Llansilin, Shropshire, England Genealogy
Guide to Llansilin, Shropshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Llansilin is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in the County of Powys, Wales. The parish lies on the England/Wales border, with the townships of Lledrod and Sychtyn being in England. For the main article see Llansilin, Wales.
| Llansilin | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Shropshire |
| Hundred | Chirk; Oswestry |
| Poor Law Union | Oswestry |
| Registration District | Oswestry |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1668 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1666 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Llangollen |
| Diocese | St Asaph |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Archive | |
| Shropshire Record Office | |
Parish History
LLANSILIN, a township, a parish, and a sub-district in Oswestry district; the township and most of the parish electorally in Denbigh, the rest of the parish and the sub-district electorally in Shropshire. The township lies on the river Cynlleth, adjacent to the boundary with Shropshire, 3½ miles W of Offa's dyke, and 6 WSW of Oswestry r. station. [1]
Resources
Find Neighboring Parishes
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Llansilin Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Shropshire | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Shropshire | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Shropshire ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Banns-Shropshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-Shropshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Shropshire ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Shropshire ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
Census Records
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Shropshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/Llansilin/index.html
Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.
References
- ↑ John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales