Edern, Caernarfonshire, Wales Genealogy

History
Alternately spelled Edern or Edyrn; "a parish in Pwllheli district, Carnarvon; on the coast, 3 miles W by S of Nevin, and 8 WNW of Pwllheli r. station. It includes Porth Din-Llyn and Garswylld village, and has a post office under Pwllheli. Acres, 1, 380; of which 20 are water. Real property. £1, 814. Pop., 613. Houses, 145. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacies of Carngiwch. and Pistill, in the diocese of Bangor. Valne, £362.* Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and charities £7." (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
The tithe agreement date for Edern was DATE.

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

Poor Law Unions
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Maps and Gazetteers

 * Vision of Britain