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CRICCIETH

"CRICCIETH, (or Crickeith, or Cricaeth), a parish and municipal borough in the hundred of Evionydd, in the county of Carnarvon, 2 miles W. of Tref-llys. It is situated to the N. of Cardigan Bay, but has no harbour. It is a contributory borough to Carnarvon, in returning one member to parliament, and is governed by a mayor and two bailiffs. It was formerly a market town, but is now much decayed, containing only 180 houses, chiefly inhabited by fishermen. The imports are chiefly for domestic use. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Bangor, value with the curacies of Tref-llys and Ynyscynhaiarn, £324, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is in the later English style. The charities amount to £8 per annum. There are four chapels for Dissenters. On the isthmus are remains of a castle built in the reign of Edward I., which commands a fine view across the sands. Fairs are held on the 23rd May, 29th June, and 22nd October." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

• Bibliography
• Church History
• Church Records
• Description and Travel
• Gazetteers
• Genealogy
• Maps
• Merchant Marine
• Public Records

Bibliography

A guide to Criccieth and Pwllheli : with walks and drives in the district. Manchester [etc.] : Abel Heywood & Son [etc.], [1903] 20p

Avent, Richard. Criccieth Castle : Pennaeth Fawr Medieval Hall House : St Cybi's Well. Cardiff : Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments, 1989. 44p

Criccieth Tourist Association. Criccieth : the pearl of Wales on the shores of Snowdonia. [Aberystwyth] : Cambrian News Ltd for the Criccieth Tourist Assoc., 1985. 76p

Gleasure, Eira. Criccieth : a heritage walk. Cricieth : Cymdeithas Hanes Eifionydd, 1998. 24p

Jones, Frank R. Y Capten David Williams, Criccieth, 1803-1887. Maritime Wales = Cymru a'r Môr 10 (1986), p. 121-130

Official guide to Criccieth, North Wales. [Aberystwyth] : [Printed by J. & J. Gibson for the Council], 1900. 52p

Roberts, Malcolm Lloyd. A Criccieth seaman.(Thomas Williams).   Maritime Wales = Cymru a'r Môr 11 1987, p. 170-3

Turner, Alun. Lloyd George of Criccieth.  Country Quest. (October 2001), p. 8-9

Turner, Alun. William Harwood : postcard publisher of Criccieth. Picture Postcard Monthly 178 (1994), p. 15-16

Church History

CRICCIETH, St. Catherine 1868-1869 - on the Church plans online 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 Cricieth  chapel (in Welsh ) - with translation

Church Records

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

Description and Travel

Welcome to Criccieth

Criccieth online

A Castle Wales site - Criccieth Castle

Cambrian News - Criccieth Today

Robert Cadwalader's site - Criccieth

Criccieth - on BBC Wales

Criccieth - on Wikipedia

Gazetteers

A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833

Genealogy

• Papers of the Drage Family, Criccieth 1806-1995
• Watkin family of Muriau [Mawr], Criccieth, papers 1822-1918 , including including deeds relating to the parish of Criccieth 1814-1919
• William George (Solicitor) Papers 1766-1981 (accumulated [c. 1880]-1989) [brother of David Lloyd George]

Maps

Merchant Marine

Criccieth Lifeboat  - history

Public Records

• Criccieth Urban District Council, records 1799-1974    "The Borough of Criccieth (Cricieth), established in the 13th century, became a Corporation in 1833 and an Urban Sanitary Authority in 1873......"

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