Welsh Historical Interests
Contents
- Introduction
- Another Look At Dic Penderyn
- School Days! The Avonian Magazine 1937
- List of Members, Glyarthen Congregational Chapel
Introduction
These pages are a miscellany of articles on Welsh history. Some are linked to our family history or personal interests and others to voluntary and acadmic undertakings. More pages will be added later.
Another Look At Dic Penderyn
This article is about the Welsh proletarian hero, Dic Penderyn and his possible links to my family. There are many stories about Dic's possible background, some based on fact and some based on fiction. This is my contribution.
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School Days! The Avonian Magazine 1937
This was an article I originally wrote for the Glamorgan Family History Journal based on 'The Avonian' 1937, which was the magazine for Port Talbot County School in Glamorgan, South Wales. My father was a pupil at this school when the magazine was published although he is not mentioned in it.
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List of Members, Glyarthen Congregational Chapel
These members lists are partial transcriptions of registers of contributions made by members of Glynarthen Congregational Chapel, which is situated in the Parish of Penbryn in the county of Cardigan, Wales. The Chapel is independent and the congregation was drawn from the neighbouring Parishes including Troedyraur and Bettws Evan, as well as Penbryn Parish. The register of contributions contains the name and surname of each member, together with their place of residence and the quarterly amount contributed for the support of the ministry (typically sixpence or a shilling). There are two register books covering 1872-1879 (National Library of Wales MS deposit 949B) and 1880-1912 (National Library of Wales MS deposit 947B). These books have been filmed and can be ordered up from any LDS Family History Centre (Family History Library call number 839697). I have transcribed all the registers from between 1872 and 1881, with the exception of 1878-79. I completed this work for a Family and Community History research project (Open University DA301) to provide evidence of labour mobility in the years between the 1871 and 1881 census. I chose the Glynarthen area for this project because there were members lists available and because my ancestors lived in the area.