Records relating to Baglan Higher Parish Council, Baglan Higher Community Council and Pelenna Community Council, 1784-1992, including Baglan tithe plan and apportionment, 1846; account books, 1784-1864; minutes, 1913-1991; financial records, 1938-1992; deeds, 1932-1982; correspondence, 1970-1983; records relating to the Local Boundary Commission for Wales, 1979-1981; statutory instruments, 1976-1983; maps, 1982; records relating to rights of way, 1954-1971; invoices and receipts concerning the South Wales Electricity Board, 1956-1957; records relating to playing fields, 1958-1990; records relating to Pontrhydyfen Community Centre, 1961-1986; records relating to Neath Borough Council, 1961.
Baglan Higher Parish Council, Baglan Higher Community Council and Pelenna Community Council Records
This material is held atWest Glamorgan Archive Service
- Reference
- GB 216 P/69
- Dates of Creation
- 1784-1992
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English Welsh
- Physical Description
- (Information to be supplied)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
During the late Middle Ages the parish became increasingly important as a unit of civil administration. From the 16th century unpaid parish officers were responsible for keeping the peace, repairing roads and assisting the poor, by means of a rate levied on the inhabitants of the parish. Civil parish councils were established by the Local Government Act 1894, taking over responsibilities from parish vestry meetings. The parish of Baglan was in the county of Glamorgan, until local government reorganisation in 1974, when it became part of West Glamorgan. Baglan parish had a higher and a lower division. Baglan Higher Parish Council was replaced by Baglan Higher Community Council in 1974. In 1983 Pelenna Community Council was created, absorbing Baglan Higher and Michaelston Higher Community Councils.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following: Baglan parish; Baglan Higher Parish Council; Baglan Higher Community Council; Pelenna Community Council.
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Note
Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following source was used to compile this description: West Glamorgan Archive Service, Baglan Parish, catalogue.
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