Llangiwg, Glamorgan, Wales Genealogy

History
Llan-giwg (also spelled Llangiwg, Llanguick and Llanciwg) is an ecclesiastical parish in the north west portion of Glamorgan in Wales. The parish is five and a half miles Northwest of Neath. The church is dedicated to Saint Ciwg. The parish contains about 12,550 acres. The Duke of Beaufort was one of the largest landowners in the parish.

Online Family Trees
Gibbs

Howell

Williams

Population
1801: 829 (161 households) 1811: 1060 1821: 1428 1831: 1847  1841: 2813  1851: 4229 1861: ????? 1871: 8,312 (1,725 families) 1881: ????? 1891: 9,707 (1,905 families) 1901: ????? 1911: ?????

Administration
Hamlets: Alltgreig, Blaenegel, Caegurwen, and Mawr.

Hundred: Llangyfelach

Poor Law Union:

Neath: 2 Sept 1836-26 March 1875

Pontardawe created 26 March 1875

Registration district:

Neath 1 July 1837 - 1 July 1875 Pontardawe 1 July 1875 - 1 January 1935

West Glamorgan 1 January 1935 - 1 April 1974

Swansea 1 April 1974 - present

Estates:

Beaufort

Cilybebyll -Turberville, Lloyd, Bassett, Leach

Dyffryn Clydach -Philip Williams

Gnoll -Herbert Macworth (manor of Caergurwen)

Penlle'rgaer -Griffith Price

Shewen - William & Joseph Shewen (entered in 1730s by marriage)

Ynyscedwyn - Aubrey & Gough families

Resources for finding ancestors
To start your search, decide when your ancestor lived. If he or she lived between 1837-1911, start by searching civil registration and census records. If they lived before 1837, use church records and probate records. Read more about these and other records below.

Census Records
The 1841-1911 censuses are available online with indexes and images:


 * Ancestry.co.uk
 * findmypast
 * TheGenealogist.co.uk

Parish Registers

 * The following Llangiwg parish records are available at the Family History Library

The Glamorgan Family History Society have published indexes to most of the parish registers.

Nonconformist Church Records
The following chapel records from Llan-giwg parish are available on the IGI:

The following chapel records have been deposited at an archive:

Civil Records
Births, marriages and deaths in Llan-giwg will be recorded in the GRO indexes as:

Cemeteries

 * Carmel: transcript at West Glamorgan Archives
 * Cwmllynfell (old chapel) (publication of transcript and index expected in 2022)
 * Cwmllynfell (new chapel) (not recorded yet)
 * Godre'r Graig: transcript & index recorded by the Ystradgynlais Family History Group, published by Glamorgan Family History Society
 * Gwrhyd: transcript &amp; index published by Glamorgan Family History Society
 * Llan-giwg St. Ciwg parish church: (publication of transcript and index expected in 2022)
 * Saron Chapel (old &amp; new): transcript &amp; index published by Glamorgan Family History Society

Old Poor Law (pre-1834)
Vestry minutes and church warden accounts are at the West Glamorgan Archive in Swansea.

Tithe Records
The tithe agreement date for Llan-giwg was 2 August 1838. An index and images are available online at Welsh Tithe Maps - Places of Wales

Published Sources

 * Thomas, Hugh. "The Industrialization of a Glamorgan Parish." National Library of Wales Journal. 19, no. 4 (1976) pp. 345-361.
 * Clark, Godfrey L. "Survey Roll of Kegerwen Manor 19 April 1610" Cartae et alia munimenta quae ad dominium de Glamorgancia pertinent. Cardiff: William Lewis. 1910. (p. 2156-2165)
 * In the Footsteps of Saints and Sinners: Llangiwg Church past, present and future by D. Gerald O. James
 * Old Characters of Cwmgors and Gwauncaegurwen from the year 1840 by Jonah Evans, translated by Jenni Hyatt
 * Old Characters of Gellinudd by J. E Morgan, 1908
 * The Diaries of Margaret Penderel Jones of Garth 1871 to 1897 edited by Dr. Peter Jackson
 * The History of Pontardawe by J.E. Morgan
 * The Joneses and Penderels of Garth Rhydyfro, Pontardawe by Elizabeth F. Belcham

Libraries Museums Archives
West Glamorgan Archives

National Library of Wales

The National Archives (Kew)

Neath Antiquarian Society

Glamorgan Archives

Societies
Glamorgan Family History Society

Friends of Llangiwg

Swansea Valley History Society

Websites
Llangiwg a site by Friends of Llangiwg Church

Llangiwg church on Facebook

Photos (church and family)