Iscoyd, Wrexham, Wales Genealogy

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A guide to genealogy in Iscoyd or Whitewell, with information on where to find birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial records; census records; wills; cemeteries; maps; ...

Iscoyd (Welsh: Iscoed), also known as Whitewell, is a village and ecclesiastical parish in the County Borough of Wrexham in Wales. It is part of the community of Bronington.

Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Flintshire and, between 1974 and 1996 in the County of Clwyd. In 1996 it became part of the modern County Borough of Wrexham.

Note: Iscoyd should not be confused with two nearby places with similar names: Isycoed and Bangor is y Coed.

History
In 1849: "A township, in the parish of Malpas, union of Ellesmere, hundred of Maelor, county of Flint, 2½ miles WNW from Whitchurch; containing 515 inhabitants. This place is situated on the borders of Cheshire and Shropshire, and is the most eastern district in all Wales; it comprises an area of 2600 acres. The road from Whitchurch to Wrexham passes through the township, and the Wich brook, which falls into the River Dee near Worthenbury, bounds it to the north. ... In the township is Whitewell Chapel, about four miles and a half from Malpas, in which divine service is performed twice every Sunday." [from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, S. Lewis, 1849]

For more information on Iscoed see: Iscoyd at Genuki

Whitewell was a chapel of ease within the parish of Malpas, in Cheshire, England until 1885. By an Order in Council on 19 May 1885, it was created a parish in its own right but remained within the English Diocese of Chester, where it remains today.

Civil Registration
Iscoyd births, marriages and deaths are recorded in the GRO indexes as:

These records are now held at the Register Office at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

Church Records

 * Until 1885, all baptisms, marriages and burials at Whitewell church were recorded in the registers of St. Oswald's parish church in Malpas, Cheshire, England. These registers have now been deposited in Cheshire Record Office at Chester, England
 * Since 1885, the parish church of Whitewell has kept its own registers. These are believed to be still held at the church.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Iscoed at Vision of Britain

Web Sites

 * Iscoed Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
 * Iscoed War Memorial at Clwyd FHS