Gresford, Denbighshire, Wales Genealogy

Census
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Gresford Parish
Jurisdictions
County bef 1974	Denbighshire & Flintshire
County 1 Apr 1974-31 Mar 1996	Clwyd
County 1 Apr 1996 -	Wrexham
Civ Reg District	Wrexham (1881)
Reg Sub-district	Holt (1881)
Probate Court	add here
Diocese	Lincoln (1864)
Rural Deanery	Ness (1864)
Chapelry	add here
Poor Law Union	Wrexham
Hundred	Bromfield
Province	Canterbury (1864)
Hamlets	add here
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Wales

Wrexham

Denbighshire Parishes

Gresford

Gresford (Welsh: Gresffordd) is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in the Wrexham, Wales to the north of the town of Wrexham.

History[edit | edit source]

The area was settled by Anglo-Saxons of Mercia in the 7th and 8th centuries and the settlement is referred to as "Gretford" in the Domesday Book. It was previously assumed that the name was derived from "Groesffordd" (Welsh for Crossroad) but is now believe that that Welsh name is simply a corruption of the English word.

The large parish church of All Saints' Church and is believed to date back to 1492 and is famous for its bells. It was built of Millstone Grit, a sandy brown coloured stone, known locally as "Cefn Stone".

Until the early 19th century, the parish of Gresford covered a large area, and included the chapelries of Holt and Isycoed, and the detached township of Erddig to the south of Wrexham. It also included the township of Marford & Hoseley, an exclave of Flintshire.

As the population in the area increased, the parish was subdivided:

In June 1840, the townships of Allington, Burton, Marford and Hoseley became the newly formed parish of Rossett.
In November 1851, the township of Gwersyllt became the new parish of Gwersyllt.

Before the Industrial Revolution the parish of Gresford had been agricultural in nature.

For more information see Gresford, Denbighshire at GENUKI

Resources[edit | edit source]

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Census Records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Parish Registers[edit | edit source]

Church of Wales Chapels and Parish Registers
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Bishop's Transcripts
Bishop Transcripts: Christenings, Marriages, Burials and Christenings and Burials	[URL YEARS]

Parish Chest[edit | edit source]

Vestry minutes (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Church warden accounts (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Tithe Records[edit | edit source]

The tithe agreement date for Gresford was DATE.

Nonconformist Chapel Records[edit | edit source]

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