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Eglwys-Rhos / Llanrhos
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"EGLWYS-RHOS, a parish in the hundred of Creuddyn, county Carnarvon, 2 miles N.E. of Conway. In this neighbourhood copper and lead are obtained. It was anciently a British station of the Ordovices, and on an adjoining hill are the scanty remains of Diganwy, or Gannook, a strong castle, erected by Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, in which Henry III. was besieged. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of St. Asaph, value £167, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Hilary, is an ancient cruciform building, with oak roof and stained-glass windows. It contains monuments of the Mostyn and Gloddaeth families. The parochial charities produce about £20 per annum. The principal residences are Bodyscallen and Gloddaeth; this last is situated on the slope of a well-wooded hill, and contains some fine timber-work and carving." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP, 1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants. Eglwys-Rhos Parish (Diocese of St Asaph); Statistics; Area 3735 acres; Population 369 males, 360 females, total 729
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(In 2004) The benefice of Eglwysrhos (or Llanrhos) is a single parish benefice in the deanery of Llanrwst. It is also known as Degannwy; Deganwy.
The modern parish of Llanrhos contains the following Places of Worship ;
- St Hilary's, Llanrhos
- All Saints, Deganwy
- St Paul's, Craig y Don
- St David, Penrhyn Bay
Llanrhos Church, Near Llandudno. (Eglwys Rhos) - on the People's Collection Wales site
Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at the Caernarfon Area Record Office.
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Eglwys-Rhos / Llanrhos to another place.
Ffynnon Santes Fair (Saint Mary's Well) by Ken Davies. "This is a short account of the rediscovery of the above-named well in January 1994 ..........."
Penrhynside - on the Roll of Honour site
Gwynedd Family History Society have a diagram of the ecclesiastical parishes of Caernarfonshire (under Parishes)
Parish of Eglwys Rhos - on the People's Collection Wales site
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SH803800 (Lat/Lon: 53.303181, -3.798309), Eglwys-Rhos / Llanrhos which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Deganwy History Group - Their website hosts a wide range of publications, written by local experts, on a variety of topics likely to be of interest to genealogists. These are available to view for free. The group also publish a newsletter and hold events in the Deganwy/Llanrhos area.