Ysbyty Ifan, Denbighshire, Wales Genealogy

Ysbyty Ifan is a small village, community and ecclesiastical parish in the Conwy, Wales. Welsh is the predominant language in the community.

There are many redundant spelling variations of the name!

Before 1974 the village was split between the historic counties of Denbighshire, Caernarfonshire &amp; Merionethshire. Between 1874 and 1996 in the County of Gwynedd but in 1996 it became part of the modern Conwy.

History
In the 1870s: "YSPYTTY, a village in Carnarvon, and a parish and a sub-district partly also in Denbigh; but all in the district of Llanrwst. The village stands on the river Conway, 10 miles S by E of Llanrwst r. station; had anciently a Knights Templars preceptory, founded in 1159, by Ivan ap Rhys, and used as a hospitium for travellers; was afterwards the headquarters of a band of robbers, who devastated all the surrounding country till put down by Meredydd ap Evan; is sometimes called distinctively Yspytty-Evan; and has a post-office under Conway, and six annual fairs. ..." (John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-72)

For more information on Ysbyty Ifan see:
 * | Ysbyty Ifan 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 Ysbyty Ifan was DATE.

Nonconformist Chapel Records
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Civil Registration
The Civil Registration District for Ysbyty Ifan is DATES AND NAMES CIV REG.

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

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Vision of Britain - Ysbyty Ifan
 * Geograph - Ysbyty Ifan

Websites

 * Ysbyty Ifan Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
 * Ysbyty Ifan War Memorial at Clwyd FHS