GENUKI : Efenechtyd, St. Michael and All Angels

Efenechtyd

"A parish in the Union and hundred of Ruthin, county of Denbigh; 2 miles (S by W) from Ruthin, containing 234 inhabitants. ..... The land, the extent of which is about 1400 acres, consists chiefly of arable, pasture, and woodland, the portion under tillage being by far the largest, and in a state of high cultivation, producing excellent wheat, barley, oats, potatoes and turnips. The scenery is particularly picturesque and beautiful; the surface is boldly undulated, and ornamented in various parts with oak, ash, and poplar trees, and enlivened with several streams, the principal of which is the Clwyd, traversing the eastern boundary. ..... The village is beautifully situated in a sequestered vale abounding with pleasing scenery."
[A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 1833 & 1849, Samuel Lewis]

The parish of Efenechtyd was not divided into townships.

Church History
Church Records

Civil Registration
Population

Church History

Ordnance Survey reference SJ 112558.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels, was mentioned in the Norwich Taxation of 1254.

The Clwyd FHS website has a photograph of the church.

Nonconformist Churches

"Welsh Church Commission - County of Denbigh - The Statistics of the Nonconformist Churches for 1905" lists the following nonconformist places of worship in the Civil parish of Efenechtyd :

Name of Chapel	Denomination	Number of "adherents"
Rhiw	Calvinistic Methodists	138
Pwllglas	Congregationalists	105

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.

Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
1693 - 1983	1693 - 1995	1694 - 1995

Clwyd FHS has published full transcriptions of the registers (complete with indexes) for the following years :

Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
1693 - 1812	1693 - 1811	1694 - 1812

Bishop's Transcripts

Bishop's Transcripts for the years shown below have been deposited in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Around the year 1951, most of the Bishop's Transcripts which had been deposited at that time were microfilmed by the LDS; and the films are available on request at Family History Centres of the LDS.
The films may also be viewed at the Denbighshire and Flintshire Record Offices, and at the National Library of Wales.
In general, the Bishop's Transcripts are less complete than the parish registers.

Deposited at the National Library of Wales	Microfilmed copies
1680 - 1864	1813 - 1864

I.G.I.

The following have been incorporated into the I.G.I., as part of an "official extraction" programme.
They were extracted from the Bishop's Transcripts, not from the Parish Registers.

Baptisms	Marriages
1813 - 1836 1856 - 1864	1813 - 1836

Civil Registration

When Civil Registration was introduced (on 1 July 1837), the parish of Efenechtyd was assigned to the No. 2 ("Ruthin") sub-district of the Ruthin Registration District; which was co-extensive with the Ruthin poor law Union.

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

Years 1837 - 1851: Ruthin XXVII.nnn
Years 1851 - 1930: Ruthin 11b.nnn

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

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Population

In 1831- the population was 242.
In 1901- the population was 213.
[Royal Commission on the Welsh Church - October 1907]

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Last Updated 23 Nov 2009 - Gareth Hicks