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"CORWEN, a parish and market town partly in the hundred of Edernion, in the county of Merioneth, and partly in the hundred of Isaled, in the county of Denbigh, North Wales, 10 miles N.E. of Bala, and the same distance from Llangollen. It is situated under Berwyn Mountain, on the river Dee, and includes the seaport of Barmouth, and the extra-parochial liberty of Gwern-Howell, besides 12 townships The town of Corwen, which is said to signify "white choir," is a pretty little place, containing less than 1,000 inhabitants, situated on an eminence on the S. bank of the river Dee. It is the seat of a Poor-law Union, and of County Court and registration districts." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Burrow, J (ed). The Borough Guide to Corwen: written by Horatio E Walker. Cheltenham, 1913
Clwyd, Hafina. Pobl sy'n Cyfri. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst, 2001. 358 pages. Corwen pages 61-78 refer. (This book is a must for those with families living anywhere in Edeyrnion between 1881 and 1891. There is a chapter for each parish in Edeyrnion plus a few more nearer to Ruthin - records many old families from the area between 1881 and 1891)
Cofio Corwen : remember the old days 1900-1994 [casglwyd gan] Glyn Owen. Llanrwst : Carreg Gwalch, 2000. 100p
Corwen and District Official Guide. Published under the auspices of Edeyrnion Rural District Council ; a United Services Handbook Production. 1954. 56 p
Corwen Town Trail: Published by Clwyd County Planning Department 1974. 29 pages. Republished by Denbighshire County Council 1997 with minor changes to text and illustrations
Discover Corwen's Countryside: Published in 2004 by the Countryside Service of Denbighshire County Council. 10 pages
Dutton, R J A. Walk a roman road : Vale of Corwen. Caergwrle : R.J.A.Dutton, 1996. 14p
Exploring Corwen: Published in 2005 by Denbighshire County Council Tourism Department. A conveniently folded A2 sheet
From Rhyl to Corwen by rail. Railway Magazine. Feb/March 1957, pages 75-80, 193-196, 198
Gardener, Willoughby. The Mound at Rug near Corwen. Journal of the Merionethshire Historical Society 1961 pages 3-6
Official guide to Corwen & the Vale of Edeyrnion. Published by the Edeyrnion Rural District Council. Printed by A J Chapple (Bala Press) Bala 1962. 56 pages
Ray, Robert & Margaret. A welcome in the Welsh hillside: Corwen, a profile of village life. Amateur Photographer 155/5, pages 52-57
Roberts, Gomer. Atgofion Amaethwr. 1929. sub title/paragraph "Marchnad Corwen" pages 22-28, sub title/paragraph "Ffeiriau Corwen" pages 28-31 published in the Journal of the Merionethshire Historical and Record Society 1952 (Extra Publication Series 1 Number 2) Total Number of pages 1-75 published in the Welsh Language. (This publication contains a wealth of names, place and farm names, traditions and the beginning of local agricultural societies.)
Roberts, Henry. Illustrated guide to Corwen and neighbourhood : where to go, what to see, how to see it. Corwen : Corwen Print. Co., 1902. 39p
Webb, Valmai. The story of Corwen Church and churchyard. Clwyd Historian = Hanes Bro Clwyd 19 (1987), p. 14-24
Williams, Dennis W. Corwen and the Vale of Edeyrnion : a brief history of Edeyrnion and a guide to walks in the area.Corwen : The Printed Paper Company, 1992. 60p
Williams, Dennis W. Rails to Corwen a story of the building of the railway in the Vale of Edeyrnion. Corwen : Dennis W.Williams, 2001. 168p
- The 1851 Census of Corwen as enumerated - transcription provided by John and Doreen Jones.
- The 1871 Census of Corwen as enumerated - transcription provided by John and Doreen Jones.
- The 1891 Census of Corwen as enumerated - transcription provided by John and Doreen Jones.
| Carrog Welsh Baptist Church;Salem, Carrog |
| Cernyw Welsh Baptist Chapel, Corwen |
| Glyndyfrdwy Welsh Baptist Church, Glyndyfrdwy |
| Tre'Rddol Baptist Chapel, Tre'Rddol |
| Chapel Of Rest (Cemetery Chapel), Corwen |
Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP, 1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants. Parish statistics; Area 12646 acres; Population 1029 males, 1040 females, total 2069
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Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Corwen section (in Welsh) has been extracted - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Jan 2011) Also Glyndyfrdwy chapel - with translation by Maureen Saycell (March 2011) Also Tre'rddfol chapel - with translation by Maureen Saycell (March 2011)
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Church, Corwen (1878)
- REHOBOTH WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL, CORWEN
- Rug Chapel, near Corwen
Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Merioneth Record Office.
Corwen - on Wikipedia
Journey to the past - Corwen
Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site
- The transcription of the section for Corwen from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Corwen to another place.
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- John Rees Archive "Papers, 1923-1925, mainly relating to the estate of John Rees of Ty'n y Parc, Corwen "
- The Rhagad Collection 1626-1953 "The Rhagad estate, Corwen, was sold by John Maurice Jones to Judge John Lloyd (1746-1806) in 1804 for £10,000"
You can see the administrative areas in which Corwen has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Llangollen and Corwen Railway site
Owain Glyndwr National Monument Papers - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Papers relating to a proposed National Monument to Owain Glyndwr at Corwen 1894-1894 ......."
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Corwen, c. 1875
- Aneurin Bevan MP and his wife Jennie Lee at a meeting of the Merionethshire Labour Party, Corwen, 1952
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Llantysilio Hall manuscripts "Henry Robertson (1816-1888), a Scotsman ........... In 1869 he acquired the Pale mansion and estate near Corwen......."
"Include ; ......... Deeds, accounts, papers and maps relating to the Llantysilio, Pale and Brymbo estates in Denbighshire and Merionethshire, 1840-1944......." - Hughes & Co. (Solicitors), Corwen, Papers " ..including deeds and related records of lands in Corwen 1761-1875.."
On 30 August 1872, at the Justice Room, Corwen, John Day was convicted of cutting up and depositing the body of a camel in an exposed situation near the turnpike road between Corwen and Bala, in the parish of Llandrillo-yn-Edeirnion. He was ordered to pay a fine of five shillings and one pound nineteen shillings costs, and was imprisoned at Dolgellau gaol for fourteen days with hard labour. - on the People's Collection Wales site
Gwynedd Family History Society have a diagram of the ecclesiastical parishes of Merionethshire (under Parishes) - with some links to photographs of parish churches
Map of the parish of Corwen in the County of Merioneth - on the People's Collection Wales site
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ103429 (Lat/Lon: 52.975535, -3.337655), Corwen which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
An article from Adsain about the death of Robert Hughes from Corwen during The First World War [in Welsh] - on the People's Collection Wales site
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- A threshing demonstration using a steam engine at Rhug, Corwen
- The Druid Inn, near Corwen, was divided into plots of land following the First World War and the tenants were anxious that their leases would not be renewed by Merionethshire County Councildd 19 April 1956
- Workers at Glyndyfrdwy quarry, Corwen
- Joiners, Corwen, c. 1885
- Owain Glyndwr Hotel servants, Corwen (1871)
Corwen Workhouse - on Peter Higginbotham's site
Corwen Poor Law Union, rate book 1926 - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following :
- Corwen Parish Council and Community Council records 1848-1996
- Corwen District Nursing Association Records and Correspondence 1935-1948
- Nurse Wynne Evans Papers "Papers donated by Nurse Wynn Evans, 1949-1960, including nursing records of the Corwen District, 1949-1958...."
- Records of Guthrie Jones & Jones, Solicitors, Corwen, 1729-1967 - Including; local government records, 1777-1954, including Corwen Union, 1891-1934; ........ Corwen School Board records, 1878-1963; ....... records relating to public undertakings, including Corwen Water Company, 1893-1908; Corwen Gas Company, 1873-1923; ....... business records, 1852-1939, mostly of the Corwen Slate Company, 1890-1936; ..................."
Pentredwr School swimming gala certificates - Pupils proudly holding certificates after a swimming gala in Corwen 1976 - on the People's Collection Wales site
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Corwen choir 1895
- Corwen gorsedd (1895)
- Four generations and a dog, Four Crosses, near Corwen, c. 1885