Penycae, Wrexham, Wales Genealogy

Wales

Wrexham

Parishes of Historic Denbighshire

Penycae

St. Thomas' Parish Church

Penycae is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in the County Borough of Wrexham, Wales Genealogy in Wales.

History

The village of Penycae was part of the ancient parish of Ruabon and the district was known as Dinhinlle Uchaf (but also known as Y Dref Fechan or Cristionydd Fechan at various times).

The new ecclesiastical parish of Penycae was formed 1879, from parts of the existing parishes of Ruabon, Rhosllannerchrugog and Rhosymedre. The parish church of St. Thomas had been consecrated in 1878. However, most of the population of the parish were nonconformists and attended the Baptist chapels of Salem and Sion in Groes; the Calvinistic Methodist chapels in Groes and Tainant; the Wesleyan Methodist chapel of Soar in Stryt Isa; or the Primitive Methodist chapel in Copperas.

Coal was extracted from pits at Plas Bennion, Wynn Hall, Afon Eitha, Cristionydd, Groes and Plas Isaf and zinc was worked at Copperas.For more information see Penycae, Denbighshire at genuki.org.uk

Penycae 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	add here
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Probate Court	add here
Diocese	add here
Rural Deanery	add here
Chapelry	add here
Poor Law Union	add here
Hundred	Bromfield
Province	add here
Hamlets	add here

Administration

Years	County
pre 1536	Powys Fadog
1536 - 31 March 1974	Denbighshire
1 April 1974 - 31 March 1996	Clwyd
from 1 April 1996	Wrexham

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.

Penycae, in Dinhinlle Uchaf, formed part of the Wrexham Registrar's District.

Year	Parts
1841	missing
1851	HO107/2502 folios 2311-264 & 331-333
1861	RG9/4282 folios 31-63 & 74-83
1871	RG10/5653 folios 1-30 & 55-75
1881	RG11/5512 folios 74-75
1891	RG12/4613 folios 16-64
1901	RG13/

Church Records

• The following Penycae Parish Registers have been deposited at the Denbighshire Records Office in Ruthin:

Baptisms	1880 - 1919
Marriages:	1880 - 1971
Burials	1881 - 1952

• The Clwyd Family History Society have published one volume of the Penycae parish registers.
• There are no official records available on the IGI for Penycae parish.

Nonconformist Church Records

The following chapel records from Penycae are available on the IGI:

Chapel	Years	Batch Number
Salem Particular Baptist, Penycae	1789-1837	C101901

The Clwyd Family History Society have published the following records:

Chapel	Type	Years
Salem Particular Baptist, Penycae	Burials
Groes Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Penycae	Burial Records & Monumental Inscriptions

Civil Records

The Registry Office was in High Street, Ruabon. Births, marriages and deaths in Penycae will be recorded in the GRO indexes as:

Years	Sub-district	District	Volumes
1 Jul 1837 - 1974	Ruabon	Wrexham	XXVII (1837-51) 11b (1852-1946) 8A (1946-74)

Cemeteries

• St Thomas Parish Church
• Salem Baptist Chapel
• Groes Calvinistic Methodist Chapel

Poor Law Union

Penycae formed part of the Wrexham Union which was created on 30 March. A workhouse was built at Croesnewydd in Bersham. The records of the Wrexham Union are now held at Denbighshire Record Office in Ruthin.

Bibliography

• Dennis W Gilpin, "Rhosllannerchrugog, Johnstown, Ponciau, Penycae, a collection of pictures - Volume I" (1991)
• Dennis W Gilpin, "Rhosllannerchrugog, Johnstown, Ponciau, Penycae, a collection of pictures - Volume II" (1992)
• Colin Gibbs, "Clatter of Clogs" (1990)

Websites

• Ordnance Survey map of Penycae
• Penycae Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
• Penycae War Memorial at Clwyd FHS
• St Thomas' Church web site

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