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GWYDDELWERN

"GWYDDELWERN, a parish in the hundred of Edernion, county Merioneth, 2 miles N. of Corwen. The parish, which is of large extent, is situated on a branch of the river Alwen. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph, value £138, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Bruno. The charities produce about £30 per annum, including the endowment of Roberts's school." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

• Bibliography
• Census
• Church History
• Church Records
• Gazetteers
• Land and Property
• Maps
• Public Records

Bibliography

An Elizabethan broadside in the Welsh language, being a brief granted in 1591 to Sion Salisburi of Gwyddelwern, Merionethshire . [Oxford] : [Richard Ellis], 1904. 4p

Survey of several estates in the parishes of Gwyddelwern, Llangar and Llanfor in the county of Merioneth also tenement in the parish of Llanfihangel in the county of Denbigh: Adjoining landowners named on plans. Colour denotes land use.Terrier details acreages, field names, and tenants.By an unidentified surveyor; the same as Vol. 76 (Pale Estate). 1801

Census

• The 1851 Census of Gwyddelwern as enumerated - transcription provided by John and Doreen Jones includes sections for Gwyddelwern/Llangar; Bodheulog; Brosaethydd; Cynwyd Fechan & Cynwyd Fawr
• The 1871 Census of Gwyddelwern as enumerated - transcription provided by John and Doreen Jones; includes sections for Gwyddelwern Uwchfynydd; Pensaethydd Cynwyd; Bodheulog Cynwyd; Cynwyd Fechan & Cynwyd Fawr
• The 1891 Census of Gwyddelwern as enumerated - transcription provided by John and Doreen Jones

Church History

Clwyd FHS site - photograph of St Beuno Church, Gwyddelwern

Denbighshire Churches Survey site - Church of St Bueno, Gwyddelwern

Early British Kingdoms site - St Beuno Gasulsych (died AD 640)

Gwyddelwern - on Wikipedia

St Asaph Notitiae  (names of heads of households c 1681) for the parish of Gwyddelwern - on the NLW's Digital Mirror site

Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru  (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Cynwyd  section (in Welsh) has been extracted

Church Records

Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Merioneth Record Office.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Gwyddelwern from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
• A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833

Land and Property

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales  for the following;

• Joseph Lloyd & Co, collection of deeds    "Records, 1302-1938, accumulated by Joseph Lloyd and Co., [solicitors] comprising deeds and other papers relating to the Maesgamedd estate, Gwyddelwern 1739-1920......"

Maps

Public Records

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