GLAMORGAN RECORD OFFICE/ARCHIFDY MORGANNWG Reference code(s): GB 0214 P134CW Title: Aberaman 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 Aberdare. 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 © Glamorgan Record Office 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 Wales, 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 © Glamorgan Record Office 2 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] © Glamorgan Record Office 3 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] © Glamorgan Record Office 4 .