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Cynefin project, Online: Archives Wales, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Citation details
Work
Cynefin project
Place
Online
Publisher
Archives Wales • National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
Year
Description
Abstract (cited)
The Cynefin Project aims to digitise more than 1100 maps and transcribe over 36,000 apportionment documents and link them to the relevant location on the map. Conservation work will be applied to all maps which need it as part of the project. The work is to be completed by the end of September 2016. Tithe maps were produced between 1838 and 1850 following the Tithe Commutation Act of 1836 as a part of the process to ensure that all tithes were paid with money rather than produce. They are the most detailed maps of their period and there are over a thousand of them covering more than 95% of Wales. The maps vary in detail and many of them do not have place names on them, but they all have associated apportionment documents which indicate how much tithe was due by the affected residents. It should be noted that there are generally three copies of all tithe maps, one was provided for the Tithe Commissioners and that is now at the TNA. A local copy originally produced for the local church is now often held by local archives. A copy was also made for the diocesian registry and that is the copy which is now at the National Library of Wales. This is the copy which is generally used for this project where possible.
(source: Project description (3 August 2015))
Subjects and topics
Headings
19th century Wales
Approaches
cartography
Sources
Texts
Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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August 2015, last updated: June 2023