Llanrhydd, Denbighshire, Wales Genealogy

Wales

Denbighshire

Llanrhydd

Llanrhydd is a village and ecclesiastical parish in Denbighshire, Wales.

Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Denbighshire and, between 1874 and 1996 in the County of Clwyd, Wales Genealogy. In 1996 it became part of the modern county of Denbighshire.

History

"LLANRHUDD {LLAN-RHUDD), a parish partly within the limits of the borough, and partly in the hundred of Ruthin, county of Denbigh, 1 mile (E.) from Ruthin. The village is pleasantly situated in a fertile vale near the Clwydian mountains, and the neighbourhood abounds with pleasing and finely varied scenery. That portion of the parish called the township of Llanrhudd Uchav is comprised within the limits of the contributory borough of Ruthin. ... The church, dedicated to St. Meugan, is a small ancient edifice, forming a picturesque object in the vale. ... There is a place of worship for Calvinistic Methodists." (A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 1833, Samuel Lewis)

For more information on Llanrhydd see:

• Llanrhydd at Genuki

Llanrhydd Parish
Jurisdictions
County bef 1974	add here
County 1 Apr 1974-31 Mar 1996	add here
County 1 Apr 1996 -	add here
Civ Reg District	Ruthin (1881)
Reg Sub-district	Ruthin (1881)
Probate Court	add here
Diocese	add here
Rural Deanery	add here
Chapelry	add here
Poor Law Union	Ruthin
Hundred	Ruthin
Province	add here
Hamlets	add here

Administration

Years	County
before 31 March 1974	Denbighshire
1 April 1974 - 31 March 1996	Clwyd
from 1 April 1996	Denbighshire

Census Records

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.

Maps and Gazetteers

• Llanrhydd at Vision of Britain

Websites

• Llanrhydd Parish Church at Clwyd FHS