Llanrhydd, Denbighshire, Wales Genealogy
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.
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History[edit | edit source]
"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)
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Llanrhydd Parish | |
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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[edit | edit source]
Years | County |
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before 31 March 1974 | Denbighshire |
1 April 1974 - 31 March 1996 | Clwyd |
from 1 April 1996 | Denbighshire |
Records[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Census Records[edit | edit source]
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.
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Poor Law Union Records[edit | edit source]
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
- Llanrhydd at Vision of Britain
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Llanrhydd Parish Church at Clwyd FHS