Eglwys Rhos, Conwy, Wales Genealogy

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