Llanfihangel Helygen Radnorshire Family History Guide

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Llanfihangel Helygen is a parish in the county of Radnorshire, South Wales. Llanfihangel Helygen is now part of Powys.

Alternative names: Llanfihangel-Fach

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1732

Nonconformists include:

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LLANFIHANGEL-HELYGEN, or LLANFIHANGELFACH, a parish in Rhayader district, Radnor; on the rivers Ithon and Dulais, 4 miles W of Penybont r. station, and 5½ SE by S of Rhayader. Post town, Penybont, Radnorshire. Acres, 1,459. Real property, £664. pop., 110. Houses, 18. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, united with the p. curacy of Llanyre, in the diocese of St. David’s. Value,. £250. Patron, alternately the Bishop of St. David’s and the Vicar of Nantmel. The church is good.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

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Wales, Radnorshire, Llanfihangel-Fach

Wales, Radnorshire, Llanfihangel Helygen – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Llanfihangel Helygen, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Wales, Radnorshire, Llanfihangel Helygen – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts, 1736-1846
Author: Church in Wales. Parish Church of Llanfihangel Helygen (Radnorshire)

Bishop’s transcripts, Llanfihangel Helygen parish church Radnorshire, Wales : 1736-1846

Marriage bonds and allegations : 1679-1866

Wales, Radnorshire, Llanfihangel Helygen, parish registers, 1732-1990
Author: Church in Wales. Parish Church of Llanfihangel Helygen (Radnorshire); National Library of Wales (Aberystwyth)

Powys Archives

Powys archives hold the following records:

A note in Llanyre BT, 1713 say that “there was no register ever kept at Llanvyhangell it being no burial place but what there happens is inserted in the registers of Nantmell and Llanyre”

Microfilm 65

  1. bap 1732-1812, bur 1811, 1828, mar 1737, 1755- 1815
  2. mar 1772-1796
  3. mar 1815-1834
  4. bap 1813-1991
  5. bur 1811, 1828-1990

Digital – shuttle 7

  1. mar 1841-1922 [part]

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