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Pentrobin

"A township in the parish of Hawarden, hundred of Mold, county of Flint; 1½ miles (S.) from Hawarden. .... It comprises what might be considered the southern suburbs of Hawarden, and is chiefly noted for its manufacture of fire-bricks, tiles, coarse earthenware, &c., of which large quantities are exported: the clay for the purpose is procured in the immediate neighbourhood."
[A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, S. Lewis, 1834]

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Church History

St. John's, strictly speaking, is not the district church for the adjoining villages of Penymynydd and Penyffordd. For ecclesiastical purposes, Penyffordd is in the parish of Hope; and Penymynydd is partly in the parish of Hope and partly in Higher Kinnerton.

St. John's was consecrated on the 22nd of July 1843.

"The church has been built of stone, by Mr Dabell, in the pointed or early English style of the date of Henry the Third, after a design by Mr J. Buckler of London; and whether regarded with reference to its external appearance, or its interior arrangements, is really a most admirable specimen of ecclesiastical architecture."
[From The Chester Chronicle of 28th July 1843]

St. John's is a constituent church of the modern Rectorial Benefice of Hawarden - it is not a separate parish.

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Church Records

Parish Registers

• The following Parish Registers have been deposited at Flintshire Record Office, Hawarden. They may be viewed on microfilm at the Flintshire Record Office, the Denbighshire Record Office, Ruthin, and the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. These microfilms are not available elsewhere.

Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
1843 - 1902	1881 - 1983	1843 - 1983

Bishop's Transcripts

• Bishop's Transcripts for the years shown below have been deposited at the Flintshire Record Office, Hawarden
  In general, the Bishop's Transcripts are less complete than the parish registers.

Deposited at the Flintshire Record Office, Hawarden.	Microfilmed copies
1849 - 1872	None

I.G.I.

• There are no official I.G.I. entries for St. John's, Pentrobin.

Researchers should note that the ecclesiastical district of Pentrobin does not have specifically defined boundaries within the parish of Hawarden, and its parishioners have always had the option to be baptised or married in any church of the parish of Hawarden, subject to the consent of the incumbent.
A thorough search of the registers, especially those of the parish church in Hawarden, is therefore advisable!

Civil Registration

Population

Statistics

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