Holywell, Flintshire, Wales Genealogy

Guide to Holywell, Flintshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: civil registration, census records, and parish register transcripts.

History
Holywell (Welsh: Treffynnon) is a town, community and ecclesiastical parish in Flintshire, Wales.

Before 1974 the town was in the historic county of Flintshire and, between 1974 and 1996 in the County of Clwyd. In 1996 it became part of the modern county of Flintshire.

In 1831: "The town of Holywell is situated on the estuary of the Dee nearly opposite to Parkgate. ... It is built on the declevity of a hill gradually extending to the sea, the surrounding hills forming a kind of amphitheatre. ... The town of Holywell ranks the first in the principality of Wales. Its inhabitants are intelligent and enterprising, and few places can boast of society being better cemented, or good cheer and hospitality more uniformly practised." (From The Histories of Holywell, Flint, St. Asaph and Rhuddlan, Poole, 1831)

For more information on Holywell see:
 * | Holywell at Genuki

Parish Chest
Vestry minutes (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Church warden accounts (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Tithe Records
The tithe agreement date for Holywell was DATE.

Nonconformist Chapel Records
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Civil Registration
The Civil Registration District for Holywell is DATESANDNAMESCIVREG.

Poor Law Unions
Visit the England and Wales Poor Law Records page for more information.

Websites

 * Vision of Britain - Holywell
 * Holywell Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
 * Holywell War Memorial at Clwyd FHS