Llaniestyn

• 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 Llaniestyn   chapel (in Welsh)   - with translation by Eleri Rowlands (July 2012)

Various items - on the People's Collection Wales  site

• REHOBOTH WELSH INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, LLANIESTYN 
• Brynmawr chapel (CM) and Cefn Inn, Llaniestyn

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

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LLANIESTYN (LLAN-IESTYN), a parish principally in the hundred of DINLLAEN, but partly in that of GAFLOGION, in the Lleyn division of the county of CARNARVON, NORTH WALES, 8 miles (W. by S.) from Pwllheli, containing 1115 inhabitants. This parish, which derives its name from the dedication of its church, is pleasantly situated at the head of a small valley opening towards the south, near the south-western extremity of the county, almost in the centre of the great headland which separates the bay of Carnarvon from that of Cardigan, and comprehends an extensive tract of arable and pasture land. The village is seated at the base of Carn Madryn, a lofty, barren, isolated hill, which was formerly one of the strong holds of Roderic and Maelgwyn, sons of Owain Gwynedd, to whom this part of the principality belonged. The surrounding scenery is pleasingly diversified, and the distant views combine many features of interesting character and picturesque beauty. In the mountainous part of the parish are some appearances of lead-ore and nikel, but the veins are not of sufficient extent to promise remuneration to the mining adventurer, and no works have been yet opened. The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacies of Bodverin, Llandegwining, and Penllech annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Bangor, rated in the king's books at £21.3.9., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Bangor. The church, dedicated to St. Iestyn, is a spacious and handsome structure, partly in the later Norman, and partly in the early English style of architecture, consisting of a nave, south aisle, and chancel. The aisle is separated from the nave by a range of pentagonal pillars and circular arches, and is lighted by a series of elegant lancet-shaped windows ; and some fragments still remain of the exquisitely carved oak screen which separated the chancel from the nave. The pulpit and the reading desk are singularly placed, the former being attached to the northern, and the latter to the southern, wall. There are two places of worship for Calvinistic Methodists, and one for Presbyterians. The rental of a tenement bequeathed by Mr. Roger Jones, and now producing £ 13 per annum, is distributed among the poor of this parish at Christmas. The whole summit of Carn Madryn was anciently surrounded by a wall, still traceable in its whole circuit, and remaining in some parts to the height of several feet : within the area are foundations of circular buildings, and near the base of the mountain are the remains of numerous circular and quadrilateral buildings, of which the walls are in many instances tolerably perfect. The upper part of the mountain is supposed to have been occupied by the chieftains during their sojourn in this strong hold, and the base by their vassals and subsidiary forces, who during times of invasion came hither with their cattle for security. Cevn Amwlch, in this parish, at present the residence of C. G. Wynne, Esq., is said to have been the birthplace of Bishop Griffith. The average annual expenditure for the maintenance of the poor is £272. ( A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833)

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Records of the Caernarfonshire Quarter Sessions, 1546-1795 - Depostions, 24 March 1652 - on the People's Collection Wales site
"Depositions taken before John Parry.
William Morgan, Edern, yeoman, aged about 40, states that John Owen, Llaniestyn, on the 24th day of March 1651 at Nevyn, did beat one Hugh Lewis 'with a cudgel upon his head and arms, and that the said cudgel broke with the said blows'. Lewis ap Evan, Edern, yeoman, aged about 50 states that John Owen, at Nevyn on the aforementioned day, did beat Hugh Lewis about the head 'with a great cudgel' "

Gwynedd Family History Society have a diagram of the ecclesiastical parishes of Caernarfonshire (under Parishes) 

Parish of Llaniestyn in Carnarvonshire - on the People's Collection Wales  site

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