Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog, Wrexham, Wales Genealogy

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Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in the rural Ceiriog Valley area of the County Borough of Wrexham in Wales. The village is more commonly known simply as Glyn Ceiriog. Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog was in the historic county of Denbighshire.

History
The parish takes it's name from St. Ffraid (English: St. Bridget) and, to distinguish it from other parishes of the same name, its location, Glyn Ceiriog (English: Ceiriog Valley), has been added.

The parish comprises the townships of Llafar Ucha, Llafar Isa, Nantir Ucha and Nantir Isa.

The parish church of St. Ffraid's date back to the 13th century and was at one time a Chapelry of Llangollen. It was rebuilt around 1790.

Census Records
The parish of Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog formed part of the Corwen Registrar's District.

Church Records
The following Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog Parish Registers have been deposited at the Denbighshire Records Office in Ruthin:

The Clwyd Family History Society have published several volumes of the Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog parish registers.

There are no official records available on the IGI for Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog parish.

Civil Records
Births, marriages and deaths in Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog are recorded in the GRO indexes as:

Poor Law Union
The parish of Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog formed part of the Corwen Union, which was created on 13 December 1836. The workhouse was built at Corwen but not completed until April 1840. The records for the Corwen Union are held at the Meirionydd Record Office in Dolgellau.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Vision of Britain
 * Ordnance Survey map of Glyn Ceiriog