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Welsh Church Commission Papers, Sub-sub-fonds
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General parish files

These bundles, of files compiled between 1915 and 1946 but containing documents dating back as far as 1844, contain a range of material relating to each parish. The parochial bundles are arranged by diocese according to the post-1923 boundaries. Most of the bundles include the Form D, Particulars of Endowments, filled in by incumbents as directed by Rule 7 of the Welsh Church Rules, made by the Commissioners in pursuance of Section 11 (4) of the Welsh Church Act, 1914. The First Report of the Commissioners (1914-15; see WCC/Admin 2) includes a copy of the Rules, as well as instructions issued to incumbents on filling in Form D. Copies of the form were circulated to all incumbents in 1915 in order to gather information as to the endowments of each benefice, and any other emoluments received by the incumbent. Details are given of:. Names of patrons. Particulars of buildings (e.g., number of churches, chapels of ease, or mission rooms in the parish; also, the extent of the garden or curtilage of the parsonage). Charges on the income of the benefice (e.g., mortgages). Tithe rent-charge and land tax. Particulars of the glebe and any income arising from it. General endowments. Endowments made specifically towards church repairs, salary of parish clerk, etc. Emoluments from sources other than endowments, e.g. Easter Dues, Statutory Pew Rents, Customary Fees (baptisms, marriages, burials), etc. Burial grounds, including those representing private benefactions since 1662. The declaration making up the first page of the form is often submitted with the addition of a signed statement by the incumbent, registering his protest at the passing of the 1914 Act. All bundles include files containing Form D, except for the following:. Diocese of St Asaph:. Rhydycroesau, co. Denb. Penley, co. Flint. St Asaph (Second Vicar), co. Flint. That part of Gresford lying in co. Flint. Criggion. Forden. Montgomery (all in co. Mont.). Diocese of Monmouth:. Aberbeeg. Newbridge. Newport: St Julian (all in co. Mon.). Diocese of Swansea and Brecon:. Swansea: St Luke, co. Glam. Most bundles include files containing details of burial grounds, tithe rent-charge, and glebe lands. Those files noted in the list below as being numbered in the series 70,000 relate to the sale or leasing of glebe land. There is also material relating to churches, schools, church halls, mission rooms (and their respective sites), building insurance, Crown rentals, Fee Farm rents, stipends, annual charges, fabric funds, vested interests, mineral leases, road improvements, railways, local planning, the purchase of land for local authority housing and other schemes (e.g., telephone exchanges and allotments), military requisition of land, reservoir construction, wayleaves, rights of way, parish boundaries, estates, sporting rights, ancient monuments, enclosures, etc. Plans are included in some files, showing the extent of glebe land, burial grounds, curtilages, etc. It should not be presumed that the files for each parish contain all of the information shown above. The content varies from parish to parish. Subjects dealt with in the files have only been noted when out of the ordinary. Place names are given as they appear on the files.

Burial grounds

Files of correspondence and other papers relating to the repair and maintenance of burial grounds (including the erection of electricity and telegraph poles, and the laying of water pipes), and their transfer to local authorities and the RB, 1934-1947.

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