St. George, Conwy, Wales Genealogy

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St. George (Welsh: Llan San Siôr), is a small village in the County Borough of Conwy, Wales. Historically, the village was known as Cegidog.

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

History
"A parish, comprising the divisions of St.George and Meifod, in the hundred of Isdulas, county of Denbigh; 2 miles (SE) from Abergele, on the road to Holyhead, and containing 376 inhabitants. ..... The parish is bounded on the north by the Irish channel, and about three miles from the village is the port of Rhuddlan." (A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 1833-1849, Samuel Lewis)

The parish is also known as Kegidog, or Cegidog. The name, St. George, is generally believed to have been derived from Saint Siôr - not to be confused with St. George of England. The ancient parish comprised the townships of Cegidog Uchaf, Cegidog Isaf, Dinorben, and Meifod. In 1873, part of the township of Cegidog Isaf went to the new parish of Towyn.

For more information see:
 * | St. George, Denbighshire at genuki.org.uk

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * St. George Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
 * St. George War Memorial at Clwyd FHS