RECORD OFFICE/ARCHIFDY MORGANNWG

Reference code(s): GB 0214 P134CW

Title: Ecclesiastical Parish records

Creation date(s): 1882-1955

Level of description: Fonds

Extent: 0.08 cubic metres

Name of creator(s): St. Margarets Church, Aberaman; St. Peters Church, Capcoch; Abercwmboi Mission; St. Barnabas Church, Aberaman

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history: Aberaman was created as a parish in 1883 out of the ancient parish of . The church of St. Margaret was erected in 1883 at the expense of a mine owner, Sir George Elliot Bart, and dedicated to the memory of his wife Lady Margaret Elliot. St. Barnabas, an iron church, was erected in 1897 as a chapel-of-ease. Abercwmboi (formerly Cap Coch) was a conventional district and its church dedicated to St. Peter.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract: Aberaman ecclesiastical parish records including registers of marriage, 1887-1955; baptisms, 1882-1949; banns of marriage, 1893-1952; services, 1927-1935; miscellaneous records, 20th century; relating to Churches of St Margaret, St. Barnabas and Abercwmboi mission in the parish of Aberaman

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement: Aberaman Ecclessiastical Parish records are arranged numerically under title of register and date which record was accessioned

Conditions governing access: No Restrictions

Conditions governing reproduction: Normal Glamorgan Record conditions apply

Finding aids: Detailed handlist available at the Glamorgan Record Office

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records offered have been accepted and listed

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ABERAMAN ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH P134CW

Accruals: Accruals are possible

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition: Deposited by the imcumbents of the parish, 1997

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals: Glamorgan Record Office

Existence and location of copies: Facsimiles of registers for public use at the Glamorgan Record Office

Related material: See also Bishops Transcripts of parish for 1900, held at the national library of , Aberystwyth; P137CW (Abercwmboi, St. Peter ecclesiastical parish records)

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Annabel Wickham for the ANW Project; Sources used: Glamorgan Record Office finding aids; Williams and Watts- Williams, Cofestri Plwyf Cymru/Parish Registers of Wales, (Aberystwyth, 2000); www.churchinwales.org.uk; www.maggieandjo.org/history

Rules or conventions: Description follows Archives Network Wales guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition; AACR2 and LCSH.

Date(s) of descriptions: February 2006

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ABERAMAN ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH P134CW

ECCLESIASTICAL

INCUMBENT

Registers

St. Margaret

P134CW1 Baptisms (for Baptisms from 1882-88, see 1889-1909 P134CW3) [1 volume] P134CW2 Baptisms 1909-1949 [1 volume]

P134CW3 Baptisms (Rough copy register) 1882-1891 [1 volume] P134CW4 Baptisms (Rough copy register) 1891-1899 [1 volume] P134CW5 Baptisms (Rough copy register) 1899-1906 [1 volume]

P134CW6 Marriages 1887-1907 [1 volume] P134CW7 Marriages 1907-1919 [1 volume] P134CW8 Marriages 1919-1930 [1 volume] P134CW9 Marriages 1930-1943 [1 volume] P134CW10 Marriages 1943-1955 [1 volume]

P134CW11 Banns of Marriage 1893-1915 [1 volume] P134CW12 Banns of Marriage 1923-1952 [1 volume]

St. Barnabus

P134CW13 Baptisms 1899-1914 [1 volume]

Abercwmboi Mission

P134CW14 Baptisms 1899-1915 [1 volume]

P134CW15 Register of Services (St. Margaret) 1927-1935 [1 volume]

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ABERAMAN ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH P134CW

P134CW16 Electoral Roll (St. Margaret) with confirmation lists c.1920-1940 1929-1936 [1 volume]

P134CW17 Church magazine address list; summer envelope 1955 gift scheme account (from p134CW16) [1booklet]

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