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Eglwysbach

"A parish in the Union of Llanrwst, chiefly in the hundred of Isdulas, county of Denbigh, but comprising also the township of Maenan in the hundred of Llechwedd Isaf, county of Carnarvon. ..... Its length from north to south is seven miles, and its breadth, in a transverse direction, four: the surface is very hilly, which circumstance causes a great variety of soil, some being extremely barren, and some, on the contrary, tolerably fertile, yielding good crops of corn. The village is situated in a pleasing and fertile vale watered by the river Conway, and the vicinity abounds with agreeable and richly varied scenery."
[ A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 1833 & 1849, Samuel Lewis]

The parish of Eglwysbach comprises the townships of Maenan (in Caernarfonshire); and Esgair Ebrill, Pennant, Cefn y Coed and Bodnod, in Denbighshire.

Bibliography

• Edwards, Eric.        John Evans, Eglwysbach       Cristion, (Medi/Hyd. 1993), p. 11-13
• Evans, John.       Pulpud J. E. Eglwysbach       Treffynnon : Argraffwyd fros yr awdur gan P. M. Evans and Son, [1887]
• Hughes,  John  et. al.     John Evans, Eglwysbach        Bangor: Samuel Hughes, Argraffydd, 45 High Street, Pendref, 1897.      
• Roberts, J. Alun.     John Evans, Eglwysbach (1840-97)        Bathafarn. Cyf. 30 (1989-90), t. 27-29

Church History

The Clwyd FHS website has a photograph of the church.

St Martins Church, Eglwysbach site

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 Civilparish of Eglwysbach :

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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, at Conwy Archive Services, and at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
  These microfilms are not available elsewhere.

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

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.

I.G.I.

• There are no official I.G.I. entries for St. Martin's, Eglwysbach.

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Civil Registration

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

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

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

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Description and Travel

Eglwysbach - on wikipedia

Eglwysbach photographs - on geograph.org.uk

Eglwys Bach - on Vision of Britain

Maps

Population

• In 1831- the population was 1460.
• In 1901- the population was 1286.
  [ Royal Commission on the Welsh Church - October 1907]

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Statistics

• Archdeacon Thomas gives the area of the parish as 9738 acres.
  [ The History of the Diocese of St. Asaph , 1908-1913, Ven. D.R. Thomas]

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Last Updated 14 Dec 2010 - Gareth Hicks