Eglwys Rhos, Conwy, Wales Genealogy

Guide to Eglwys Rhos, Conwy, Wales ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

History
EGLWYS-RHOS, a parish in Conway district, Carnarvon; on the Llandudno railway, within the Ormes-Head peninsula, 2¼ miles NNE of Conway. Post town, Conway. Acres, 3, 735; of which 630 are water. Rated property, £2, 856. Pop., 832. Houses, 172. The property is divided among a few. Diganwy Castle here was an ancient seat of the Welsh princes. Lead and copper ores occur. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £167. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church stands in a beautiful situation; is ancient, cruciform, and good; and contains monuments of the Mostyns. Charities, £22. (John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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