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Nercwys

(The alternative - anglicised - spelling, "Nerquis", is often found in older documents)

Nercwys is regarded as being one of the ancient parishes of Flintshire; although it was a chapelry of the ancient parish of Mold until, on 27 May 1844, it officially became a separate parish, comprising the townships of Nercwys and Arddunwent.

In practice, Nercwys had long operated as a separate parish, although it was held jointly with Treuddyn until 1832.

Bibliography

• Doyle, Patrick J              The Giffards of Nerquis                Flintshire Historical Society journal, Vol. 24 1969/70      Welsh Journals Online
• Griffiths, David.         Nercwys - fy atgofion i = Nercwys as I knew it       Caerwys : Gwasg Gwenffrwd, 1973.
• Griffiths, Michael  and Paul S. Parry.             In search of the coal mines of Nercwys         Greenfeild : Greenfield Valley Historical Society, [1997]
• Jones, George, Sychtyn.                Cofiant y Parch. John Davies, Nerquis         Gwrecsam : Argraffwyd gan Hughes a'i Fab, 1907.        
• Jones, George.(Nerquis, gynt)             George Ingman, Nerquis        Yr Wyddgrug : Swyddfa J. Ll. Morris, 1885.
• Nercwys : Nercwys 2000 Millennium Committee.         Wrexham : Bridge Books, c2000.
• Roberts, Gladys L.            A stroll down memory lane in "Olde" Nercwys           [Buckley] : [Gladys Lloyd Roberts] 1999.  
• Smith, B.  & M. Blagojovic and J. Phillips.          An afternoon visit to Coed Nercwys        Proceedings of the Dyserth and district field club, (2004), p. 55-57.
• Williams,  Peter Howell.                        Elizabeth Giffard of Nerquis Hall. [Part 1]       Clwyd Historian = Hanes Bro Clwyd. No. 27 (Autumn 1991), p. 2-11        
• Williams,  Peter Howell.                        Elizabeth Giffard of Nerquis Hall. [Part 2]      Clwyd Historian = Hanes Bro Clwyd. No. 28 (Spring 1992), p. 12-17

Church History

The Clwyd FHS website has a photograph of the church.

Nercwys church - on CPAT

Nonconformist Churches "Welsh Church Commission - County of Flint - The Statistics of the Nonconformist Churches for 1905"lists the following nonconformist places of worship in the Civilparish of Nerquis (sic):

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Church Records

"The earliest register begins with 1665, and had a narrow escape many years ago, when thieves broke into the church and carried away the iron box in which they were kept; and being disappointed at not finding the Communion plate, set fire to the registers."
[From The History of the Diocese of St. Asaph , Ven. D.R. Thomas, 1908]

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.

• Clwyd FHS has published full transcriptions of the registers (complete with indexes) for the following years :

Bishop's Transcripts

• Bishop's Transcripts for the years shown below have been deposited in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
  Around the year 1951, most of the Bishop's Transcripts which had been deposited at that time were microfilmed by the LDS; and the films are available on request at Family History Centres of the LDS.
  The films may also be viewed at the Flintshire and Denbighshire Record Offices, and at the National Library of Wales.
  In general, the Bishop's Transcripts are less complete than the parish registers.

I.G.I.

• The following have been incorporated into the I.G.I., as part of an "official extraction" programme.
  They were extracted from the Bishop's Transcripts, not from the Parish Registers.

Nonconformist Records

• The following nonconformist registers for the Nercwys area are held at the Public Record Office, Kew.
  They may be viewed on microfilm at LDS Family History Centres; and at the Flintshire Record Office and the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
  

• The following nonconformist registers for the Nercwys 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. :

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Civil Registration

In the GRO indexes to civil registration, entries for Nercwys 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)

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Description and Travel

Nercwys - on wikipedia

Nercwys photographs - on geograph.org.uk

Maps

On Clwyd FHS's site there is a diagram showing parish names/positions with links to pages for the parish church

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

Population

• In 1831- Not quoted.
• In 1901- the population was 803.
  [ Royal Commission on the Welsh Church - October 1907]

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Statistics

Archdeacon Thomas (1911) gives the area of the parish as 2280 acres.

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Last Updated   8 Jan 2013 - Gareth Hicks