Llanrwst, Denbighshire, Wales Genealogy

Llanrwst is a small town, community and ecclesiastical parish on the Afon Conwy in the Conwy, Wales. It takes its name from the 5th/6th-century Saint Grwst.

Before 1974 the town was in the historic county of Denbighshire and, between 1874 and 1996 in the County of Gwynedd. In 1996 it became part of the modern Conwy.

History
"LLANRWST (LLAN-RWST), a market town and parish, comprising the township of Gwydir... in the hundred of Nantconway, county of Carnarvon, but chiefly in the Uchdulas division of the hundred of Isdulas, county of Denbigh, 20 miles (W. by S.) from Denbigh, 26 (W. by N.) from Ruthin, and 217 (N.W. by W.) from London, containing 3601 inhabitants. This town is of very great antiquity, and in the year 952 was the scene of an important battle in the contests maintained at this period, for the sovereignty of Wales, between the sons of Hywel Dda and those of Edwal Voel... The parish is upwards of forty miles in circumference. ... The church, dedicated to St. Grwst, Rhystys, or Restiututus, is a small edifice, situated close to the margin of the river. ... The present structure is supposed, from its style of architecture, to have been erected early in the fifteenth century. Adjoining it on the south side is the Gwydir chapel, a handsome square castellated edifice. ... At Garthgarmon, three miles distant, there is a chapel of ease; and at Gwydir, half a mile off, is a private chapel belonging to Lord Willoughby de Eresby, There are in the parish eleven places of worship for dissenters, of which four are in the town, belonging repectively to the Baptists, Independents, and Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists, each, except the Wesleyan chapel, having a burial-ground attached." (A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 1833, Samuel Lewis)

For more information on Llanrwst see: Llanrwst 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 Llanrwst was DATE.

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

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

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Llanrwst at Geograph
 * Llanrwst at Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Llanrwst St Grwst Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
 * Llanrwst St Mary Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
 * Llanrwst War Memorial at Clwyd FHS