Aberporth, Cardiganshire, Wales Genealogy

Guide to Aberporth, Cardiganshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: civil registration, census records, and parish register transcripts.

History
Aberporth is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in Ceredigion, Wales.

Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Cardiganshire and, between 1974 and 1996 in the County of Dyfed. In 1996 it became part of the modern county of Ceredigion.

ABERPORTH (ABER-PORTH), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of TROEDYRAUR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 5 1/2 miles (N. E.) from Cardigan. This parish is pleasantly situated on the shore of Cardigan bay, St. George's channel, and in a small cove near the mouth of the river Howny, forming a commodious, though small port, which is a creek to the port of Cardigan. The church, dedicated to St. Cynwyl, is a small plain structure of great antiquity, situated on an eminence about one mile from the village, and commanding a beautiful view of the sea. There are places of worship for congregations of Calvinistic Methodists at Aberporth and Blaenannerch, with a Sunday school for adults and children held in each of them.

For further information on Aberporth see Genuki - Aberporth

Parish Chest
Vestry minutes (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Church warden accounts (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Tithe Records
The tithe agreement date for Aberporth was DATE.

Nonconformist Chapel Records
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Civil Registration
The Civil Registration District for Aberporth is DATESANDNAMESCIVREG.

Poor Law Unions
Visit the England and Wales Poor Law Records page for more information.