Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales Genealogy

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Holyhead

History

HOLYHEAD, a sea-port, a borough, market town, and parish, partly in the hundred of Tàlybolion, but chiefly in that of Llyvon, union and county of Anglesey, North Wales, 24 miles (W. by N.) from Beaumaris, and 263 (N. W. by W.) from London. This place, which is of remote antiquity, derives its Welsh name of Caer-Gybi, implying "the fortified place, or city, of Cybi," from its situation in a small island at the western extremity of Anglesey, called Ynys Gybi on account of its having been for many years the residence of a British saint named Cybi, who, according to Cressy's Church History, was the son of Solomon, Duke of Cornwall. The church, dedicated to St. Cybi is a spacious cruciform structure, principally in the decorated style of English architecture. There were formerly various other churches, or chapels, in the parish, which was anciently of greater ecclesiastical importance than it is at present; but they have long since been abandoned, and the only remains are those of Capel Lochwyd, Capel-y-Gorllŷs, Capel Gwyngenau, and Towyn-y-Capel. There are places of worship in the parish for Baptists, Independents, and Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists.

HOLYHEAD, a parish, market town, seaport, and parliamentary borough, on Holy Island, in the hundreds of Llyfon and Tal-y-Bolion, county Anglesey, 24 miles W. by N. of Beaumaris, and 260 from London by road, or 264¼ by the London and North-Western and the Chester and Holyhead railways, which latter has an extensive terminus here. For more information, see Holyhead, Anglesey at Genuki.org.uk

Holyhead Parish
Jurisdictions
County bef 1974	add here
County 1 Apr 1974-31 Mar 1996	add here
County 1 Apr 1996 -	add here
Civ Reg District	Anglesey (1881)
Reg Sub-district	Holyhead (1881)
Probate Court	add here
Diocese	Bangor (1864)
Rural Deanery	add here
Chapelry	add here
Poor Law Union	Holyhead
Hundred	Llyfon and Tal-y-Bolion
Province	Canterbury (1864)
Hamlets	add here

Census
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Resources

Census Records

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Church Records

Parish Registers

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

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 Holyhead was DATE.

Nonconformist Chapel Records

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Chapel	Denomination	Year Founded	Baptism	Marriage	Death
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Civil Registration

The Civil Registration District for Holyhead is DATES AND NAMES CIV REG.

Poor Law Unions

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Maps and Gazetteers

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