Abererch, Caernarfonshire, Wales Genealogy
Abererch is a small village and ecclesiastical parish on the Llŷn Peninsula in the County of Gwynedd, close to the town of Pwllheli. It is a mostly Welsh speaking village.
Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Caernarfonshire and, between 1874 and 1996 in the County of Gwynedd.
History
ABEREIRCH (ABER-ERCH), a parish, in the union of Pwllheli, partly in the hundred of Dinllaen, and partly in the hundred of Eivionedd, county of Carnarvon, North Wales, 1½ mile (E. N. E.) from Pwllheli. The church, dedicated to St. Cawrdav, is an ancient and spacious building, in the later style of English architecture, twenty-six yards in length, and thirteen in breadth, consisting of a nave, north aisle, and chancel. Here are several places of worship for dissenters.[1]
In 1870: ABERERCH, a parish in Pwllheli district, Carnarvon; on the river Erch and thence to the coast, 1½ mile ENE of Pwllheli r. station. It has a post office under Pwllheli. Acres, 5,962; of which 358 are water. Real property, £5,101. Pop., 1,652. Houses, 398. The property is not much divided. The living is a vicarage united with the curacy of Penrhos, in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £132. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is partly early English. There are chapels. for Independents, Calvinistic Methodists, and Wesley ans. Charities, £6. [John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)].
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| Civ Reg District | Pwllheli (1881) |
| Reg Sub-district | Criccieth (1881) |
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| Diocese | Bangor (1864) |
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| Poor Law Union | Pwllheli |
| Hundred | Dinlaen |
| Province | Canterbury (1864) |
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Administration
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| circa 1536 - 31 March 1974 | Caernarfonshire |
| 1 April 1974 - 31 March 1996 | Gwynedd |
| from 1 April 1996 | Gwynedd |
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Resources
Cemeteries
Census Records
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Church Records
Parish Registers
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Parish Chest
Vestry minutes (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].
Church warden accounts (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].
Tithe Records
The tithe agreement date for PARISH NAME was DATE.
Nonconformist Chapel Records
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Civil Registration
The Civil Registration District for PARISH NAME is DATES AND NAMES CIV REG.
Estates
Genealogies
Medieval Community Trees
Poor Law Unions
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Published Sources
Record Compilations
Research Facilities
Archives
Libraries
Maps and Gazetteers
Websites
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1846). Adapted. Date accessed: 29 Aug 2014.