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LLANFIHANGEL-GLYN-Y-MYFYR

"LLANFIHANGEL-GLYN-Y-MYFYR, a parish, partly in the hundred of Isaled, county Denbigh, and partly in that of Edernion, county Merioneth, 6 miles N.W. of Corwen, its post town, 2 from Cerrig, and 12 S. of Denbigh. It is situated on the river Allwen, and includes the townships of Cefnnpost, Gysulog, Llysan, and Maesyr-Odyn. The country is hilly and mostly devoted to pasture. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of St. Asaph, value £215, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. The Calvinistic Methodists have a chapel. There are small charities of about £1 per annum. Jones, the archaeologist, takes the title of his work, "Myvyrian Archæology," from this place. A fair is held on the 16th February." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

See the Denbighshire pages of Genuki for the main page for this parish

• Church History
• Church Records
• Gazetteers
• Public Records

Church History

Eastern Conwy Churches Survey - St Michael, Llanfihangel Glyn y Myfyr

Clwyd FHS site - a photograph of St Michael's Church

Church Records

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

Gazetteers

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

Public Records

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

• Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr Rate Books 1842-1886

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