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Rhydymwyn

The new parish of Rhydymwyn was created by an Order in Council, dated 31 March 1865. It comprised parts of the townships of Gwysaney and Gwernaffield, formerly in the parish of Mold; parts of the townships of Cefn and Glust (or Llysdianhunedd), and the whole of the township of Dolfechlas, formerly in the parish of Cilcain; and part of the township of Caerfallwch, formerly in the parish of Northop. Archdeacon Thomas (1911) states that it also included part of the township of Lygan y Llan, formerly in the parish of Halkyn, but from a study of the township boundaries, that seems to be unlikely.

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

Bibliography

• Barber, Colin.          The Valley Works at Rhydymwyn         Flintshire Historical Society journal, Vol. 38, (2010), p. 207-217.
• Groom, David.   Rhydymwyn Valley     Natur Cymru, Rhif / No. 16 (Hydref / Autumn 2005), 8-11.
• Hughes, Albert.     Old Rhydymwyn, 1902-1920       Ystrad Alun: journal of the Mold Civic Society = cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hanes yr Wyddgrug, [First Issue] (Summer 2000), p. 58-61
• Jones, Tim.         The role of Rhydymwyn, Clwyd, in nuclear warfare      Clwyd Historian = Hanes Bro Clwyd. No. 36 (Spring 1996), p. 2-10
• Jones, Tim.        The role of Rhydymwyn in chemical warfare        Clwyd Historian = Hanes Bro Clwyd. No. 35 (Autumn 1995), p. 17-26
• Nature trail : devised by the pupils of Ysgol y Ddol, Rhydymwyn...          [Rhydymwyn] : [Ysgol y Ddol], [197?]

Church History

The Clwyd FHS website has a photograph of the church.

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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.

Bishop's Transcripts

• No Bishop's Transcripts have been deposited.

I.G.I.

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

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Civil Registration

In the GRO indexes to civil registration, entries for Rhydymwyn 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

Rhydymwyn - on wikipedia

Rhydymwyn and Hendre Community site

Rhydymwyn photographs  - on geograph.org.uk

History

Rhydymwn Valley History Society

Rhydymwyn Valley Works video - 'lifting the lid on a secret site' - on BBC Wales

Rhydymwyn Memories - on BBC Wales

Population

• In 1831- Rhydymwyn was not a separate parish.
• In 1901- the population was 584.
  [ Royal Commission on the Welsh Church - October 1907]

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Statistics

Archdeacon Thomas (1911) gives the area of the parish as 2274 acres.

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Last Updated 7 Feb 2011 - Gareth Hicks