Compiled by Annette Strauch for ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of the description: Carmarthenshire Archives Service, Catalogue of Cynwyl Elfed Parish Council Records; Collis, Kim, The West Glamorgan Archive Service, A Guide to the Collections (Swansea, 1998).
Prior to 1894, monthly parish vestry meetings dealt with ecclesiastical matters, rates, and local issues. Parish councils were established by the Local Government Act 1894. The records contain mainly minute books, financial statements, correspondence, copies of planning applications, and rate lists. Civil registration began in 1837 but from 1894 onwards parish councils became fully responsible for civil administration. Community councils replaced parish councils under local government reorganization in 1974.
Deposited by Mr T. Morgan, Clerk of the Parish Council Cynwyl Elfed, and by Mr Gwyn Jones, Secretary to the Council between 1963 and 1995.
Records of Cynwyl Elfed Parish Council and Cynwyl Elfed Community Council, Carmarthenshire, 1848-1957, including signed minute books, 1894-1981; financial records, 1848-1974; and poor rate books, 1919-1926.
All records have been retained
Accruals are possible
Arranged into the following: minute books; financial; and poor rate books.
No restrictions
Usual copyright regulations apply.
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at Carmarthenshire Archives Service.