The best place to find out about any location in most parts of the UK from a
family history point of view is GENUKI , a FREE web site where local people
have put together information.
You can navigate from the home page to Wales, then to Glamorgan, the
Glamorgan Towns and Parishes to find
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Neath/
and
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/CadoxtonJuxtaNeath/
Note that 'juxta' is simply a Latin word meaning 'next to'.
By exploring these pages and the links on them you can find that St Thomas's
was the parish church of Neath in 1820, though from the time St David's was
built in 1866 I think St David's was treated as the more important building.
If you look at the link to
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~waggy/villages.html you will
see that in the early 19th century Cadoxton-juxta-Neath parish stretched the
whole length of the west side of the Neath valley, while the east side of
the valley, going up-river, was covered by the parishes of Briton Ferry,
Llantwit-juxta-Neath, Neath (which was not much larger in extent than the
town centre of Neath), and Glyncorrwg.
In Cadoxton, not surprisingly, the church is dedicated to St Cadoc (St
Catwg in Welsh)
On all the Glamorgan pages you can see a section 'Places, villages, farms
etc within.... parish' with a link to a detailed map in each case.
There are facsimile copies of the registers both of Neath and Cadoxton at
West Glamorgan Archives. There are also images of the registers on
Findmypast ( a site where you pay for access). Glamorgan Family History
Society has indexed the registers.
There are a number of useful links on these Genuki pages which include some
early information, so there is a chance that you might get lucky.
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Edwards" <nsedwards(a)bellsouth.net>
To: <glamorgan-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 7:55 PM
Subject: [GLA] Church(es) in Neath 1820 and Cadoxton W. Neath in 1831
andMarriage records
Hello Listers -
Forgive my ignorance, but I have marriage records for two sets of
gggrandparents, and I'm trying to find names of the churches in which they
were married. A local researcher sent me the pages on which these
marriages are recorded, but I didn't think at the time to ask for church
names. One is p. 195, "Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Cadoxton W.
Neath in the County of Glamorgan in the Year 1831" and Roberts Edwards and
Sarah Williams "were married in this Church by Banns .......", etc. The
other is p. 43. "Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Neath in the County
of Glamorgan in the Year 1820" and John Davies and Mary Lovat "were
married in this Church by Banns ...", etc. And while I'm at it, what does
"by Banns" mean?
I know you all probably find the information quite clear, but I admit I am
clueless. Do I need to research what churches were in those areas in 1820
and 1831? But then, if so, how would I know which church if there were
more than one in Neath and/or Cadoxton W. Neath? Yes, I'm sitting across
the pond scratching my head.
So - if sks would point me the right direction to find the answer, I'd
sure appreciate it.
Thank you.
Regards,
Nancy Edwards
Georgia - US
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