GLAMORGAN RECORD OFFICE/ARCHIFDY MORGANNWG Reference code(s): GB 0214 P144CW Title: Blaengarw Ecclesiastical Parish records Creation date(s): c1895-c1984 Level of description: Fonds Extent: 0.04 cubic metres, (2 boxes) Name of creator(s): Blaengarw Ecclesiastical Parish CONTEXT Administrative/Biographical history: Blaengarw lay originally in the ancient parish of Llangeinor in the Garw valley. In 1899, a new parish of Garw valley was created, which included Pontycymmer, Blaengarw and Pontyrhyl. Blaengarw was subsequently constituted as a separate parish in 1920, but rejoined the Garw valley parish to become Potnycymmer and Blaengarw in 1950. In 2004 the parish of Garw Valley was combined with Llangeinor to form the united parish of Llangeinor and the Garw Valley. The Church of St. James, Blaengarw was opened in 1890 and closed for worship in 2004. CONTENT Scope and content/abstract: Blaengarw Ecclesiastical Parish records including registers of banns; parish county council minutes; Blaengarw parish magazine no. 1, 1935 ACCESS AND USE Language/scripts of material: English System of arrangement: Blaengarw Ecclesiastical Parish records arranged by item Conditions governing access: No Restrictions Conditions governing reproduction: Normal Glamorgan Record Office conditions apply Finding aids: Handlist available at the Glamorgan Record Office ARCHIVAL INFORMATION Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records offered have been accepted and listed Accruals: Accruals are possible © Glamorgan Record Office BLAENGARW ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH P144CW Archival history: Immediate source of acquisition: Depoisted by the incumbent, 2005 ALLIED MATERIALS Existence and location of originals: Originals held at the Glamorgan Record Office Related material: See also P206CW (Garw Valley/Pontycymmer 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, Confrestri Plwyf Cymru/Parish Registers of Wales, (Aberystwyth, 2000); www.churchinwales.org.uk 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 Record2 Office BLAENGARW ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH P144CW ECCLESIASTICAL INCUMBENT St. James’s, Blaengarw Service registers P144CW1/1 Service register 1961-1969 [1 volume] P144CW1/2 Service register 1933-1943 [1 volume] Minute Books P144CW2/1 Minute book of various church meetings 1935-1962 [1 volume] P144CW2/2 Minute book of various vestry and church council 1962-1984 meetings [1 volume] Offertory Register P144CW3/1 Offertory register 1895-1912 [1 volume] Accounts P144CW4/1 Bazaar and Renovations account 1903 [1 paper] Insurance policies P144CW5/1 Employer’s Liability Policy 1941 [1 paper] P144CW5/2 Public Liability Policy 1941 [1 paper] P144CW5/3 Burglary Policy 1924 [1 paper] P144CW5/4 Fire Insurance Policies 1910-1952 [4 papers] P144CW5/5 Fire Insurance renewal premium receipts 1914-1915 [7 papers] P144CW5/6 Fire Insurance Policy for St. James Parish Hall 1924-1925 P144CW6/1 Ciatory Decree 1911 [1 paper] © Glamorgan Record3 Office BLAENGARW ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH P144CW Assignment of Leasehold P144CW7/1 Assignment of Leashold for “Brynffrwd”, No.1 1928 Church Street, Blaengarw [1 paper] Receipts P144CW8/1 From D. Watts-Thomas & Co. 1933-1935 [5 papers] Farrer & Co. 1905 P144CW8/2 [1 paper] Parish Magazine P144CW9/1 Blaengarw Parish Magazine 1935 [1 paper] Faculty Agreement P144CW10/1 Faculty Agreement for the building of St. James 1912 Parish Hall Licences P144CW11/1 Licence for the Solemnization of marriages 1920 [1 paper] Inventory P144CW12/1 Inventory of items found at St. James Church, 1940-1961 Balengarw [1 file] Conveyance P144CW13/1 Conveyance between The Earl Dunraven and The 1890 Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England regarding the church site of St. James. St. Theadore’s, Pontycymmer Plans P144CW14/1 Architectural plans for St. Theodre’s Church, 1916 Pontycymmer [1 paper] Insurance policies P144CW15/1 Fire Insurance policies 1903-1923 © Glamorgan Record4 Office BLAENGARW ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH P144CW Correspondence P144CW16/1 Proposed building of St. Theodore 1899 [1 paper] P144CW16/2 Movement of parishioners to St. Theodore 1901 [1 paper] St. Marys’s Church, Pontyrhyl Insurance Policies P144CW17/1 Fire Insurance Policies 1903-1921 [3 papers] Plans P144CW18/1 Plans for St. Mary’s Church Hall, Pontyrhyl [2 papers] Licence P144CW19/1 Licence issued to allow marriages to be performed at St. Mary’s Cburch, Pontyrhyl St. Davids Church Hall, Garw Valley Insurance Policies P144CW20/1 Fire Insurance Policy & Reciept 1937 [2 papers] P144CW20/2 Fire Insurance Policy for St. David’s Church 1911-1921 All Saints’ Church, Pontycymer Receipts P144CW21/1 From Messrs White, Borrett & Co, re purchase of 1894 land for erection of All Saint’s Church, Pontycymmer Insurance Policies P144CW22/1 Fire insurance policies 1903-1921 [2 papers] Plans P144CW23/1 Plan for All Saints Hall, Pontycymmer © Glamorgan Record5 Office BLAENGARW ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH P144CW Garw Valley / Blaengarw Miscellaneous Papers Administration Account P144CW24/1 Administration Account of Mrs Annie May Bishop 1967 Deceased Receipts P144CW25/1 To the Earl of Dunraven by Frere Cholmeley & Co 1909-1910 with regards the new Pontycymmer Church Site [1 paper] P144CW25/2 To the Earl of Dunraven by Frere Cholmley & Co 1905 with regards Garw Valley & Pontycymmer Vicarage Site [1 paper] P144CW25/3 From Hampton & Co for installation of heating in 1910 Mission Church, Pontycymmer [1 paper] Correspondance P144CW26/1 Re. Garw Valley Parsonage site 1905 [1 paper] Permission for Development P144CW27/1 For Development of land at St. David’s Church, 1969 Pontycymer [4 papers] Plan P144CW28/1 Plan for Mission Church, Pontycymmer [1 paper] Conveyance P144CW29/1 Conveyance for proposed church at Pontycymmer 1901 [1 paper] Sequestration P144CW30/1 Sequestration for the Benefice of Blaengarw in the 1939 County of Galmorgan Invoices P144CW31/1 From Messrs Courts & Co. to Farrer & Co regarding 1905 land given by Lord Dunraven for a parsonage site at Garw Valley. [1 paper] P144CW31/2 From Messrs Lawrence Graham & Co regarding 1905 obtaining the consent of Legal and General Life Assurance Society for a new parsonage site at Garw Valley [1 paper] © Glamorgan Record6 Office BLAENGARW ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH P144CW P144CW31/3 For release of land by the admiralty of land at Garw 1905 Valley [1 paper] From Messrs Pemberton Cope Gray & Company 1905 regarding release of land at Garw Valley P144CW31/4 [1 paper] Covenant P144CW32/1 Covenant between The Rev. H. Cambell Davies and 1923 The Lord Bishop of Llandaff and Henry Stockwood Esquire for securing repayment of 3200 and interest Policies P144CW33/1 Public liability policies and other related items for 1925-1940 Pontycymmer Vicarage; St. David’s Church and Church Hall; St. Mary’s Church and Church Hall and All Saint’s Hall, Garw Valley, Glamorganshire [1 paper] P144CW33/2 Letter from the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office, Ltd 1947 regarding Public Liability Insurance [1 paper] P144CW33/3 Employers’ Liability Policies and other related items 1923-1940 [5 papers] P144CW33/4 Fire Insurance policies and other related items 1920-1937 [5 papers] P144CW33/5 Fire Insurance Policy for the Vicarage at 1920-1921 Pontycymmer [1 paper] Lease P144CW34/1 Lease between John Hopkin Traherne Esq and Mr. 1881-1980 Thomas Thomas [2 papers] Banns of Marriage Registers P144CW35/1 Banns of Marriage Registers 1917-1968 [2 books] Minute Books P144CW36/1 Minute book of various Parish and church meetings 1920-1928 Register of Services P144CW37/1 Register of church services 1932-1957 © Glamorgan Record7 Office .