1851 religious census: Llandough and Leckwith

Catalogue descriptions checked 31 October 2026. EV identifier not assigned.

Catalogue descriptions

The National Archives describes these two returns, dated Sunday 30 March 1851:

  • HO 129/581/1/67, Part 1, Folio 67: Llandough Parish Church; Llandough Village, Penarth; Church of England; date erected, consecrated or licensed: before 1800; informant John Evans, Rector. Estimated attendance: morning 52; afternoon and evening not stated.
  • HO 129/581/1/65, Part 1, Folio 65: Leckwith; Village of Leckwith; Church of England; date erected, consecrated or licensed: before 1800; informant John Evans, Rector. Estimated attendance: afternoon 27; morning and evening not stated.

Sources and inspection status

Catalogue references: C17832718 and C17832716. Their parent piece is HO 129/581, Cardiff, 1851. Descriptions were checked against the National Archives Discovery API on 31 October 2026. The original return forms were not inspected. The API marks both item records digitised:false; this does not establish whether images are available by another route.

Limits

Not stated is not zero. The figures are estimated attendance at particular services, not unique worshippers or parish population. The catalogue identifies Llandough Village, Penarth, not Llandough near Cowbridge. It does not identify a tithe plot, a farm parcel, a family relationship or any title interest.

The Llandough catalogue gives the date erected as "before 1800". A published secondary account describes the medieval church as demolished in 1820 and replaced (St Dochdwy's Church, Llandough). The catalogue wording may concern a foundation or site rather than the building standing in 1851. This remains unresolved; no building-history conclusion is drawn.

The catalogue independently names John Evans, Rector, on both returns. That fact does not establish why he served both places or connect the two buildings.

Small print: dotted links explain a word (see the glossary); amber-shaded links list every name the records use for the same thing.

Page journal
  1. 1.0 · 2026-10-31 — New record: National Archives catalogue descriptions of the two 1851 religious census returns for Llandough Parish Church and Leckwith (HO 129/581/1/67 and /65), with inspection status and limits. Original return forms not inspected.