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Wick Ecclesiastical Parish registers
Reference code(s): GB 0214 P102CW
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Title: Wick Ecclesiastical Parish registers
Short title: Wick Ecclesiastical Parish registers
Dates of creation: 1741-1993
Level of description: Fonds
Extent and medium: 0.06 cubic metres
Name of creator(s): Wick Ecclesiastical Parish
CONTEXT
Administrative and biographical history: Wick is an ancient parish within the western division of the rural deanery of Groneath Lower in the diocese of Llandaff. It is situated between the towns of Bridgend and Cowbridge in the hundred of Ogmore. The parish church is dedicated to St. James and formerly served as a chapel of ease to the parish of St. BrideāTMs Major. It was restored in 1878.
CONTENT
Scope and content: Wick Ecclesiastical Parish registers including registers of baptisms, 1802-1986; marriages, 1754-1993; burials, 1802-1987; banns, 1825-1923; services, 1929-1966; miscellaneous and civil records, 1741-1849
ACCESS AND USE
Language/script: English
System of arrangement: Wick Ecclesiastical Parish registers arranged by item
Conditions governing access: No Restrictions
Conditions governing reproduction: Normal Glamorgan Record Office conditions apply
Finding aids: Handlist available at the Glamorgan Record Office
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records offered have been accepted and listed
Accruals: Accruals are possible
Immediate source of acquisition: Deposited by the incumbent,1978-1988
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals: Originals held at the Glamorgan Record Office
Existence and location of copies: Facsimiles of parish registers available for public use at the Glamorgan Record Office. Facsimiles of parish registers also held at West Glamorgan Archive Service
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note: Bishops transcripts for the years 1721, 1723-91, 1793-1864 held at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; Microfiche copy of Bishops transcripts held at the Glamorgan Record Office
Archivist's note: Compiled by Annabel Wickham for the ANW Project; Sources used: Glamorgan Record Office finding aids; Williams and Watts-Williams, Confrestri Plwyf Cymru/Parish Registers of Wales, (Aberystwyth, 2000); www.churchinwales.org.uk
Rules or conventions: Description follows Archives Network Wales guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition; AACR2 and LCSH.
Date(s) of description: February 2006
