Rossett, Denbighshire, Wales Genealogy

Wales

Wrexham

Denbighshire Parishes

Rossett

Rossett (Welsh: Yr Orsedd) is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in the Wrexham, Wales.

Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Denbighshire and, between 1874 and 1996 in the County of Clwyd. In 1996 it became part of the modern Wrexham.

History

The new parish of Rossett was formed by an Order in Council on 30 June 1840, from the townships of Allington (Trefalyn), Burton, and Marford & Hoseley, which until then had been in the parish of Gresford. At that time, the area of the parish was 6780 acres.
In November 1851, part of the township of Gwersyllt was transferred from Rossett to the new parish of Gwersyllt.
For more information on Rossett see: Rossett at GENUKI

Rossett Parish
Jurisdictions
County bef 1974	Denbighshire
County 1 Apr 1974-31 Mar 1996	Clwyd
County 1 Apr 1996 -	Wrexham
Civ Reg District	Wrexham (1881)
Reg Sub-district	add here
Probate Court	add here
Diocese	add here
Rural Deanery	add here
Chapelry	add here
Poor Law Union	add here
Hundred	Bromfield
Province	add here
Hamlets	add here

Census
Year	Pop.	%±
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1811		—
1821		—
1831		—
1841		—
1851		—
1861		—
1881		—
1891		—
1901		—
1911		—
SOURCE

Resources

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

Church of Wales Chapels and Parish Registers
Parish		Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
PARISH NAME		[URL YEARS]		[URL YEARS]		[URL YEARS]
PARISH NAME		[URL YEARS]		[URL YEARS]		[URL YEARS]
PARISH NAME		[URL YEARS]		[URL YEARS]		[URL YEARS]
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 Rossett was DATE.

Nonconformist Chapel Records

XXXX-XXXX denotes that the information has not been compiled yet.

Chapel	Denomination	Year Founded	Baptism	Marriage	Death
CHAPELNAME	DENOMINATION	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]
CHAPELNAME	DENOMINATION	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]
CHAPELNAME	DENOMINATION	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]
CHAPELNAME	DENOMINATION	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]
CHAPELNAME	DENOMINATION	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]
CHAPELNAME	DENOMINATION	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]
CHAPELNAME	DENOMINATION	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]
CHAPELNAME	DENOMINATION	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]	[URL YEARS]

Civil Registration

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

Poor Law Unions

Visit the England and Wales Poor Law Records page for more information.

Research Facilities

Maps and Gazetteers

• Rossett at Vision of Britain
  

Websites

• Rossett Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
  
• Rossett War Memorial at Clwyd FHS