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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Yspytty Ystwyth St John the Baptist

 

The Parish

The parish of Yspytty Ystwyth (modern spelling is Ysbyty) is the most easterly in Cardiganshire forming stretches of the border with both Montgomeryshire and also with Radnorshire. Yspytty Ystwyth is located about 13 miles southeast of the coastal town of Aberystwyth and sits on the B4343 road which links Devil's bridge through to Tregaron & Lampeter. Whilst Yspytty Ystwyth is the name of the parish it is but a small village lining the B4343 with the larger settlement of Pont Rhyd y Groes sitting at the crossing of the Afon Ystwyth being the larger place. Yspytty Ystwyth is an upland parish containing some of the highest land in its county, farming here is poor and largely consists of hill-farming of hardy sheep scattered across moor & mountain. The main employer of, largely men, was the lead mining industry which early gazetteers describe as "employing several hundred men". Nowadays much income is derived from tourism, the scenic beauty of the area a draw for hikers and fisherman, a special local attraction is the now booming population of Red Kite which attracts tours and provides themes for many local businesses. The Afon Ystwyth drains the parish westwards to reach the Irish Sea through Aberystwyth. Yspytty Ystwyth is sited at around 220 metres above the sea, some 60 metres above river height, land rises, however, eastwards to almost 600 metres at the Radnorshire border. Upland parishes are often extensive in their acreage and Yspytty Ystwyth was no exception, covering almost 6,000 acres it would have supported a population of around 600 parishioners. Like most of Wales Yspytty Ystwyth is not mentioned in Domesday Book which did not cover this area.


The Church

Yspytty Ystwyth has the distinction of having two churches within close proximity, today's church of St John the Baptist sits on top of a hill to the east of the B4343 and was built in the 1870s to replace the prior building as the parish church. The earlier church, of plain rubble stone sits immediately east of the B4343 and was small with a thick western bellcote. Neither building struck Pevsner as being of much architectural interest although the modern church's slate pyramidal top is rather striking. To reach the current church one takes the unsigned lane heading east and within 100 metres a track turns north to the site passing between modern bungalows. The churchyards of either building are free of obstacles for the photographer.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 1754 - 1782


There are no surviving registers or BTs covering this period the records are lost to history
2 21st June 1782 - 26th May 1809 Ceredigion Archives - Reference - PR/YSB/1 Plain, unruled book, a continuation of the extant composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
3 27th December 1805 - 18th December 1812 Ceredigion Archives - Reference - PR/YSB/4 Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 3 entries per page Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
4 28th May 1813 - 23rd June 1837 Ceredigion Archives - Reference - PR/YSB/5 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Llanfihangel Y Creuddyn St Michael
Llanfihangel Y Creuddyn St Michael
Eglwys Newydd St Michael
Llangurig St Curig, Montgomeryshire
Llanafan St Afan
Ystrad-Meurig St John the Baptist
Llansantffraid Cwmdeuddwr St Bride, Radnorshire
Strata Florida St Mary
Strata Florida St Mary
Llansantffraid Cwmdeuddwr St Bride, Radnorshire

1790 1800 1810 1820 1830

Register Reference Date Groom Forename Groom Surname Groom Status Groom Abode Bride Forename Bride Surname Bride Status Bride Abode
21/06/1782 Evan JENKIN
Gwnnws Lucy THOMAS

23/11/1782 Moses EVAN
Tregaron Margaret MORGAN

20/12/1783 William LEWIS

Jane DAVIES

15/05/1784 William THOMAS
Gwnnws Jane EVANS

23/05/1786 John DANIEL Single Llangeitho Anne ROGERS Single
15/07/1786 Hugh LEWIS Single Llanwnen Catherine DAVIES

22/12/1786 Joseph REDFERN

Jane RICHARD Single
22/10/1787 Cornelius HOGAN

Margaret LEWIS

17/11/1787 John JONES

Margaret EVANS

01/12/1787 David LEWIS Single Gwnnws Magdalen JONES Single
02/01/1790 William JONES Single
Elinor RICHARD Single
21/01/1790 William JONES Single
Elizabeth THOMAS Widow Lledrod
14/07/1790 John EVANS Widower Llanbadarn Vawr Avarina HUGHES

18/09/1790 John JENKINS
Gwnnws Mary THOMAS

03/10/1790 Thomas JONES

Mary WILLIAMS

26/11/1791 William BRAY
Gwnnws Mary MORGAN

13/01/1792 David DAVIES

Jane MATHEWS

15/12/1792 Thomas DAVIES

Mary THOMAS

07/09/1793 William DAVIES

Gwen DAVIES

21/09/1793 John THOMAS
Llanfihangel Y Creuddyn Avarina JONES

30/11/1793 Richard OLIVER
Gwnnws Elizabeth RICHARD

09/08/1794 Richard JONES

Margaret JONES
Llanafan
27/03/1795 Edward JONES

Mary WILLIAM

03/10/1795 Rees WILLIAMS

Gwen WILLIAMS

15/11/1795 John MORGAN

Grassy EVANS

04/12/1795 Lewis DAVID
Llanbadarn Trefeglwys Elizabeth WILLIAMS

30/01/1796 Lewis PUGH
Llanfihangel Y Creuddyn Avarina DAVIES

27/02/1796 David JONES
Gwnnws Susannah DAVIES

28/10/1797 Morgan LEWIS

Gwen MEREDITH

28/10/1797 Evan JONES

Mary JONES

10/02/1798 Edward JONES

Mary JONES
Lledrod
22/02/1800 Thomas JONES

Elizabeth DAVIES

31/12/1800 Evan EVANS

Cathering HUGHES

02/01/1801 Thomas JONES

Margaret DAVIES

15/04/1801 John RICHARD

Mary DAVIES

04/11/1801 David DAVIES Single Gwnnws Sarah EVANS Single
01/01/1802 Edward HUGHES Single
Jane EDWARDS Single
19/11/1802 David JONES Single
Mary JONES Single Gwnnws
17/12/1802 Isaac JONES Single Llanilar Avarinah THOMAS Single
30/11/1803 John EVANS Single Llanfihangel Y Creuddyn Mary EVANS Single
01/06/1804 Edward EDWARDS

Gwen RICHARDS

30/08/1804 David RICHARDS

Elizabeth JONES

1 27/12/1805 Rees JONES

Mary WILLIAMS Single
2 02/05/1806 Thomas EVANS
Llanfihangel Y Creuddyn Sarah RICHARDS

3 27/06/1806 David EDWARDS

Mary JONES

05/06/1807 David JONES Single Tregaron Mary EVANS Single
09/10/1807 John JONES

Jane LEWIS

06/11/1807 Edward JONES

Madlen HUGHES

4 12/05/1809 Richard RICHARDS

Jane DAVIES Single
26/05/1809 Thomas JONES
Llanfihangel Y Creuddyn Anne EVANS

5 22/06/1810 Thomas JOHNS Single
Jane JENKINS Single
6 03/08/1810 John JONES Single Gwnnws Dorothy JONES Single
7 05/10/1810 John HUGHES Single
Mary SHELBY Single
8 14/11/1810 John JONES

Anne DAVIES

9 27/11/1810 William WILLIAMS
Gwnnws Mary DAVIES

10 14/12/1810 Edward JONES

Elizabeth PARRY

11 10/04/1811 John JENKINS
Llanbadarn Vawr Elinor SHELBY

12 02/08/1811 Evan SHELBY

Margaret LEWIS

13 14/02/1812 David DAVIES

Margaret DAVIES

14 31/07/1812 Evan EVANS
Gwnnws Elizabeth EVANS

15 07/08/1812 David JONES
Lledrod Elizabeth THOMAS

16 18/12/1812 John JONES

Mary DAVIES

1 28/05/1813 Thomas JONES

Sarah LEWIS

2 19/11/1813 John EVANS

Margaret BRAY

3 28/04/1815 David HERBERT Single
Mary BENJAMIN Single
4 24/11/1815 John JONES Single
Elinor THOMAS Single
5 27/12/1815 John LLOYD Single
Gwenllian LEWIS Single
6 09/02/1816 Richard EVANS Single
Elizabeth OLIVER

7 05/07/1816 David JONES Single
Elizabeth JACOB Single
8 22/06/1818 John JENKINS Single
Jane DOUGHTON Single Eglwys Newydd
9 12/05/1819 Rees EVANS Single Bedwellty, Monmouthshire Mary HERBERT Widow
10 25/06/1819 Thomas JONES
Blaenpenal Mary JONES

10 25/06/1819 Thomas JONES
Blaenpenal Mary MORGAN

11 30/07/1819 Thomas MORGAN
Gwnnws Anne JONES

12 03/12/1819 Rees JONES

Jane EVANS

13 28/01/1820 Edward DANIEL
Llanbadarn Vawr Margaret EVANS

14 16/06/1820 David MORGAN

Mary JONES

15 23/06/1820 Thomas THOMAS

Elizabeth JONES

16 21/07/1820 Edward JONES

Mary JONES

17 26/01/1821 David JONES

Sarah WILLIAMS

18 15/06/1821 John THOMAS

Margaret WILLIAMS

19 04/01/1822 Edward JONES

Margaret OLIVER

20 20/11/1822 Thomas HUGHES Single
Avarina THOMAS Single
22 21/03/1823 Morgan MORGAN Widower Gwnnws Jane MORGAN Single
21 31/03/1823 David ROWLAND
Tregaron Mary JONES

23 15/06/1823 Abraham RICHARDS Single
Mary JONES

24 22/10/1823 William EDWARDS Widower Tregaron Mary EVANS Widow
25 09/07/1824 John JENKINS

Elizabeth JENKINS

26 01/10/1824 David OLIVER Single
Mary HERBERT Single
27 07/01/1825 Richard LEWIS Single
Margaret JONES Single
28 13/05/1825 David JACOB Single
Sophia WILLIAMS Single
29 23/05/1825 William DANIEL Single
Elizabeth JONES Single
30 08/07/1825 Thomas JONES Single
Sarah JONES Single
31 22/07/1825 John MORGAN Single Eglwys Newydd Jane JONES Single
32 18/11/1825 Jacob JONES Single
Sarah OLIVER Single Gwnnws
33 05/05/1826 James JONES

Mary EVANS

34 07/07/1826 William THOMAS

Avarina JONES

35 21/07/1826 Ebenezer DAVIES

Mary DAVIES

36 15/10/1826 Edward JONES

Elizabeth DAVIES

37 26/01/1827 William CLETON

Charlotte JONES

38 01/06/1827 David MORRIS
Gwnnws Anne JENKINS

39 08/06/1827 Evan LLOYD

Winifred JONES

40 15/06/1827 William WILLIAMS

Margaret JONES

41 07/12/1827 Thomas MORGAN
Llanafan Margaret JACOB

42 30/05/1828 Thomas EVANS

Mary DAVIES

43 13/06/1828 William WILLIAMS

Mary HERBERT

44 12/11/1828 Thomas JONES

Mary HUGHES
Llanafan
45 12/12/1828 Thomas WOOD

Anne DAVIES
Gwnnws
46 26/08/1829 William DAVIES
Eglwys Newydd Gwen WILLIAMS

47 13/11/1829 Thomas REES
Gwnnws Anne ISHMAEL

48 11/12/1829 William WILLIAMS

Mary DAVIES
Lledrod
49 18/12/1829 John JONES
Gwnnws Mary DAVIES

50 12/03/1830 Morgan JONES

Jane JONES
Eglwys Newydd
51 02/07/1830 David EVANS

Margaret JONES

52 17/09/1830 Thomas REES

Mary EVANS

53 24/12/1830 Thomas REES

Anne JONES

54 24/12/1830 Thomas JONES

Margaret JONES

55 27/01/1831 John JONES

Elizabeth THOMAS

56 15/04/1831 Edward DAVIES

Mary JONES

57 15/07/1831 Rees JONES

Mary VALENTINE
Llanfihangel Y Creuddyn
58 13/06/1832 Evan DAVIES

Elizabeth JENKINS

59 22/06/1832 Daniel DAVIES

Mary JONES

60 07/12/1832 John MORRIS

Mary JONES

61 22/02/1833 David DAVIES

Elizabeth EVANS

62 26/09/1833 Thomas EVANS

Mary BALL

63 29/11/1833 John DAVIES

Elinor MORGAN
Llanfihangel Y Creuddyn
64 10/01/1834 Edward DAVIES

Margaret JONES

65 29/05/1834 William ISHMAEL

Mary EVANS

66 14/11/1834 John JONES

Mary WILLIAMS

67 31/07/1835 Daniel JAMES
Ystrad Meurig Margaret WILLIAMS

68 14/04/1837 William JONES

Mary JONES

69 23/06/1837 John JONES

Elizabeth JONES

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