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CAERHUN

"CAERHUN, (or Caerhen), a parish in the hundred of Isaf, in the county of Carnarvon, North Wales, 4 miles to the S. of Conway. Llanrwst is its post town. It is situated on the banks of the river Conway, and extends over an area of 13,402 acres. It was the site of the Roman station Conovium, the foundations of which are still traceable. Many interesting Roman remains have been found, among which is a brick inscribed "Leg. X." In 1801 a villa was discovered, and in 1824 a pottery with good specimens of highly ornamented ware. Traces of copper and manganese have been found in this parish. The living is a rectory united with that of Llanbedr, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St. Mary, and stands in a pretty spot near Caerrhun Hall. There are several chapels for Dissenters in the parish. The charitable endowments are worth £5 a year. Caerrhun Hall is the chief residence." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003] * See also a post script on the separate National Gazetteer page linked below under Gazetteers

• Bibliography
• Church History
• Church Records
• Gazetteers
• Genealogy
• History
• Land and Property
• Maps
• Schools

Bibliography

Brown, Margaret E. Williams family of Caerhun, Conwy. Gwreiddiau Gwynedd / Gwynedd Roots. 38 (2000), p. 27-32

Humphreys, G A. Caerhun Hall and the Roman station of Conovium. [Llanfairfechan : W.E. Owen], 1911. 34p

Reynolds, Paul K B. Excavations on the site of the Roman fort of Kanovium at Caerhun, Caernarvonshire : Collected reports of the excavations of the years 1926-1929 and on the pottery and other objects found. Cardiff : W. Lewis, 1938.

Church History

St Mary - on wikipedia

St Mary Caerhun - on the Great Orme site

Rees, Thomas & John Thomas.Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for Roe Wen  chapel (in Welsh )

Church Records

Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at the Caernarfon Area Record Office.

UK Villages page - map etc

Gaianydd Papers - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Includes; 'The Book of Accounts of the Church Wardens of the parish of Caerhun, 1786';   'Parish of Caerhun Vestry Book, 1852'..."

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Caerhun from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
• A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833

Genealogy

History

Artefacts from the Roman fort of Canovium, Caerhun - on the Gathering the Jewels site

Kanovium Project - Caerhun Roman Fort

Caerhun Standing Stones - on the Modern Antiquarian site

Caerhun - on wicipedia (Welsh)

Land and Property

Maps

Schools

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