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Wales Genealogy: Glamorgan Census & County Records

 

The County of GLAMORGAN is 112 Miles in Circumference, contains about 540000 Acres, 10 Hundreds, 9 Market Towns, 118 Parishes and 9644 Houses. It had formerly 25 Castles and 3 Monasteries most of which are now demolished. The Air is various, sharp on ye Mountains, covered with Snow but very Mild & Warm on ye Seavern Coast. The Soil in ye North Part is full of Steep, High & Barren Hills, abounding with Woods, in ye South more plain rich & fertile, feeding multitude of Cattle & Sheep; it is called for its fruitfullness ye Garden of Wales. It is plentifully stored with Fish, Flesh, Fowl, it also has many Coal Pits, The Cheif Comodities are Corn & Cattle." [Emanuel Bowen, Britannia Depicta, 1720]

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Glamorgan, Wales Census Records
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Glamorgan Parish & Probate Records

Glamorgan, Wales: Parish and Probate Records
A collection of parish and probate records in Wales and England, from the 1500s to the 1800s.
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Glamorgan, Wales Ancestry Message Board

 

Glamorgan Civil Parish Index and Parish Census Records