Flintshire

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Treuddyn (Tryddyn)

"This place, which is situated among lofty hills in a rich mineral district, in the south eastern part of the county, abounds with coal and ironstone of superior quality; and within the last few years some very extensive works have been established here, which are carried on with very great success. .... About four hundred and fifty men are constantly employed in the collieries and other works at this place."
[A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, S. Lewis, 1834]

Treuddyn is regarded as being one of the ancient parishes of Flintshire; although, to be strictly accurate, it was a chapelry of the ancient parish of Mold until it officially became a separate parish on 27 May 1844. In practice, Treuddyn had long operated as a separate parish, although it was held jointly with Nercwys until 1832.

In many Civil Registration records, and Census returns, the name appears as "Tryddyn". This was officially changed to "Treuddyn" in 1938.

Cemeteries Church History Church Records

Civil Registration Population Statistics

Cemeteries

• 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

The Clwyd FHS website has a photograph of the church.

Nonconformist Churches

Name of Chapel	Denomination	Number of "adherents"
Not named	Calvinistic Methodist	182
Not named - Welsh	Congregational	125
Bethlehem - Welsh	United Methodist Free Church	80
Pisgah	United Methodist Free Church	86
Not named - Welsh	Wesleyan	205

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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
1611 - 1923	1618 - 1908	1613 - 1857

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

Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
1611 - 1812	1618 - 1812	1613 - 1812

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.

Deposited at the National Library of Wales	Microfilmed copies
1667 - 1850	1672 - 1834

I.G.I.

• There are no official I.G.I. entries for St. Mary's, Treuddyn.

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Nonconformist Records

• The following nonconformist registers for the Treuddyn 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 not been incorporated into the I.G.I. :

Name of Chapel	Denomination	Type of Record	Years Covered
Jerusalem / Capel y Rhos	Calvinistic Methodist	Births and Baptisms	1826 - 1837

• The following nonconformist registers for the Treuddyn 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
Jerusalem / Capel y Rhos	Calvinistic Methodist	Births, Baptisms and Deaths	1926 - 1970
Jerusalem / Capel y Rhos	Calvinistic Methodist	Marriages	1930 - 1940 1971 - 1988

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Civil Registration

On 1 August 1871, Treuddyn was transferred to the Hawarden poor law Union (established 1853); and for civil registration purposes, it was assigned to the No. 4 (" Hawarden") sub-district of the Chester Registration District.

On 1 January 1903, the sub-district of Hawarden was upgraded to a Registration District in its own right.

In the GRO indexes to civil registration, entries for Treuddyn are found under:

• Years 1837 - 1851: Wrexham XXVII.nnn
• Years 1852 - 1871: Wrexham 11b.nnn
• Years 1871 - 1902: Chester 8a.nnn
• Years 1903 - 1946: Hawarden 11b.nnn

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Population

• In 1831- the population was 829.
• In 1901- the population was 1245.
  [Royal Commission on the Welsh Church - October 1907]

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Statistics

Archdeacon Thomas (1911) gives the area of the parish as 3554 acres.

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