England &
Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of St Fagans is located in southeastern Glamorgan about 4 miles northwest of the city of Cardiff. Indeed, nowadays, St Fagans has almost been engulfed by the rapidly expanding city and now forms its northwestern edge. St Fagans is sited in the valley of the River Ely and is accessed by minor roads heading northwards from the busy A48 road which transits the conurbation of Cardiff, the new western by-pass runs through the edge of the parish to its west. St Fagans parish was largely dominated by rich pasture land until modern times, the fertile valley giving rich grassland whilst the slopes were somewhat more meagre. Nowadays St Fagans is perhaps more famous as the sight of the Museum of Welsh Life which occupies the castle and grounds to the west of the main village. The "castle" is in fact an Elizabethan house which Pevsner describes as the most important in the county of Glamorgan, the museum is very popular and features examples of Welsh buildings transported to the site and rebuilt there. St Fagans village is largely built along a minor road which runs north from the main road along the valley bottom, it is sited at about 20 metres above sea level (the sea at Cardiff Bay being only 4 miles distant). The parish, in common with most of the parishes of the Vale of Glamorgan, was physically quite small but still supported in the region of 400 parishioners. In common with most of Wales there is no mention of St Fagans in Domesday Book. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 19th January 1756 - 14th November 1812 | Galmorgan Archives - Cardiff - Reference - NLW/STFAGANS/REGISTER/2 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 25th October 1813 - 20th April 1837 | Galmorgan Archives - Cardiff - Reference - NLW/STFAGANS/REGISTER/4 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Llanilltern
St Ellteryn
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Pentyrch St
Cadwg
Radyr St John the Baptist |
Radyr
St John the Baptist
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Llanilltern
St Ellteryn
St Bride's super Ely St Bride |
Radyr St John
the Baptist
Llandaff St Peter & St Paul |
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St George's
super Ely St George
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Llandaff
St Peter & St Paul
Caerau St Mary |
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