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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Merthyr Dyfan St Dyfan & St Teilo

 

The Parish

The parish of Merthyr Dyfan lies in the extreme south of Glamorgan forming a short stretch of the county's coastline with the outer Bristol Channel. Merthyr Dyfan lies roughly 8 miles southwest of the capital of Cardiff and sits just south of the A4050 road which forms the northern edge of the urban area of Barry. Whilst Merthyr Dyfan would have been a discrete and small settlement today the growing port & resort of Barry has expanded inland and engulfed Merthyr Dyfan into its urban area. At the time of this transcript Merthyr Dyfan would have been largely a pastoral farming parish but today is merely a suburb of Barry. Merthyr Dyfan is drained westwards by the River Waycock which heads for the nearby Bristol Channel at Aberthaw. Merthyr Dyfan is sited at around 80 metres above the sea and sits on something of a local high point with land falling away in all directions. Parishes in Glamorgan are either fairly small or very large depending upon the topography, Merthyr Dyfan was one of the former, covering just 1,100 acres it would have supported a population of just under 150 parishioners. Like most of Wales Merthyr Dyfan is not mentioned in Domesday Book which did not cover this area.


The Church

St Dyfan & St Tysilio's church sits within a broad area of open land surrounded on all sides by modern housing estates. The earliest portion of the church is its chancel which shows the lancets of the Early English Gothic period in its southern wall indicative of a 13th century origin. Whilst the church was undoubtedly complete at that date much else dates from a 15th century refresh, Perpendicular styles being used for this rebuild. The tower arch and both northern and southern faces of the nave show characteristics of this period. The usual Victorian restoration occurred, in this case in the 1850s and this was followed in the 1970s by an internal revamp. The church sits within a broad valley with lengthy walking to reach the site either from the west or more usually from the Merthy Dyfan Road where metal gates lead to a tarred pathway heading through trees to the churchyard. The churchyard is compact and bordered with trees making for something of a challenge for the photographer.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1
17th July 1754 - 9th November 1812
Glamorgan Archives - Cardiff - Reference - P42CW/3/1
Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page
Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads
None
2 26th April 1814 - 27th October 1836 Glamorgan Archives - Cardiff - Reference - P42CW/3/2 Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Wenvoe St Mary
Wenvoe St Mary
St Andrew's Major St Andrew
Penmark St Mary
Cadoxton juxta Barry St Cadoc
Barry St Baruch


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
1 17/07/1754 Thomas LOVE Single Wellian POWELL Single
2 26/07/1754 John PERKINS Single St Brides Super Ely Deborah RICHARDS Single
3 27/07/1755 Miles ROBERT Widower St Andrews Major Margaret REES Widow
4 24/02/1756 John MORGAN Cicil EDMUNDS Single
5 05/07/1756 Richard MEYRICK St Brides Major Elizabeth JOHN Single
6 29/05/1758 Jenkin JAMES Elizabeth MORGAN Single
7 24/05/1759 Thomas RICHARDS Anne COURTNEY Single
8 07/11/1760 Richard JENKINS Single Llansannor Elizabeth FORD Single
9 06/12/1763 Thomas THOMAS Bonvilston Mary DEER
10 02/11/1764 John RICHARDS Sarah LEWIS
11 27/05/1765 James WILLIAMS Mary REES Single Cadoxton Juxta Barry
12 04/06/1765 William HERBERT Single Jennet MORGAN Single
13 19/05/1766 George LEWIS Sarah LEWIS Single
14 09/08/1766 Thomas HOWELL Barry Barbara THOMAS
15 16/06/1769 Thomas BASSET Lavernock Elizabeth WILLIAM
16 27/01/1770 John RICHARDS Single Catherine JONES Single
18 02/01/1772 John WILLIAM Single Mary LOVE Single
17 15/07/1772 James HERBERT Single Gwenllian WILLIAM Single
19 15/05/1773 James THOMAS Single Gwenllian JENKIN Single
20 20/05/1773 John HERBERT Single Mary ROBBINS Single
21 28/08/1773 Edward JOHN Gwenllian RICHARD Single
22 03/08/1776 Edward THOMAS Single Barry Anne HARRY Single
23 20/05/1777 William PLUMMER Ann WILLIAM
24 22/05/1777 Edward JOHN Ann WILLIAMS
25 30/09/1778 Thomas HOPKINS Single Sully Mary SPICKETT Single
26 10/10/1778 William HARRY Wenvoe Mary JAMES
27 05/11/1778 Philip JOHN St Andrews Major Elizabeth RICHARD
29 09/11/1779 David EVAN Widower Cadoxton Juxta Barry Martha WALTER Single
30 03/02/1780 John MORGAN Single Mary JENKIN Single
31 28/05/1782 David MORGAN Widower Jane MORGAN Single
32 27/06/1782 Thomas MORRIS Single Whitchurch Mary HERBERT Widow
33 12/08/1782 John MILES Single Ann DAVID Single St Andrews Major
34 28/06/1784 John GRYFFYDD Single Cadoxton Juxta Barry Elizabeth RICHARD Single
35 04/07/1786 William OWEN Single Elizabeth THOMAS Widow
36 12/12/1787 William WILLIAMS Single Ann PRICHARD Widow
37 07/06/1788 James WILLIAM Single Grace REES Single
38 30/07/1788 John JENKIN Single Cadoxton Juxta Barry Mary MILLER Single
39 15/05/1789 Charles HAWKINS Single Barry Mary REES Single
40 15/05/1790 William EVANS Single Anne MILES Single
41 24/05/1791 Thomas RICHARD Single Elizabeth MILES Single
42 16/02/1792 David THOMAS Single Mary HERBERT Single
43 01/09/1792 Francis BAGER Single Lavernock Mary LLEWELLYN Single
44 29/05/1798 William WILLIAMS Single St Lythans Catherine REES Single
45 13/08/1798 Thomas MILES Single Llandaff Margaret WILLIAMS Single
46 14/08/1798 James JONES Single Ann HERBERT Single
47 07/05/1803 William HERBERT Single Elizabeth WILLIAMS Single
48 10/05/1803 Thomas JENKIN Single Wenvoe Elizabeth WILLIAMS Single
49 26/10/1803 John JOHN Single Mary WYLDE Single
50 17/05/1805 John MORGAN Single Mary JOHN Single
51 02/11/1807 Leyson LEYSON Single Jane HERBERT Single
52 07/12/1808 Edward VAUGHAN Single Cadoxton Juxta Barry Mary LEWIS Single
53 28/04/1809 William MORGAN Single Wenvoe Catherine THOMAS Widow
54 27/05/1809 Lewelyn YORATH Barbara BROOK Single
55 11/11/1809 Richard HARRY Anne WATKIN
56 27/04/1811 John WILLIAMS Single St Andrews Major Catherine WHITROW Single
57 25/06/1812 William JOHN Single Louisa SCUTT Single
58 09/11/1812 John WILLIAM Single Llandough Juxta Penarth Catherine JENKIN Single
1 26/04/1814 Thomas MORRIS Single Sully Mary GEORGE Single
2 04/05/1814 Richard JOHN Single Catherine PHILLIP Single
3 27/04/1816 Hopkin DAVID Widower Whitchurch Rachel DAVIS Single
4 16/11/1816 Thomas BAKER Single Catherine THOMAS Single
5 29/11/1816 David HARRY Single Llanover, Monmouthshire Anne THOMAS Single
6 28/08/1819 William THOMAS Single Ann JONES Single
7 13/05/1820 David LEWIS Single St Nicholas Catherine YORATH Single
8 04/05/1821 Erasmus JONES Single Elizabeth DIXON Single
9 01/01/1822 Llewellyn JONES Single Rebecca GRATREX Single
10 26/01/1824 Mathew JENKINS Single Sully Anne RICHARDS Single
11 14/06/1824 Christopher GRIFFITH Single Cadoxton Juxta Barry Elizabeth WYLDE Single
12 05/11/1825 William MILWARD Single Charlotte JENKIN Single
13 13/05/1826 David JOHN Single Anne THOMAS Single
14 26/04/1828 Thomas SPICKETT Single Cadoxton Juxta Barry Elizabeth THOMAS Single
15 26/06/1828 David HOPKINS Single Cadoxton Juxta Barry Elizabeth PHILLIPS Single
16 26/07/1828 Thomas EDWARD Single Wenvoe Ann WILLIAMS Single
17 30/05/1829 Thomas GRIFFITHS Single Wenvoe Rebecca MORGAN Single
18 31/05/1830 John GEDRYCH Single Llandaff Mary HERBERT Single
19 03/07/1830 William WILLIAMS Single Elizabeth BADHAM Single Wenvoe
20 05/03/1831 John THOMAS Single Sully Margaret DAVIES Single
21 07/04/1832 Edward MORGAN Single Elizabeth HERBERT Single
22 30/09/1834 John FRANCIS Single Mary MORGAN
23 07/05/1836 John HOWELL Single St Andrews Major Mary MORGAN Single
24 27/10/1836 Daniel THOMAS Single Cardiff Margaret DAVID Single

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