The Parish
The parish
of Llanfihangel Penbedw lies in northeastern Pembrokeshire not too far
from its border with neighbouring Cardiganshire. One will not find Llanfihangel
Penbedw on modern maps, the chief settlement within the parish being the
village of Boncath. Llanfihangel Penbedw is situated about 5 miles southeast
of the port of Cardigan and sits about 1 mile east of the A478 road which
connects Cardigan with Narberth. Llanfihangel Penbedw would have earned
its living almost entirely from farming, the regime here being mixed arable
and pastoral. Llanfihangel penbedw is drained northwards by a small tributary
of the Afon Teifi which is joined after a few miles and which then reaches
the Irish Sea through Cardigan. Llanfihangel Penbedw is sited at between
120 metres (by the church) and 160 metres (at Boncath) above the sea in
strongly undulating countryside, the forerunners of the Preseli range,
local heights rise strongly to the south to reach almost 400 metres on
nearby Frenni Fawr. Llanfihangel Penbedw parish was fairly typically sized
for this area, it covered around 2,100 acres and would have supported
a population of around 350 parishioners. Like most of Wales there is no
mention of Llanfihangel Penbedw in Domesday Book which does not cover
this area.
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The Church
St Michael's
church sits almost a mile to the north of the village of Boncath at the
end of a dead-end lane and sitting next to Penbedw farm. The church is
no longer used for worship and at Pevsner's visit was "miserably
abandoned and overgrown", the site has now been cleared and is accessible.
Little dating evidence remains for the early origins of the church, just
fragments of the masonry. Everything else dates from the Victorian rebuild
of 1859, further changes were wrought in 1907 when wooden windows were
added. The building can be found by taking the B4332 east from Boncath,
taking the left fork to Llechryd and then immediately left again into
Penbedw Farm's access road, the lane is narrow and with few passing places
a tricky access. The church sits beyond all of the farm buildings in a
churchyard with few impediments to photography.
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Register No |
Covering Dates |
Deposited With |
Register Style |
Quality Standard |
Comments |
1 |
17th October 1754 - 13th November 1812 |
Pembrokeshire Archives - Reference - HPR/128/2
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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 |
16th March 1813 - 16th June 1836 |
Pembrokeshire Archives - Reference - HPR/128/3 |
Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage
register |
Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood
of misreads |
None |
Register Reference |
Date |
Groom Forename |
Groom Surname |
Groom Status |
Groom Abode |
Bride Forename |
Bride Surname |
Bride Status |
Bride Abode |
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17/10/1754 |
John |
THOMAS |
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|
Margaret |
JOHN |
Single |
Capel Colman |
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03/11/1757 |
Joseph |
DAVID |
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|
Jemima |
DAVID |
|
|
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26/03/1758 |
Richard |
REES |
|
Moylgrove |
Margaret |
LLOYD |
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19/12/1758 |
Richard |
JAMES |
|
|
Martha |
JENKIN |
|
|
|
12/07/1759 |
Evan |
JOHN |
|
Clydey |
Magdalen |
JENKIN |
|
|
|
11/10/1759 |
John |
JENKIN |
|
Cilgerran |
Mary |
JOHN |
|
|
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31/08/1760 |
John |
YOUNG |
|
Nevern |
Elizabeth |
BEDOE |
|
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15/10/1760 |
Thomas |
MORRIS |
|
Bridell |
Margaret |
DAVID |
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03/11/1760 |
John |
JENKIN |
|
|
Margaret |
DAVID |
|
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24/03/1761 |
Thomas |
JAMES |
|
Cilgerran |
Rachel |
JENKIN |
|
|
|
28/07/1761 |
James |
OWEN |
|
Manordeifi |
Esther |
PHILLIP |
|
|
|
10/05/1762 |
Nicholas |
JOHN |
|
Llanfair Nant Gwyn |
Rebecka |
WILLIAM |
|
|
|
14/03/1764 |
John |
JAMES |
|
Cilgerran |
Diana |
JOHNES |
Single |
|
|
07/10/1765 |
Enoch |
THOMAS |
|
Llanfair Nant Gwyn |
Elinor |
JAMES |
Single |
|
|
31/12/1765 |
George |
JONES |
Single |
|
Mary |
JENKIN |
Single |
|
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27/11/1766 |
Thomas |
DAVID |
|
Penrith |
Sarah |
GEORGE |
|
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07/06/1768 |
Thomas |
JOHN |
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|
Christiana |
DAVID |
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10/07/1768 |
Griffith |
JENKINS |
Single |
Llangoedmor, Cardiganshire |
Mary |
MORRIS |
Single |
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13/12/1768 |
Nicholas |
JAMES |
|
Penrith |
Anne |
THOMAS |
|
Manordeifi |
|
24/05/1769 |
John |
OWEN |
|
Llandygwydd, Cardiganshire |
Lettice |
LLEWELYN |
|
|
|
25/05/1769 |
William |
SAMUEL |
|
|
Margaret |
RICHARD |
|
|
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19/01/1770 |
Thomas |
PROTHERO |
Single |
|
Margaret |
JENKINS |
Single |
Llangoedmor, Cardiganshire |
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29/05/1770 |
Samuel |
JAMES |
|
Eglwysfair A Churig, Carmarthenshire |
Tanglust |
JENKIN |
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03/07/1770 |
John |
JAMES |
Single |
|
Mary |
EVAN |
Single |
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23/10/1770 |
William |
GRIFFITH |
Single |
Manordeifi |
Ester |
JOHN |
|
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26/01/1771 |
Thomas |
LUKE |
Widower |
Mynachlog Ddu |
Mary |
JAMES |
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23/05/1771 |
David |
JAMES |
Widower |
Whitechurch |
Hannah |
GRIFFITH |
|
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27/02/1772 |
David |
THOMAS |
Single |
Cilrhedyn, Carmarthenshire |
Ann |
GRIFFITH |
Single |
|
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10/05/1772 |
David |
GRIFFITH |
|
|
Ann |
JAMES |
|
|
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03/12/1772 |
James |
DAVID |
Single |
|
Ann |
DAVID |
Single |
Manordeifi |
|
02/12/1773 |
John |
JONES |
Single |
|
Barbra |
EVANS |
Single |
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12/03/1774 |
David |
JAMES |
Single |
|
Hannah |
THOMAS |
Single |
|
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18/04/1774 |
John |
LEWIS |
Single |
|
Mary |
GRIFFITH |
Single |
|
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24/10/1774 |
David |
RICHARD |
Single |
Llanfair Nant Gwyn |
Margaret |
OWEN |
Single |
|
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08/12/1774 |
Thomas |
DAVID |
Single |
|
Jane |
REES |
Single |
|
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05/11/1776 |
Thomas |
JONES |
Single |
Capel Colman |
Margaret |
DAVID |
Single |
|
|
12/11/1776 |
John |
SAMBROOK |
Single |
Monington |
Margaret |
OWEN |
Single |
|
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03/12/1776 |
William |
MORGAN |
Single |
Clydey |
Frances |
GRIFFITH |
Single |
|
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19/02/1778 |
David |
EVAN |
Single |
|
Ann |
JENKIN |
Single |
|
|
14/05/1778 |
Thomas |
DAVID |
Widower |
Llanfyrnach |
Mary |
JOHN |
Single |
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06/06/1780 |
Thomas |
RICHARD |
Single |
|
Ann |
JENKIN |
Single |
|
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18/09/1780 |
James |
EVANS |
Single |
Clydey |
Mary |
JAMES |
Single |
|
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23/11/1780 |
David John |
JAMES |
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|
Elizabeth |
LEWIS |
|
|
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06/03/1781 |
Thomas |
NICHOLAS |
Single |
St Dogmaels |
Lettice |
BOWEN |
Single |
|
|
16/07/1781 |
John |
DAVID |
Single |
|
Ann |
THOMAS |
Single |
|
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21/03/1782 |
David |
MORRIS |
Widower |
Penrith |
Ann |
THOMAS |
Single |
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04/04/1784 |
William |
THOMAS |
Single |
Brawdy |
Elizabeth |
EDWARD |
Single |
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24/02/1785 |
James |
DAVID |
|
|
Mary |
WILLIAMS |
|
|
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12/05/1785 |
Evan |
PROSSER |
Single |
Cilgerran |
Ann |
REES |
Single |
|
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22/05/1785 |
David |
EVAN |
Single |
|
Elinor |
DAVID |
Single |
|
|
16/06/1785 |
Benjamin |
WILLIAM |
Single |
Llanfair Nant Gwyn |
Ann |
DAVID |
Single |
|
|
03/11/1785 |
Jenkin |
DAVID |
Single |
|
Elinor |
LLOYD |
Single |
|
|
20/11/1785 |
David |
JAMES |
Single |
|
Mary |
LLOYD |
Single |
|
|
12/01/1786 |
Thomas |
LEWIS |
Single |
Manordeifi |
Mary |
DAVID |
Single |
|
|
12/12/1786 |
Thomas |
PROTHROE |
Single |
|
Hannah |
DAVID |
Single |
|
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28/12/1786 |
James |
RICHARD |
Widower |
|
Elizabeth |
JENKIN |
Single |
|
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22/10/1787 |
David |
EVAN |
Single |
Clydey |
Elizabeth |
PHILLIP |
Single |
|
|
28/11/1787 |
Thomas |
RICHARD |
Widower |
|
Mary |
DAVID |
Single |
|
|
04/12/1788 |
Thomas |
THOMAS |
Single |
|
Mary |
DAVID |
Single |
|
|
10/12/1789 |
John |
THOMAS |
Single |
|
Mary |
GRIFFITH |
Single |
|
|
04/03/1790 |
Benjamin |
EVAN |
Single |
|
Mary |
WILLIAM |
Single |
|
|
12/10/1790 |
David |
THOMAS |
Single |
|
Mary |
JOSEPH |
Single |
|
|
16/11/1790 |
David |
EVAN |
Single |
|
Elizabeth |
MORRIS |
Single |
|
|
09/12/1790 |
Thomas |
HUDSON |
Single |
Penrith |
Mary |
JENKIN |
Single |
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28/10/1792 |
Evan |
THOMAS |
Single |
Llandyfriog, Cardiganshire |
Susanna |
MORRIS |
Single |
|
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01/11/1792 |
John |
JAMES |
Single |
|
Mary |
EVAN |
Single |
|
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20/08/1793 |
William |
DAVID |
Single |
|
Mary |
PHILLIP |
Single |
|
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11/11/1793 |
David |
WILLIAM |
Single |
|
Martha |
REES |
Single |
|
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12/11/1794 |
James |
EVAN |
Single |
|
Elizabeth |
LEWIS |
Single |
|
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01/01/1795 |
David |
THOMAS |
Widower |
|
Margaret |
MORRIS |
Single |
|
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16/02/1796 |
Joseph |
JONES |
Single |
Clydey |
Ann |
WILLIAMS |
Single |
|
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01/03/1796 |
John |
DAVID |
Single |
|
Mary |
JOHN |
Single |
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10/08/1796 |
Simon |
GRIFFITH |
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Penrith |
Catherine |
SAMUEL |
Single |
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20/10/1796 |
John |
THOMAS |
Single |
Whitechurch |
Rachel |
PHILLIP |
Single |
|
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27/11/1796 |
David |
BEVAN |
Single |
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire |
Sarah |
WALTERS |
Single |
|
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30/05/1797 |
Benjamin |
PHILLIP |
|
Penrith |
Hannah |
THOMAS |
Single |
|
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19/08/1797 |
Phillip |
JENKIN |
Single |
|
Rachel |
EVANS |
Single |
|
|
05/10/1797 |
Thomas |
THOMAS |
Widower |
Llanfair Nant Gwyn |
Mary |
DAVID |
Widow |
|
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13/11/1797 |
Nathaniel |
OWEN |
Single |
Cilgerran |
Elinor |
LEWIS |
Single |
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23/11/1797 |
Lewis |
WALTERS |
Widower |
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Mary |
HUDSON |
Widow |
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12/12/1797 |
Evan |
FRANCIS |
Widower |
Cardigan, Cardiganshire |
Elizabeth |
THOMAS |
Widow |
|
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22/02/1798 |
David |
WILLIAM |
Single |
|
Ann |
THOMAS |
Single |
|
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20/11/1798 |
John |
JENKIN |
Widower |
Cilgerran |
Cathrine |
WILLIAMS |
Single |
|
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11/07/1799 |
John |
DAVID |
Single |
Cilgerran |
Sarah |
WILLIAM |
Single |
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03/12/1799 |
John |
PHILLIP |
Single |
Clydey |
Bridgett |
OWEN |
Single |
|
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14/04/1801 |
John |
RICHARD |
Single |
|
Hannah |
SIMON |
Single |
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25/02/1802 |
Simon |
WILLIAM |
Single |
Whitechurch |
Ann |
DAVID |
Single |
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19/08/1802 |
Thomas |
PHILLIP |
Single |
Penrith |
Ann |
JAMES |
Single |
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22/08/1803 |
Thomas |
RICHARD |
Single |
Capel Colman |
Rachel |
LEWIS |
Single |
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09/05/1805 |
William |
EDWARD |
Single |
Eglwyswrw |
Elizabeth |
PROTHERO |
Single |
|
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30/10/1806 |
Benjamin |
JAMES |
Single |
Manordeifi |
Frances |
EDWARD |
Single |
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26/03/1807 |
William |
MORRIS |
Single |
Bridell |
Mary |
JAMES |
Single |
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21/05/1807 |
Titus |
MORGAN |
Single |
Cilgerran |
Cathrine |
JAMES |
Single |
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16/06/1807 |
Thomas |
JONES |
Single |
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Mary |
EVANS |
Single |
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21/09/1807 |
George |
KIRTLEY |
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Manchester, Lancashire |
Elizabeth |
HASSALL |
Single |
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01/03/1808 |
John |
DAVID |
Single |
Clydey |
Mary |
SAMBROOK |
Single |
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01/11/1808 |
Stephen |
DAVID |
Single |
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Margaret |
JOHN |
Single |
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27/12/1808 |
John |
DAVIES |
Single |
Bridell |
Ann |
SAMBROOK |
Single |
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20/06/1809 |
John |
DAVIES |
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Cardigan, Cardiganshire |
Jane |
PROTHEROE |
Single |
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13/07/1809 |
Thomas |
EVANS |
Single |
Penrith |
Margaret |
HARRIES |
Single |
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18/07/1809 |
John |
JAMES |
Single |
|
Hannah |
JOHN |
Single |
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21/08/1809 |
David |
JENKIN |
Widower |
Eglwyswrw |
Hannah |
EVANS |
Single |
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15/02/1810 |
Simon |
MILES |
Single |
Clydey |
Mary |
EVAN |
Single |
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13/11/1810 |
John |
EVANS |
Widower |
Cilgerran |
Mary |
JAMES |
Single |
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08/10/1811 |
John |
DAVID |
Single |
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Hannah |
DAVID |
Single |
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12/11/1811 |
Benjamin |
CHRISTMAS |
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Easter |
DAVID |
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19/03/1812 |
Jonathan |
LEWIS |
Single |
Capel Colman |
Margaret |
EVANS |
Single |
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28/03/1812 |
John |
RICHARDS |
Single |
Llanfair Nant Gwyn |
Elizabeth |
EVANS |
Single |
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02/05/1812 |
David |
ROWLANDS |
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Portsmouth, Hampshire |
Esther |
HASSALL |
Single |
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11/07/1812 |
William |
BEYNON |
Single |
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Hannah |
JAMES |
Single |
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05/11/1812 |
John |
THOMAS |
Single |
Cilgerran |
Margaret |
THOMAS |
Single |
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10/11/1812 |
Thomas |
THOMAS |
Single |
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Mary |
JENKINS |
Single |
Llantood |
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13/11/1812 |
William |
JOHN |
Single |
Cilgerran |
Margaret |
DAVID |
Single |
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1 |
16/03/1813 |
Thomas |
MORRIS |
Single |
Cenarth, Carmarthenshire |
Mary |
THOMAS |
Single |
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2 |
18/03/1813 |
Thomas |
THOMAS |
Single |
Whitechurch |
Martha |
PROTHERO |
Single |
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3 |
17/11/1814 |
Thomas |
JENKINS |
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Llanfair Nant Gwyn |
Ann |
ROSSER |
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4 |
21/03/1815 |
David |
THOMAS |
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Capel Colman |
Martha |
EVANS |
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5 |
11/04/1815 |
David |
JAMES |
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Manordeifi |
Hannah |
EVANS |
|
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6 |
13/07/1815 |
John |
LUKE |
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Esther |
DAVID |
|
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7 |
14/12/1815 |
Jacob |
THOMAS |
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Llandisilio, Carmarthenshire |
Rachel |
MORRIS |
|
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8 |
07/03/1816 |
John |
EDWARDS |
|
Llanfair Nant Gwyn |
Rachel |
JENKIN |
|
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9 |
04/06/1816 |
William |
MILES |
|
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Mary |
EVANS |
|
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10 |
01/11/1816 |
Thomas |
GRIFFITHS |
|
Eglwyswrw |
Rachel |
PROSSER |
|
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11 |
01/04/1817 |
Daniel |
JENKIN |
|
Nevern |
Ann |
BENJAMIN |
|
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12 |
07/08/1817 |
John |
LUKE |
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Penrith |
Elizabeth |
EVANS |
|
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13 |
16/09/1817 |
Thomas |
GRIFFITHS |
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Sarah |
RICHARDS |
|
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14 |
06/05/1819 |
James |
DAVID |
|
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Mary |
EVANS |
|
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15 |
03/08/1819 |
David |
MORGAN |
|
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Mary |
NICHOLAS |
|
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16 |
28/10/1819 |
William |
EVANS |
|
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Dinah |
WATERS |
|
|
17 |
27/07/1820 |
John |
DAVID |
|
Clydey |
Mary |
DAVID |
|
|
18 |
19/11/1820 |
Thomas |
DAVID |
|
|
Margaret |
EVANS |
|
|
19 |
13/03/1821 |
Thomas |
WILLIAM |
|
St Dogmaels |
Anne |
EVANS |
|
|
20 |
28/02/1822 |
Shadrach |
LEWIS |
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Capel Colman |
Rachel |
RICHARD |
|
|
21 |
13/05/1822 |
Nathaniel |
MILES |
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Clydey |
Esther |
ANTHONY |
|
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22 |
26/03/1823 |
Evan |
DAVIES |
|
|
Elizabeth |
NICHOLAS |
|
|
23 |
20/04/1823 |
John |
EVANS |
|
|
Margaret |
DAVIES |
|
|
24 |
29/05/1823 |
James |
DAVID |
|
Llanfihangel Abergowin, Carmarthenshire |
Mary |
JENKINS |
|
|
25 |
24/01/1824 |
John |
DAVIES |
|
Blaenporth, Cardiganshire |
Catherine |
EVANS |
|
|
26 |
13/04/1824 |
Joshua |
PHILLIPS |
|
Llanfair Nant Gwyn |
Margaret |
EVANS |
|
|
27 |
17/08/1824 |
Thomas |
EVANS |
Single |
|
Charlotte |
JENKINS |
Single |
|
28 |
14/11/1824 |
Evan |
THOMAS |
|
|
Martha |
PRICE |
|
Robeston West |
29 |
29/06/1826 |
Thomas |
THOMAS |
Single |
Llantood |
Margaret |
JAMES |
Single |
|
30 |
18/08/1828 |
Thomas |
MORGANS |
Single |
Clydey |
Sarah |
EVANS |
Single |
|
31 |
04/11/1828 |
Thomas |
THOMAS |
|
Moylgrove |
Hannah |
THOMAS |
|
|
32 |
11/11/1828 |
William |
THOMAS |
Single |
|
Martha |
DAVIES |
Single |
|
33 |
02/09/1830 |
John |
DAVIES |
Single |
|
Rachel |
BEYNON |
Single |
|
34 |
24/03/1831 |
Thomas |
WILLIAMS |
Single |
|
Elinor |
WILLIAMS |
Single |
Llanfair Nant Gwyn |
35 |
04/04/1831 |
Abraham |
DAVIES |
Single |
|
Sarah |
MORRIS |
Single |
|
36 |
04/05/1831 |
John |
THOMAS |
Single |
Llangoedmor, Cardiganshire |
Ann |
EVANS |
Single |
|
37 |
03/04/1832 |
William |
EVANS |
|
|
Mary |
EVANS |
|
|
38 |
30/04/1832 |
James |
EVANS |
|
|
Elizabeth |
HARRIES |
|
|
39 |
25/10/1832 |
William |
WILLIAMS |
|
|
Elizabeth |
THOMAS |
|
|
40 |
13/12/1832 |
John |
JONES |
|
Llanfihangel Abergwesyn, Breconshire |
Margaret |
JENKINS |
|
|
41 |
22/10/1833 |
John |
RICHARDS |
|
Llanfair Nant Gwyn |
Margaret |
JAMES |
|
|
42 |
05/11/1833 |
Samuel |
DAVID |
|
|
Sarah |
EVANS |
|
|
43 |
12/11/1833 |
Evan |
EVANS |
|
Narberth |
Maria |
DAVIES |
|
|
44 |
28/10/1834 |
William |
LUKE |
Single |
|
Mary |
JONES |
Single |
|
45 |
13/11/1834 |
James |
THOMAS |
Single |
|
Margarette |
DAVIES |
Single |
|
46 |
23/04/1835 |
Daniel |
EVANS |
|
|
Mary |
LEWIS |
|
Capel Colman |
47 |
18/06/1835 |
Jonathan |
DAVIES |
Single |
|
Anne |
LEWIS |
Single |
|
48 |
16/06/1836 |
Thomas |
NATHAN |
Single |
Llanfihangel Abergowin, Carmarthenshire |
Esther |
PROTHERO |
Widow |
|