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From: "John Ball" <>
Subject: Re: [Mon] Blaenafon/Blaenavon
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 08:01:15 +0100
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Lois Hopkins <> wrote:
Thanks to you and also to Anne for the info.
Was it in Llanover or it's own parish in the 1820s-1830s?
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Dear Lois,

The answer to your question is given on the page of the 1901 Kelly's
Directory whose URL I gave you:
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Under the provisions of the "Local Government Act, 1894," the civil parish
was formed, and comprising the same area as *the ecclesiastical parish,
constituted in 1858*....
The church of St Peter... was opened in 1804 and consecrated in June, 1805:
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This clearly indicates that the ecclesiastical parish of Blaenavon was
constituted in 1858 (from part of Llanover parish).

A plaque on the wall at the entrance to St Peter's Churchyard states "St
Peters Church - Built in 1805 by the ironworks proprietors, it contains many
features made of cast iron, including tomb covers, pillars, and the font".
The church was originally a chapel of ease for Llanover, but would have
achieved parish church status in 1858 when the new parish was formed.

Thus in the period in which you are interested (1820s-1830s), Blaenavon was
in Llanover parish.
The Kain and Oliver map showing parish boundaries, confirms this to be so.
[Kain, R. J. P. & Oliver, R. R., "Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an
Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata".
Colchester, Essex: History Data Service, UK Data Archive (distributor),
2001. SN: 4348]

Kind regards,

John
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