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Colwyn Bay

The new parish of Colwyn Bay was created on 15 May 1893, by an Order in Council, from the townships of Llwytgoed, Rhiw, and part of Dinerth, which until then had been in the ancient parish of Llandrillo-yn-Rhos.
On 5 May 1900, Llwytgoed and part of Rhiw were transferred to the new parish of Bryn-y-Maen.

For a map link to Colyn Bay - see under Maps on Llandrillo-yn-Rhos

Bibliography

• Colwyn Bay before the houses came.     Manchester : Sherrat and Hughes, 1938.
• Colwyn Bay directory.    London: Kent service Ltd., 1960.
• Colwyn Bay   Colwyn Bay Public Library, 1953.
• Colwyn Bay Through Time.    Stroud: Amberley Publishing 2009.
• Jones, Ivor Wynne.     Colwyn Bay   [Mold] : Clwyd Library Service, 1995
• Jones,  Ivor Wynne & Norman Tucker.     Colwyn Bay          Ashbourne : Landmark, c2001.
• Lowe, Cindy.   Colwyn Bay accredited: the War Time experience       Wrexham : Bridge Books, 2010.
• Mellor, George E.     Colwyn Bay Cricket Club, founded 1823     Colwyn Bay Cricket Club, 1992,
• Owens, A.     Come on the Bay    [Colwyn Bay : Colwyn Bay Football Club, 2005]
• Round, Michelle.    Colwyn's pier pavilion curse        Country Quest. (June 2000), p. 6-8
• The chapels of Colwyn Bay .    Capel, 51 (Gwanwyn / Spring 2008), p. 1-2
• Williams, Ritchie.    Bethlehem Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru Bae Colwyn     Bae Colwyn : Bethlehem, Bae Colwyn, 1997.

Church History

The present parish church (SJ 850788), dedicated to St. Paul, was consecrated on 13 July 1888; the chancel being opened on 7 April 1895; and the tower on 12 November 1911.
The Clwyd FHS website has a photograph of the church.

The foundation stone of St. David's (SJ 850788), which was intended for the use of the Welsh-speaking congregation, was laid on Whit Monday 1902, the church being dedicated on 1 March 1903. St. David's is adjacent to St. Paul's.
The Clwyd FHS website has a photograph of the church.

The foundation stone of St. Andrew's (SJ 841793), to serve the westerly end of the new parish, was laid on 2 November 1908.
The Clwyd FHS website has a photograph of the church.

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 Colwyn  chapel (in Welsh ) - with a translation by Eleri Rowlands (April 2011)

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Church Records

Parish Registers

• The following Parish Registers have been deposited at the Denbighshire Record Office, Ruthin.
  They may be viewed on microfilm at the Denbighshire and Flintshire Record Offices, and at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
  These microfilms are not available elsewhere.
  (No separate registers have been deposited for either St. David's or St. Andrew's)

Bishop's Transcripts

• No Bishop's Transcripts have been deposited for the parish of Colwyn Bay.

I.G.I.

• There are no official I.G.I. entries for Colwyn Bay.

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Civil Registration

In the GRO indexes to civil registration, entries for Colwyn Bay are in the format :

• Years 1837 - 1851: Conwy XXVII. nnn
• Years 1851 - 1930: Conwy 11b. nnn

(GRO index references have no relevance at the local Superintendent Registrar's Office)

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Description and Travel

Colwyn Bay Civic Society site

Colwyn Bay Online Directory site

Population

• In 1831- this was not a separate parish.
• In 1901- the population was 5975.
  [ Royal Commission on the Welsh Church - October 1907]

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Statistics

• Archdeacon Thomas gives the area of the parish as 757 acres.
  [ The History of the Diocese of St. Asaph , 1908-1913, Ven. D.R. Thomas]

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Last Updated 2 Oct 2012  - Gareth Hicks