Colva Radnorshire Wales Family History Guide

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Colva is a parish in the county of Radnorshire, South Wales.

Alternative names: Colfa

Colva is a scattered parish, on a mountain ridge, 1.285 feet above the level of the sea. in the county of Radnor.

Parish church: St. David

Parish registers begin: 1663

The children of this parish attend the school at Newchurch.

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

COLVA, a parochial chapelry in Presteigne district, Radnor; on the river Edwy, near the Central Wales railway, 5½ miles SW of New Radnor. Post town, New Radnor. Acres, 2, 293. Real property, £1, 709. Pop., 185. Houses, 31. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Glascombe, in the diocese of St. Davids. The church is tolerable.

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

Colva, 7 m. W. Knighton. P. 221.

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850

Parish Records

FamilySearch – Birth Marriage & Death records, Census, Migration & Naturalization and Military records – Free

Powys Archives

The following records are available from Powys archives.

Parish Registers

Microfilm 56:

  • Baptisms 1663-1794, burials 1663-1794, marriages 1663- 1753
  • Marriages 1813-1837 
  • Marriages 1838-1970 
  • Marriages 1756-1811 
  • Banns 1825-1844 
  • Baptisms 1813-1988 
  • Burials 1813-1991 

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Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts, 1687-1850

Wales, Radnorshire, Colfa (Colva), parish registers, 1663-1991

Parish register printouts of Colva, Radnor, Wales ; christenings, 1813-1850

Cemeteries

Monumental inscriptions, St. David’s parish church, Colva, Radnorshire

Census

Census returns for Colva, 1841-1891

Directories

Kelly’s Directory of South Wales 1920

Administration

  • County: Radnorshire / Powys
  • Civil Registration District:
  • Diocese: St. David; Swansea and Brecon
  • Rural Deanery: Elwel
  • Poor Law Union: Kington
  • Hundred: Radnor
  • Province: Canterbury
  • Petty Sessional Division: New Radnor
  • Couty Court District: Kington