St Albans church Pontypool

[jean Sandra]

Hi,

does anyone know where I can search the parish records for St Albans Church Pontypool?

Was this the only catholic church in Pontypool around 1850?

Regards

Jean Sandra

[rhys]

Hello Sandra Jean
Here  are two sources for the records.
 
Rhys
 
http://www.eggra.co.uk
 
Gwent record office Cwmbran
St Albans Roman catholic Parish,Pontypool.
Baptism and Marriage registers 1836-1922
 

 

 

 

[Braddy]

Hi,
      The older records are deposited with the County Record Office in Croesycelliog. What info did you want?

John

[jean Sandra]

Hi,

many thanks.

I was interested in Baptisms, marriages and burials for the Field family living in Pontypool in the mid 1800s. They were a Roman Catholic family from Ireland, possibly County Cork.

Regards

Jean

[Braddy]

Hi Jean,
               I found time to pop into the record office this morning and looked at three registers of baptisms - 1836 to 1864, 1862 to 1866, & 1860 to 1878. The following all have the surname Field - baptism dates :- Timothoeus 14/11/1841, Ellen 19/9/1863, Mary 21/5/1865, David, 29/9/1866, James 13/1/1867, William 30/6/1872, Mary Ann 30/6/1872, Charles 23/11/1872, Emily Cwmbran 27/6/1875, Maria Cwmbran 14/9/1876, Catherine 17/7/1877. I have more info - parents, mother's maiden name, D of B, God Parents. If these are your family it might be best if you give me your email addy - I can put the details on a spreadsheet - it's too much for here.
       Incidentally for anyone else who reads this the registers also contain some details of other baptisms with an added note - Risca, Blackwood, Blaenavon, Abersychan, Cwmbran so I guess the people may have come from those areas - may be useful if you can't find "your" Baptism in the area where you expect it.