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Trefnant

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The ecclesiastical parish of Trefnant was created, by an order in Council, on 21 January 1855, out of part of the ancient parish of Henllan. It consists of the townships of Llewenni Isaf, Llewenni Uchaf, Banister Isaf and Banister Uchaf.
In 1975, a small portion of the south of the parish went to the parish of Denbigh.

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Church History

Ordnance Survey reference SJ 050705.
The foundation stone of the church was laid on 25 July 1853; and the church, dedicated in the name of the Holy Trinity, was consecrated on 16 August 1855. Various additions were made in 1905.

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 place of worship in the Civil parish of Trefnant :

Name of ChapelDenominationNumber of "adherents"
Not namedCalvinistic Methodists235
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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.
BaptismsMarriagesBurials
1855 - 19201855 - 1975None

Bishop's Transcripts

  • No Bishop's Transcripts have been deposited for Holy Trinity, Trefnant.

I.G.I.

  • There are no official I.G.I. entries for Holy Trinity, Trefnant.
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Civil Registration

The new parish of Trefnant was assigned to the St. Asaph Registration District.

In the GRO indexes to civil registration, entries for Trefnant 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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Description & Travel

Trefnant - on wikipedia

You can see pictures of Trefnant which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Maps

"North-East Wales Churches and Ancient Parish Boundaries" produced by Clwyd Record Office in 1994, published by Genuki with the permission of Flintshire Record Office and Denbighshire Archives

Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R., Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: History Data Service, UK Data Archive [distributor], 17 May 2001. SN: 4348.   Here is a gazetteer/finding aid plus a set of overview maps to accurately identify the position of parishes within the county

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ052706 (Lat/Lon: 53.223958, -3.421414), Trefnant which are provided by:

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Population

  • In 1831- this was not a separate parish.
  • In 1901- the population was 679.
    [ Royal Commission on the Welsh Church - October 1907]
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Statistics

  • Archdeacon Thomas gives the area of the parish as 2998 acres.
    [ The History of the Diocese of St. Asaph , 1908-1913, Ven. D.R. Thomas]