08/1780 William JENKIN   Llanbadarn Trefeglwys Posthuma DAVID    
06/02/1781 Nathaniel DAVID   Llanbadarn Odwyn Catherine JOHN    
09/07/1781 John MEREDITH     Sarah THOMAS    
09/12/1782 David EDWARD     Catherine JOHN    
17/12/1782 Morgan DAVID   Llanbadarn Trefeglwys Lettice JOHN    
10/05/1783 Jenkin HUGH     Mary THOMAS   Ciliau Aeron
11/07/1783 John WILLIAMS   Yspytty Ystwyth Jane ROGERS    
21/09/1783 David JENKIN   Llansawell, Carmarthenshire Sarah DAVIES    
13/12/1783 Evan JOHN   Llanerch Aeron Mary ZACHEUS    
08/09/1784 Thomas MORGAN   Llanfihangel Ystrad Ann SAMUEL    
22/11/1784 David EVANS   Dihewid Winifred ROGERS    
01/07/1785 John JONES   Nantcwnlle Mary DAVID    
09/05/1786 Evan EVANS     Elinor JOHN    
02/08/1786 Morgan REES   Llanddewi Brefi Ann DANIEL    
13/11/1786 David LEWIS Single Llanfaredd, Radnorshire Ann ROGERS Widow  
12/12/1786 Daniel HECTOR   Nantcwnlle Elizabeth MORGAN   Llanfihangel Ystrad
06/02/1787 David JENKIN     Mary DAVID    
29/03/1787 Evan AARON   Llansantffraid Elizabeth EVAN    
26/12/1787 Evan DAVID   Nantcwnlle Jane JENKIN    
26/04/1788 Joseph JONES   Nantcwnlle Lydia SIMS   Llanddewi Brefi
19/06/1789 Benjamin THOMAS     Jane HUGHES    
14/12/1792 David JOHN Single Llanerch Aeron Sara MORGAN Single  
31/12/1792 John JAMES     Mary HUGHES    
09/09/1793 David EVANS     Mary THOMAS    
04/11/1793 David EVAN     Jane JENKIN    
05/11/1793 Jenkin MORGAN   Nantcwnlle Rachel JOHN    
06/11/1793 David OWEN   Llanfihangel Ystrad Elizabeth MORGANS    
26/11/1793 David REES   Llanfihangel Ystrad Sarah THOMAS    
06/12/1793 David ARTHUR   Cilcennin Mary GRIFFITH    
31/12/1794 Owen BOWEN   Llanfihangel Ystrad Jane MORGAN    
08/05/1795 Jacob JOHN   Llanfihangel Ystrad Gwenllian DAVID    
08/09/1795 Harry WILLIAM   Nantcwnlle Sarah JENKIN    
15/01/1796 Thomas LLOYD   Llanbadarn Trefeglwys Ann JOHN    
25/05/1798 Daniel HUGHES   Cilcennin Mary MORGANS Single  
03/12/1798 Jenkin DAVIES Widower Cilcennin Jane HUGHES Widow  
06/03/1799 John JONES   Llanarth Mary DAVIES    
15/03/1799 Jenkin EVAN     Mary JONES   Llanfihangel Ystrad
19/04/1799 David JOHN     Elinor JENKIN   Nantcwnlle
29/12/1799 Thomas MORGANS   Llangeitho Margaret GRIFFITHS    
20/11/1800 Thomas REES   Nantcwnlle Margaret MORRIS    
20/08/1802 Evan Thomas DAVIES     Elizabeth DAVIES    
13/04/1804 John DAVIES Widower Nantcwnlle Hannah JONES    
20/06/1804 John PRICE Single Llanfihangel Ystrad Anne DAVIES Single  
05/10/1804 Rowland REES Widower Llanfihangel Ystrad Margaret MORGAN Widow  
22/11/1805 John JONES     Mary Anne ROGERS Single  
19/02/1806 Evan LEWIS     Mary JAMES    
17/09/1808 Evan DAVIES   Gartheli Mary MORGAN Single  
21/07/1809 John MORGAN   Cilcennin Margaret HUGHES Single  
28/02/1810 David DAVIES Single Cilycwm, Carmarthenshire Margaret ROGERS Single  
05/11/1810 John RICHARD     Anne THOMAS    
09/01/1811 David JONES   Llanfihangel Ystrad Mary LLOYD    
21/04/1811 John PUGH     Elizabeth DAVIES    
18/12/1811 Jenkin JAMES     Mary JENKINS Single  
1 16/02/1813 David EVANS   Llanddewi Brefi Mary JAMES    
2 09/03/1814 John JONES Single Bettws Bledrws Margaret EVANS Single  
3 17/05/1815 John LOT Single Nantcwnlle Anne JONES Single  
4 05/07/1815 John EVANS Single Cilcennin Elizabeth JONES Single  
6 15/04/1816 John JONES Single   Mary JONES Single  
7 19/06/1816 John JONES Single Lampeter Mary EVANS Single  
8 28/10/1816 David RICHARDS Single   Jane MORGANS Single  
9 05/11/1816 Evan EVANS Single   Elizabeth JONES Single  
10 04/12/1816 John MORGANS Single Nantcwnlle Mary JONES Single  
11 25/04/1817 Thomas DAVIES Single Henfynyw Elizabeth DAVIES Single  
12 07/05/1817 William PRICE   Llanfihangel Ystrad Sara HUGHES    
13 27/06/1817 John JOHNS Single Llanfihangel Ystrad Anne DAVIES Single  
14 16/06/1818 Evan RICHARDS   Llanfihangel Ystrad Hanna DAVIES    
15 08/07/1818 David DAVIES     Ann RICHARDS    
16 07/02/1820 Charles DAVIES     Anne EVANS Single  
17 21/04/1820 David DAVIES Single Llanfihangel Ystrad Sarah EVANS Single  
18 03/11/1820 John EVANS Single Llanfihangel Ystrad Maria EVANS Single  
19 08/12/1820 David EVANS Single Llanfihangel Ystrad Mary JONES Single  
20 20/12/1820 David LLOYD Single Nantcwnlle Elizabeth REES Single  
21 30/05/1821 John JENKINS Single Dihewid Margaret DAVIES Single  
22 29/06/1821 John DANIEL Single Nantcwnlle Mary HUGHES Single  
23 03/08/1821 Evan MORGAN Single Llanddewi Aberarth Deborah DAVIES Single  
24 08/03/1822 Jenkin OWENS Single Llanfihangel Ystrad Sarah JENKINS Single  
25 06/09/1822 Thomas EVANS Single Llanfihangel Ystrad Sarah EVANS Single  
26 09/10/1822 Evan EVANS Single Llanarth Rachel JONES Single  
27 25/02/1825 Daniel JONES Single   Jane JAMES Single  
28 12/07/1827 David REES   Gartheli Ann JONES    
29 27/11/1827 Thomas DAVIES     Margaret DAVIES    
30 30/11/1827 John DAVIES     Mary PHILLIPS    
31 03/07/1829 Isaac JONES   Cilcennin Elizabeth DAVIES    
32 15/12/1830 David JONES   Llanddewi Brefi Jane WILLIAMS    
33 19/11/1832 John RICHARDS   Llanfihangel Ystrad Frances STEELE    
34 30/10/1833 David JONES   Cilcennin Jane ALBAN    
35 17/07/1835 Edward PARRY     Elizabeth PHILLIPS    
36 08/09/1835 David MORGAN     Anne PHILLIPS    
37 03/11/1835 Evan DAVIES   Cilcennin Hannah JONES    
38 24/02/1836 David PEREGRINE     Sarah DAVIES    
39 07/12/1836 David MORGANS   Gartheli Anne DAVIES    
40 14/02/1837 Timothy DAVIES   Ciliau Aeron Mary HUGHES    

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