Llysfaen, Caernarfonshire, Wales Genealogy

Llysfaen is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in the Conwy, Wales and overlooks the north coast of the country.

Until 1 April 1923, the village was in a completely detached portion of the commote of Creuddyn in Caernarfonshire but in 1923 this area was incorporated into historic Denbighshire. Between 1874 and 1996 it was part of the County of Clwyd and in 1996 it became part of the modern Conwy.

History
"LLYSFAEN, a parish in Conway district, Carnai on; on the coast, and on the Chester and Holyhead railway, contiguous to Denbighshire, near Llandulas r. station, and 3 miles W of Abergele. It contains the townships of Isallt, Isyffordd, Pant, Penmain, and Rhwngyddnyfordd; and it has a post office under Abergele, Denbighshire. Acres, 1,900; of which 106 are water. Real property, £3,727; of which £1,509 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851,771; in 1861,908. Houses, 206. Llysfaen Hill is about 700 feet high; commands a magnificent view; and was crowned by a semaphore telegraph sta tion, on the line from Holyhead to Liverpool. Limestone is very largely worked. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £250.* Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and charities £4". (John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-72.)

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

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

Tithe Records
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Nonconformist Chapel Records
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Civil Registration
The Civil Registration District for Llysfaen is DATES AND NAMES CIV REG.

Poor Law Unions
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Maps and Gazetteers

 * Llysfaen at Geograph
 * Llysfaen at Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Llysfaen Eastern Conwy Churches Survey at CPAT
 * Llysfaen Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
 * Llysfaen War Memorial at Clwyd FHS