Aberavon, Glamorgan, Wales Genealogy

Wales Glamorgan  Glamorgan Parishes  Aberafan

Parish History
ABERAVON(ABER-AVON), or sometimes Aberafan, is a rising port, a borough, and parish, in the union and hundred of Neath, county of Glamorgan, South Wales, 5½ miles(S. by E.) from Neath, and is supposed to have erected the ancient castle, the foundations of which are still discernible in a field adjoining the churchyard.

The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was rebuilt about eighty years since. There are several places of worship for dissenters, including two with the Calvinistic Methodists, two with the Independents, one with the Wesleyans, and one with the Particular Baptists.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. Several Internet sites list names or indexes to the records, including:


 * FreeBMD
 * Ancestry.co.uk
 * FindMyPast.co.uk
 * TheGenealogist.co.uk

Census records
Census for the entire country was started in 1841 and continued every ten years. The most recent census available to the public is 1911. Learn more about these records by reading the census article.

= Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.

Go to Glamorgan Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in Wales. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.