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Rhesycae
"The consolidated chapelry of Rhesycae was constituted by an Order in Council, June 27th, 1848, out of the township of Hendrefigillt, in Halkin, the township of Trellyniau, and part of that of Llysdianhunedd, in Cilcain, and that portion of the township of Trellan Ucha, in Ysceifiog, which lies to the south of the ridge of Penucha'r Plwyf, and abuts on Rhesycae."
[From
The History of the Diocese of St. Asaph , Ven. D.R. Thomas, 1908-1911]
The new parish of Rhesycae was created on 27 June 1848, from parts of the parishes of Halkyn, Cilcain and Ysceifiog:
Church History
Ordnance Survey reference SJ 187709.
Christ Church, Rhesycae, was consecrated on 30 September 1847.
The Clwyd FHS website has a photograph of the church.
Rhesycae on the Church in Wales site
Nonconformist Churches
Details of nonconformist churches in Rhesycae are to be found under Halkyn.
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 |
| 1849 - 1993 |
1865 - 1971 |
1849 - 1992 |
Bishop's Transcripts
- No Bishop's Transcripts have been deposited.
I.G.I.
- There are no official I.G.I. entries for Christ Church, Rhesycae.
Nonconformist Records
- The following nonconformist registers for the Rhesycae 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.
They have also been incorporated into the I.G.I., as part of an "official extraction" programme :
| Name of Chapel |
Denomination |
Type of Record |
Years Covered |
I.G.I. Batch Number |
| Ebeneser |
Independent / Congregational |
Births and Baptisms |
1808 - 1837 |
C098491 |
- The following nonconformist registers for the Rhesycae 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 |
| Ebeneser |
Independent / Congregational |
Births and Baptisms |
1832 - 1885 |
Civil Registration
The new parish of Rhesycae was assigned to the No. 3 ("Flint") 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 Rhesycae are found under:
- Years 1837 - 1851: Holywell XXVII.
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- Years 1852 - 1946: Holywell 11b.
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(GRO index references have no relevance at the
local Superintendent Registrar's Office)
Rhesycae - on wikipedai
View maps covering the area of this parish and places within its boundaries
Population
- In 1831- Rhesycae was not a separate parish.
- In 1901- the population was 570.
[
Royal Commission on the Welsh Church - October 1907]
Statistics
Archdeacon Thomas (1911) does not give the area of the parish.
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Last Updated 6 Feb 2011 - Gareth Hicks