Eglwysbach, Conwy, Wales Genealogy

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Eglwysbach is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in the County Borough of Conwy, Wales.

The spelling Eglwysfach is occasionally seen in some older documents.

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 of County Borough of Conwy.

History
"EGLWYS - BACH (EGLWYS-VACH), a parish chiefly in the hundred of Isdulas, county of Denbigh, but comprising also the township of Maenan ... in the hundred of Llechwedd Isaf, county of Carnarvon, 6 miles (N.) from Llanrwst, on the road to Aberconway, and containing 1108 inhabitants. Its length from north to south is seven miles, and its breadth, in a transverse direction, four: the surface is very hilly, which circumstance causes a great variety of soil, some being extremely barren, and some, on the contrary, tolerably fertile, yielding good crops of corn. The village is situated in a pleasing and fertile vale watered by the river Conway, and the vicinity abounds with agreeable and richly varied scenery. ... The church, dedicated to St. Martin, was entirely rebuilt in 1782: it is a spacious edifice, with a low square tower. There are two places of worship for Calvinistic Methodists, one in the township of Cevn y Coed, and the ohter in that of Bodnod; and there is one for Wesleyan Methodists, situated in the village... " [A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 1833, Samuel Lewis]

"The parish contains the townships of Bodnod, Cefn-y-Coed, Esgorebrill, and Pennant in Denbigh, and the township of Maenan in Carnarvon." [Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-72 John Marius Wilson]

For more information see Eglwysback, Denbighshire at genuki.org.uk

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Vision of Britain - Eglwysbach

Web Sites

 * Eglwysbach Parish Church at Clwyd FHS