Erbistock, Denbighshire, Wales Genealogy

Erbistock (Welsh: Erbistog) is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish on the banks of the River Dee in the County Borough of Wrexham in Wales. It lies between Ruabon and Overton.

Erbistock was one of the ancient parishes of the county of Denbighshire but, owing to a change in course of the river Dee, a small part lay in the detached part of the county of Flintshire.

It was a small parish, in both area and population and contained no townships.

History


A parish church dedicated to Saint Erbin was mentioned as far back as the 13th century but the present church, dedicated to Saint Hilary, was constructed in 1860.

Wrexham historian Alfred Neobard Palmer suggested that the name derives from "Erbin's stoke" meaning Erbin's stockaded ford.

The village became important as a crossing point on the River Dee, near the 17th century red sandstone Boat Inn. The inn takes its name from the hand-operated chain ferry which once crossed the river at this point, with remnants of the pull mechanism still existing nearby.

The village and its surrounding area have been defined as the Erbistock Village and Conservation Area by Wrexham county borough council. It includes Erbistock Hall (Grade II listed), Erbistock Mill, St Hilary's Church (Grade II listed), The Boat Inn (Grade II listed), The Old Rectory and Rose Hill (Grade II listed).

Civil Records
The Registry Office for the parishes of Ruabon and Erbistock was in High Street, Ruabon.

Births, marriages and deaths in Erbistock are recorded in the GRO indexes as:

Church Records

 * The following Erbistock Parish Registers have been deposited at the Denbighshire Record Office in Ruthin:


 * The Clwyd Family History Society have published several volumes of the Erbistock parish registers.
 * There are no official records available on the IGI for Erbistock parish.

Nonconformist Church Records
The following chapel records from Erbistock are available on the IGI:

Census Records
The parish of Erbistock formed part of the Ruabon sub-district of the Wrexham Registrar's District.

Poor Law Union
The parish of Erbistock was part of the Wrexham Union, which was created on 30 March 1837.

A workhouse was built at Croesnewydd in Bersham.

The records of the Wrexham Union are now held at Denbighshire Record Office in Ruthin.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Vision of Britain
 * Ordnance Survey map of Erbistock.

Websites

 * Erbistock Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
 * Erbistock Parish Church at CPAT
 * Erbistock Parish Church at the Open Church Network