Halkyn, Flintshire, Wales Genealogy

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

History
Halkyn (Welsh: Helygain) is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in Flintshire, Wales.

Before 1974 the village 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.

"HALKYN (HELYGLEN), a parish in the Northrop division of the hundred of Coleshill, county of Flint, 3 miles (S.E. by S.) from Holywell on the road from Chester to Holyhead, containing 1538 inhabitants. The tract of county in which this parish is situated was, at the time of the Norman Conquest, called Alchene, from which its present name is derived....The village, which has arisen within the present century, and greatly increased since the discovery of some rich mines in the vicinity, is pleasantly situated in a fertile district; and the elevated ground adjacent to it commands a fine prospect of the surrounding scenery which, on the north, east and south expands into an almost boundless view. .... The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small modern edifice, erected in 1745 and contains several good monuments. In the village is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists; at Pentre, one for Calivnistic methodists; and at Trev y Cae, one for Independents.." (A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 1833, Samuel Lewis)

For more information on Halkyn see:
 * | Halkyn 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 Halkyn was DATE.

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

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

Websites

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