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"PENNANT, or PENNANT MELANGELL, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of LLANVYLLIN, county of MONTGOMERY, NORTH WALES, 10 miles (N. W. by W.) from Llanvyllin, containing 789 inhabitants. This place derives its name, signifying " the head of the brook," from its situation near the source of the river Tanat, which rises in this parish, and falls into the Vyrnwy near Llanymynech, on the confines of Shropshire. ... The church, dedicated to St. Monacella, ... There is a place of worship for Independents. ..." [A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833]
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NB This parish is 'centred' on Pen-y-bont-fawr as the village/church from which it takes its name is to the west in Llangynog parish
(see under Church History below)
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Allchin, Arthur M. Pennant Melangell : place of pilgrimage. Pennant Melangell : Gwasg Santes Melangell, 1994. 46pBritnell, W J. The boundaries of the parish of Pennant Melangell. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 82 (1994), p. 1-8
Britnell, W J. Saint Melangell's shrine, Pennant Melangell. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 82 (1994), p. 147-66
Britnell, W J. Excavation and recording at Pennant Melangell Church. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 82 (1994), p. 41-102
Church of St. Melangell, Pennant Melangell : memorial inscriptions. [S.l.] : Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society,2000, 72. And 2003. 76p
Evans, Geraint G. Place-names and field-names of Pennant Melangell. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 82 (1994), p. 9-22
Heaton, R B. A structural history of Pennant Melangell Church. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 82 (1994), p. 103-25
Lloyd, M F H Ty-ucha; An architectural report Collections historical & archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire Vol 43 1934 Welsh Journals Online
Parkinson, Anthony J. Paintings and inscriptions in Pennant Melangell Church. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 82 (1994), p. 139-46
Petley-Jones, David. Dates and patronymics at Pennant Melangell. Record: Journal of the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society. 17 (2000), p. 26-29
Ridgway, Maurice H. Furnishings and fittings in Pennant Melangell Church. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 82 (1994), p. 127-38
| St. Thomas, Pennant, Pen-Y-Bont |
| Bethania Welsh Independent Chapel, Pen-Y-Bont-Fawr |
| Capel Bach;Independent Chapel, Penybontfawr |
Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP, 1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants. Parish statistics; Area 5000 acres; Population 385 males, 364 females, total 749
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See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph St Melangell, Pennant Melangell
Church of St Melangell, Pennant Melangell on the Montgomeryshire Churches Survey site
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for Penybontfawr chapel (in Welsh ) - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Sept 2010)
Detailed information on deposited registers and transcripts for this parish is given on the Powys Archives page Montgomeryshire parish registers
As a guide only, the principal extant parochial church records for this parish span the dates shown below (as detailed in Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 2000) but exact current holdings should be confirmed with the individual Archives;
- Baptisms 1680-3, 1685, 1689-1713, 1720-1991; Marriages 1685-6, 1691-1713, 1720-1971; Burials 1680-6, 1689-1713, 1720-1953
Parish Registers, or copies, for all or part of these dates are held at the NLW, and/or Powys Archives.
Bishops Transcripts for various periods are held at the NLW, Denbighshire Archives and/or Flintshire Archives
Historic Landscape Characterisation - Pennant Melangell in the Tanat Valley on the Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust site
- The transcription of the section for Pennant (Pennant Melangell) from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Pennant (Pennant Melangell) to another place.
Map of Montgomeryshire parishes on Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society's site - shows dioceses
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Picture of school pupils from Pennant School. - on the People's Collection Wales site
Ysgol Pennant, 1905 - on the People's Collection Wales site
Ysgol y Pennant Parents - on the People's Collection Wales site