Shotton, Flintshire, Wales Genealogy

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

History
Shotton is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish on the Dee Estuary 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. Shotton was formed as an EP in 1902.

"SHOTTON, a township, with Ninehouses hamlet, in Hawarden parish, Flint; 3¼ miles WNW of Hawarden. Acres, 683. Real property, £670. Pop., 336. Houses, 79." [Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-72, John Marius Wilson]

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

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

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

Websites

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