Ffynnongroyw
The new parish of Ffynnongroyw was created on 23 August 1883, from the township of Trewaelod and part of the township of Picton, which had both been in the parish of Llanasa until that date.
Bibliography
- Davies, William Kenneth. Ffynnongroyw in 1901: Flintshire Historical Society journal, Vol. 37, (2007), p. 169-196
- Hughes, Albert B with Vivien Hughes Davies. Ffynnongroyw born & bred [Tan lan, Clwyd] : Greenfield Valley Trust Publications, 1993.
- Knowles, Margaret. Reflections on a village childhood in Ffynnongroyw 2001.
- Lloyd, E. Alwyn. Hen luniau o Ffynnongroyw Chorley : Countryside Publications, 1985.
Churches
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Ffynnongroyw area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
Ordnance Survey reference SJ 137822.
The new parish church, All Saints, was consecrated on 15 July 1883.
The Clwyd FHS website has a photograph of the church.
Material on the People's Collection Wales site
- Church, Ffynnongroyw
- Bethania Chapel (Wes), Ffynnongroyw
- Moriah chapel (CM), Ffynnongroyw
- Wesleyan quarterly meeting, Ffynnongroyw
Nonconformist Churches
"Welsh Church Commission - County of Flint - The Statistics of the Nonconformist Churches for 1905" includes nonconformist places of worship for Ffynnongroyw with the returns for the Civil parish of Llanasa.
Church Records
- The following nonconformist registers for the Ffynnongroyw area are held at the Flintshire Record Office, Hawarden.
They have not been filmed; and they have not been incorporated into the I.G.I. :
| Name of Chapel | Denomination | Type of Record | Years Covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethania | Wesleyan Methodist | Baptisms | 1904 - 1931 (photocopies) |
| Bethania | Wesleyan Methodist | Marriages | 1982 only |
Civil Registration
The new parish of Ffynnongroyw was assigned to the No. 1 ("Whitford") sub-district of the Holywell Registration District, which was co-extensive with the Holywell poor law Union.
In the GRO indexes to civil registration, entries for Llanasa are found under:
- Years 1837 - 1851: Holywell XXVII. nnn
- Years 1852 - 1946: Holywell 11b. nnn
(GRO index references have no relevance at the local Superintendent Registrar's Office).
Gazetteers
Ask for a calculation of the distance from Ffynnongroyw to another place.
Click here for a list of nearby places.
Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Ffynnongroyw has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Language and Languages
The Welsh dialect of Ffynnongroyw, East Clwyd on the People's Collection Wales site
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
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ138822 (Lat/Lon: 53.329667, -3.295787), Ffynnongroyw which are provided by:
- This place shown on an OpenStreetMap map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Population
- In 1831- Ffynnongroyw was not a separate parish.
- In 1901- the population was 1194.
[ Royal Commission on the Welsh Church - October 1907]
Schools
BRITISH SCHOOL, FFYNNONGROYW on the People's Collection Wales site