Llangar, Merionethshire, Wales Genealogy

Wales Merionethshire  Llangar

Llangar is a rural village and ecclesiastical parish, near Corwen in Denbighshire, Wales. The village is part of the Edeirnion district and today forms part of the community of Cynwyd.

The ancient parish was divided into the townships of Llangar, Cymer and Gwnodl. The township of Gwnodle was detached from the rest of the parish. In 1854 the townships of Cynwyd Fawr, Cynwyd Fechan and Bodheulog were transferred to the parish of Llangar from the parish of Gwyddelwern. The 13th century parish church of All Saints in Llangar was abandoned in favour of the new church of St. John the Evangelist, which was built in the village of Cynwyd.

Although the old parish church at Llangar fell into disrepair, it has now been restored and is managed by CADW.

The area is predominantly Welsh-speaking.

Census Records
The parish of Llangar formed part of the Corwen Registrar's District.

Church Records

 * The original Llangar Parish Registers, from 1614 to 1848 (but with gaps), have been deposited at the Meirionnydd Archive in Dolgellau.
 * The Clwyd Family History Society have published several volumes of the Llangar parish registers.
 * There are no official records available on the IGI for Llangar parish.

Civil Records
Births, marriages and deaths in Llangar will be recorded in the GRO indexes as:

Poor Law Union
Llangar formed part of the Corwen Union which was created on 13 December 1836. A workhouse was built at Corwen, but not completed until April 1840.

The records for the Corwen Union are held at the Meirionnydd Record Office in Dolgellau.