Battle Breconshire Family History Guide
Status: Ancient Parish
Parish church: St Cynog
Parish registers begin: Baptisms & Burials 1720; Marriages, 1754
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BATTLE, a parish in the district and county of Brecon; on the river Yscar, 3 miles NW of Brecon r. station. Post Town, Brecon. Acres, 1,544. Real property, £1,398. Pop., 118. Houses, 30. The surface is diversified, and commands fine views. The manor belonged to the priory of Brecon. Here was the scene either of the battle between Robert Fitzhamon and Rhys ap Tudor, or the battle at the invasion of Brecknockshire by Bernard Newmarch. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David. Value, £73. Patron, Col. L. V. Watkins. The church is a low building, situated on an eminence.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Battle, 2m. N.W. Brecon. P. 176
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
BATTLE, a parish and village in the hund. of Merthyr, county of Brecon, union of Brecknock, South Wales; 3 miles north-east of Brecknock. It stands on the river Eskir, near its confluence with the Usk. Living, a perpetual curacy, in the archd. of Brecon and dio. of St David’s, not in charge, valued at £5 5s.; gross income £73. Patrons, in 1835, the representatives of J. Brown. There are a daily and a Sunday school here. The origin of the name is uncertain. By some it is supposed to have been derived from a battle fought here in which Robert Fitzhamon and Jestyn ap Gwmantslew Rhys ap Tudor, prince of South Wales, or from the invasion of the county of Brecon by Bernard de Newmarch. By others it is thought to be named after Battle in Sussex, where was the mother church of the priory of Brecon. Pop., in 1821, 183; in 1831, 192. Houses 35. A. P. £975. Poor rates, in 1837, £61.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Powys Archives
Powys archives hold the following records:
Microfilm 10
- bap 1720-1769, mar 1720-1750
- bap 1769-1779, 1785-1807; bur 1778-1779, 1785- 1807
- mar 1754-1812
- bap 1813-1991
- bur 1813-1992
- mar 1838-1970
- bap 1808-1812, bur 1808-1812
IGI Indexes: bir/bap 1813-1841 mar 1813- 1832
Findmypast: Vols 1- 7
Directories
Kelly’s directory of Monmouthshire and South Wales, 1920
Administration
- County: Breconshire
- Civil Registration District:
- Diocese: St. David
- Rural Deanery: Brecon
- Poor Law Union: Brecknock
- Hundred: Merthyr Cynog
- County Court District: Brecon
- Area: South Wales