GENUKI : Rhosddu, St. James

Rhosddu

The new parish of Rhosddu was formed by an Order in Council in 1886, containing the townships of Acton, Bieston and Gourton (from the parish of Wrexham), the township of Borras Riffri (from the parish of Gresford), and the township of Stansty (from the parish of Gwersyllt).
In 1888, small parts of the townships of Broughton and Gwersyllt, from the parish of Gwersyllt, were added to it.
In 1972, Rhosddu reverted to the parish of Wrexham.

For a map link to Rhos-ddu village - see under Maps on Wrexham

Church History
Church Records
Civil Registration

Description and Travel
Population
Statistics

Church History

Ordnance Survey reference SJ 332511.
The foundation stone of the new church, which is dedicated to St. James, was laid on 30 September 1874.
It was opened for worship in January 1876, although it was not consecrated until 27 April 1886.

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 Stansty :

Name of Chapel	Denomination	Number of "adherents"
Ebenezer, Rhosddu	Calvinistic Methodists	310
Park Street, Rhosddu	Calvinistic Methodists (English language)	425
Colliery Road, Rhosddu	Primitive Methodists (English language)	160

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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 the A.N. Palmer Library, Wrexham, and at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
These microfilms are not available elsewhere.

Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
1886 - 1975	1887 - 1990	None

Bishop's Transcripts

There are no Bishop's Transcripts for St. James, Rhosddu.

I.G.I.

There are no official I.G.I. entries for St. James, Rhosddu.

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Civil Registration

Having been formed chiefly from townships of the ancient parish of Wrexham, the parish of Rhosddu was assigned to the Wrexham Registration District.

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

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

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

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Description and Travel

Rhosddu - on wikipedia

Rhosddu photographs - on geograph.org.uk

Population

In 1831- this was not a separate parish.
In 1901- the population was 4236.
[ Royal Commission on the Welsh Church - October 1907]

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Statistics

Archdeacon Thomas gives the area of the parish as 3300 acres.
[ The History of the Diocese of St. Asaph , 1908-1913, Ven. D.R. Thomas]

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Last Updated 9 Jan 2013 - Gareth Hicks