Higher Kinnerton, Flintshire, Wales Genealogy

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

History
Higher Kinnerton is a residential village, community and ecclesiastical parish in Flintshire, Wales, very close to the Wales-England border. Its sister village, Lower Kinnerton, is across the border in Cheshire, England.

All Saints Church, a chapelry within the English parish of Dodleston, is in Main Road, Higher Kinnerton. It is an active Anglican church within the Diocese, Archdeaconry, and Deanery of Chester.

The church was designed by Douglas and Fordham and built in 1893. It is constructed in Ruabon brick. In addition to a central spire, the chancel is carried up into another pyramidal spire.

Church Records
As the village was part of an English parish, the records are held in that country.

The England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000 index at FamilySearch Historic Records may be searched on-line for indexed entries for:


 * Parish registers for the township of Higher Kinnerton, 1868-1966 Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1997 Microfilm copy of original at the Cheshire Record Office in Chester, England. Higher Kinnerton is a township in Doddleston parish, but is in Flintshire. Cheshire Record Office call no.: P 115/12-13. Baptisms, 1868-1966 Marriages, 1894-1947 FS Library BRITISH Film 2068902 Items 1-2.

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 Higher Kinnerton was DATE.

Nonconformist Chapel Records
XXXX-XXXX denotes that the information has not been compiled yet.

Civil Registration
The Civil Registration District for Higher Kinnerton is DATESANDNAMESCIVREG.

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


 * Hawarden Poor Law Union

Websites

 * Vision of Britain - Higher Kinnerton
 * Higher Kinnerton Church at Clwyd FHS