Denbighshire

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Parishes

Llannefydd

"A parish in the Union of St. Asaph, hundred of Isaled, county of Denbigh, 7 miles (NW by N) from Denbigh; containing 1196 inhabitants. It is pleasantly situated in the north-western part of the county, and near the river Elwy, which, after traversing the parish in a north and east direction for a considerable distance, falls into the river Clwyd; ..... comprising 10,500 acres, of which 4000 are woodland, 500 common and the remainder nearly equally divided between arable and pasture."
[A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 1833 & 1849, Samuel Lewis]

The ancient parish comprised the ten townships of Llechryd, Berain, Talybryn, Myfoniog, Bodysgaw, Dinascadfel, Penporchell, Carwedfynydd, Tycelyn, and Tiryrabad.

Church History Church Records Civil Registration

Population Statistics

Church History

The Clwyd FHS website has a photograph of the church.

Nonconformist Churches

Name of Chapel	Denomination	Number of "adherents"
Bontnewydd	Baptists	69
Bryndeunydd	Baptists	85
Peniel, Pentre Isaf	Baptists	121
Capel y Llan	Calvinistic Methodists	104
Cefn Berain	Calvinistic Methodists	126
Ffynnonau	Calvinistic Methodists	155

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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.
  According to a survey which the National Library of Wales made in 1936, the Baptism and Burial Registers covering the period 1721 - 1812 were still in Llannefydd Church at that time; but they now appear to be "lost".
  Fortunately, the Bishop's Transcripts for most of that period have survived, and have been deposited in the National Library of Wales.
  

Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
1813 - 1989	1754 - 1964	1813 - 1861

• Clwyd FHS has published full transcriptions of the Bishop's transcripts and registers (complete with indexes) for the following years :

Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
1665 - 1812	1666 - 1812	1665 - 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.
  

Deposited at the National Library of Wales	Microfilmed copies
1665 - 1836	1665 - 1836

I.G.I.

• There are no official I.G.I. entries for St. Nefydd, Llannefydd.

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Civil Registration

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

• Years 1837 - 1851: St. Asaph XXVII.nnn
• Years 1851 - 1930: St. Asaph 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 1130.
• In 1901- the population was 771.
  [Royal Commission on the Welsh Church - October 1907]

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Statistics

• Archdeacon Thomas gives the area of the parish as 7605 acres, 0 rods, and 32 perches.
  [ The History of the Diocese of St. Asaph , 1908-1913, Ven. D.R. Thomas]

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