Caernarvonshire

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DENIO

"DENIO, a parish in the hundred of Gafflogian, in the county of Carnarvon, North Wales, 1 mile from Pwllheli. The living is a curacy* annexed to the vicarage* of Llannor. The church is dedicated to St. Benno. The charities amount to £65 per annum, £40 of which goes to Vaughan's grammar school." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

• Bibliography
• Business and Commerce Records
• Church History
• Church Records
• Description and Travel
• Gazetteers
• Genealogy
• History
• Maps
• Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.
• Public Records
• Schools

Bibliography

Parry, A Ivor. Election of guardians for the parish of Denio, 1907 = etholiad gwarcheidwaid dros blwyf Denio. Pwllheli : W. Llewelyn Ellis, [1907?]

Business and Commerce Records

• Solomon Andrews Papers 1749-1985
  "Records relating to Solomon Andrews & Son's business interests, mainly in Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, and Arthog, Merionethshire........"
• Pwllheli and District Trades Council Papers 1956-1964
• Papers of Ebenezer Morris Roberts, of Penlan Street, Pwllheli, Solicitor 1747-1873
• Papers of William Jones and Son, Pwllheli
  "Including; Records of William Jones and Son, timber yard, Pwllheli. 1843-[c.1965]; ...... British and Foreign Bible Society, Pwllheli Auxiliary Branch records, 1843-1908; ...... Pwllheli Church Expenses Fund records, 1906-1910...."
• John Lewis Williams Papers [c.1802]-1974
  " ...... a dispensing chemist and optician at Mona Pharmacy, High Street, Pwllheli .......papers include annual reports and related records of Penlan Chapel, Pwllheli, [c.1894]-1974...."

Church History

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 Pwllheli chapel (in Welsh )

Church Records

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

Penlan chapel, Pwllheli - see above

Description and Travel

Pwllheli - on the Penllyn.com site

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

• Hughes, Guy, collection Gwyneth Vaughan and Hughes family of Pwllheli papers 1838-1972
• Lloyd Griffith collection of Ellis R. Williams, of Pwllheli, and Golden Fleece Inn, Tremadoc, papers 1850-1972
• Pugh, Edward John, (from Pwllheli) papurau (papers) 1906-1956
  "........... was the founder of Cymdeithas Llaw Fer Gymraeg (Welsh Shorthand Society)......"

History

• Ifan Pugh, Journalist, Pwllheli, Collection 1938-1978
  "...... was a journalist and collected newspaper cuttings connected with Pwllheli and the surrounding area....."
• Sara Roberts, Pwllheli, Papers
  "...including programmes, booklets and other items of Pwllheli interest, [1860s]-1961; copies of The Pwllheli News, 1930-1939; notebooks of Sara Roberts and others relating to Pwllheli [19th century]-[20th century]......"
• Pwllheli and Nefyn Light Railway Papers 1903-1907
  "Papers relating to a proposal to construct a light railway from Pwllheli to Nefyn and Porth Dinllaen...."

Maps

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

Pwllheli Workhouse - on Peter Higginbotham's site

Public Records

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Deneio Parish Records 1760-1851
• Pwllheli Borough Council, records 1780-1974
  "Pwllheli was granted a charter as a free borough by Edward, the Black Prince, in 1355 .........."
• Pwllheli Corporation Papers 1883-1908
• Pwllheli Toc H Archive 1934-1988
  "Toc H was founded after the First World War to promote Christian fellowship and social service....."
• Minute Book of Independent Order of Oddfellows 1841 August 10 - 1890 December 30
  "The Independent Order of Oddfellows is a fraternal organisation which evolved from the medieval trade guilds in the City of London during the 17th century..........."

Schools

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