GENUKI : Flintshire, Mostyn, Christ Church

Mostyn

"Mostyn .... of late years has become a place of great importance. A steam packet plies between this place and Liverpool, which affords accommodation for the conveyance to and fro of a vast number of persons and a great quantity of goods, and that at a most reasonable rate. It is computed that no less than about 250,000 tons of coals are produced from the different pits in this neighbourhood annually. .... There is also a large foundry in this place, where steam-engines of every description are manufactured."
[From A Visitor's Guide to Rhyl and its Vicinity, D. Lloyd Lewis, 1852].

The new parish of Mostyn was created by an Order in Council, on 23 May 1844, from the townships of Bychton, Mertyn Isglan, and part of Trefostyn, all of which had been in the parish of Whitford until that date.

The Order in Council, which appeared in the London Gazette of 3 June 1844, defined the boundaries of the new parish of Mostyn as follows:.
"All that part of the Parish of Whitford, bounded on the N.E. by the estuary of the Dee, on the S.E. by the Parish of Holywell, and on the S.W. and N.W. by an imaginary line, commencing at a point on the N.W. bank of Aber Oswald brook, opposite to the southern corner of a certain mill belonging to Mr. Foulkes, and thence extending toward the N.W. along the S.W. side of such mill, and along the middle of a certain lane situate on the N.E. of Werglodd-y-felin, and the public footpath through the fields called respectively Wern Mablu, Werglodd y Plassau, and Werglodd Sion Pierce, as far as the middle of a certain lane leading by a certain farmhouse and premises called Mertyn Garnons, and thence extending northward along the middle of such last mentioned lane to a point opposite to the S.E. corner of the same farmhouse and premises and thence along the S.W. and N. sides of the same farmhouse and premises, and thence eastward in a straight direction as far as the middle of the last-mentioned lane, and thence northward, along the middle of the same lane as far as Mertyn Hugh Roberts' farmhouse, and thence towards the N.W. along the middle of a certain footpath through the fields called respectively Caeau-tan-ty, Caeau'r Doctor, Coetiaur Chwarel, and Clwt field, and thence in the same direction across a certain lane leading to Bryn-y-baw, and along the middle of another lane called Ffordd-y-Clwt to a point opposite the N.E. corner of a certain field called Cae Cengen, and thence westward along the N. side of such last-mentioned field, as far as a certain rivulet near a certain farmhouse called Mertyn Parry, and thence towards the N.W. along the middle of such rivulet as far as the middle of the turnpike road at Gwibnant, and thence in the same direction along the middle of such road as far as the middle of the turnpike road leading from Tre Mostyn, and thence towards the N.E. along the middle of such last-mentioned road as far as the turnpike gate adjoining the Park wall of the Hon. E.M.Ll. Mostyn, and thence partly in the same direction and partly towards the N.W. along such wall to the point where the same terminates, and thence towards the N.E. in a straight direction till it reaches the aforesaid Estuary or marsh."

For a map link to this place - see under Maps on Whitford

Bibliography
Cemeteries
Church History
Church Records

Description and Travel
Civil Registration
Occupations
Population
Statistics

Bibliography

A dissertation on the rights of the Crown to lands lying on the estuary of the Dee, and the coal mines thereunder : London : Printed by William Clowes and Sons, 1853.
Brightmer, Irene. Found drowned in Mostyn Dock 1884 Hel achau, No. 105 (Mehefin / June 2010), p. 19-20
Carr, A D. The Mostyns of Mostyn,1540 - 1642. Part 2 Flintshire Historical Society journal, Vol. 30, (1981/1982), p.125-44.
Daniel, Anne. Golden days at Mostyn Country Quest 33/4 (1992), p. 36-9
Davies, Betty. A magical country childhood [in Mostyn] Country Quest 31/12 (1991), p. 28-9
Haslam, Richard. Mostyn Hall, Clwyd Country Life 178 (1985), p. 1338-43
Jones, Gwilym H. Atgofion o'r Home Guard, neu hogia'r coes brwsh [Mostyn] Fferm a thyddyn, Rhif 11 (Calan Mai 1993), p. 18.
Jones, Lewis. The coal mines of Mostyn Mostyn : Lewis Jones, 1997.
Mr. J. Tolson White's report on the mines and minerals on the Mostyn Estate : 1863?
Mostyn, Lord and T. A. Glenn. History of the family of Mostyn of Mostyn London : Harrison and Sons, 1925
Mostyn in bygone days. 2nd ed. Mostyn : Warwick International Limited on behalf of Mostyn History Preservation Society, 1995.
Mostyn Ironworks 1800 - 1964 / by The Mostyn History Preservation Society. Mostyn : Mostyn History Preservation Society, [1994 printing].
Parry, John Glyn. Mostyn in the 1800's Hel achau, No. 79 (Jan. 2004), p. 16-22. (
Roberts, Dewi. Mostone to Mostyn Country Quest, May 2008, p. 44-45.
Scarll, P. and J. Phillips. A visit to Mostyn Hall Proceedings of the Dyserth and district field club, (2003), p. 99-100
Williams, F Ron. An historical account of Llandudno and the Mostyn influence 1861-1939 Deganwy : Catalist Solutions, 2002.

Cemeteries

In addition to the churchyard at Christ Church parish church, there is a public cemetery at Pen Rhewl.
The cemetery was opened about 1870, and was originally the burial ground of Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Pen Rhewl.
After the chapel closed some years ago, the cemetery was taken over by Flintshire County Council.
It is still in use, and is now designated "St. Margaret's". The opening time is 8.00 a.m. until sunset.
The cemetery records, from 1904 to date, are held at the Flintshire County offices in Flint.
Researchers who wish to see the cemetery records mustmake a prior appointment, by contacting :

Flintshire County Council,
Housing and Community Services,
Cemeteries Section,
County Offices,
Flint,
Flintshire.
CH6 5BD.
Tel: 01352 703360
Fax: 01352 703373

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Church History

Ordnance Survey reference SJ 167795.
The foundation stone for the new church was laid on 30 May 1842, and the building was completed in September 1844. The first services were held in October 1844, under a License from the Bishop.
The church, which was designated Christ Church, was consecrated on 12 August 1845.

"This beautiful edifice, built by the munificence of the two ancient families of Mostyn and Downing, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Bangor on Tuesday the 12th. inst. It is erected on a delightful eminence above the estuary of the Dee, in the parish of Whitford ..... It is admirable in its proportion and correct in its details; it is in the pointed Gothic style, and designed to accommodate 516 persons."
[From The Chester Chronicle, 22 August 1845]

The Clwyd FHS website has a photograph of the church.

Nonconformist Churches Details of nonconformist churches in Mostyn are to be found under Whitford.

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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
1846 - 1916	1845 - 1948	1845 - 1907

Bishop's Transcripts

No Bishop's Transcripts have been deposited.

I.G.I.

There are no official I.G.I. entries for Christ Church, Mostyn.

Nonconformist Records

Details of nonconformist church records for Mostyn are to be found under Whitford.

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Civil Registration

The new parish of Mostyn 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 Mostyn are found under: