Aberaman Ecclesiastical Parish Records

Aberaman ecclesiastical parish records including registers of marriage, 1887-1955; baptisms, 1882-1949; banns of marriage, 1893-1952; services, 1927-1935; miscellaneous records, 20th century; relating to Churches of St Margaret, St Barnabas and Abercwmboi mission in the parish of Aberaman.

Aberaman was created as a parish in 1883 out of the ancient parish of Aberdare. The church of St Margaret was erected in 1883 at the expense of a mine owner, Sir George Elliot Bart, and dedicated to the memory of his wife Lady Margaret Elliot. St Barnabas, an iron church, was erected in 1897 as a chapel-of-ease. Abercwmboi (formerly Cap Coch) was a conventional district and its church dedicated to St Peter.

Aberaman Ecclessiastical Parish records are arranged numerically under title of register and date which record was accessioned

No Restrictions

Deposited by the imcumbents of the parish, 1997

Compiled by Annabel Wickham for the ANW Project; Sources used: Glamorgan Record Office finding aids; Williams and Watts-Williams, Cofestri Plwyf Cymru/Parish Registers of Wales, (Aberystwyth, 2000); www.churchinwales.org.uk; www.maggieandjo.org/history

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See also Bishops Transcripts of parish for 1900, held at the national library of Wales, Aberystwyth; P137CW (Abercwmboi, St. Peter ecclesiastical parish records)

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