Llanrwst

Llyfrau Printiedig John Jones, Llanrwst, casgliad (collection) [ c. 1820]-[1860] - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales   "Collection of printed books published by John Jones, Llanrwst, [ c. 1820]-[1860], including 'Hanes Richard Turpin'; 'Robinson Crusoe'; 'A New English and Welsh Dictionary'; 'Tri Aderyn' by Morgan Llwyd; and 'Angeu' by Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant)."

• 1470-1970 quin-centenary souvenir and celebration programme, November 29th - December 6th, 1970     Llanrwst : [St. Grwst's Church], 1970.
• A guide to Bettws-y-Coed and Llanrwst         Manchester : A. Heywood & Son ; London : E.W. Allen, [1905]  
• A guide to Llanrwst and Bettws-y-coed         Manchester : Heywood, [c1878]
• A guide to Llanrwst and Bettws-y-coed         Manchester : Abel Heywood & Son, [1888?]
• Ancient and historic Llanrwst        1863?
• Betws-y-coed, Capel Curig, Llanrwst, Llandudno, Colwyn Bay, Snowdon and North Wales (northern section).      3rd ed      London : Ward, Lock, 1965. & 1962
• Brown,  Colin and Mary.     Clockmakers of Llanrwst        Wrexham : Bridge Books, 1993.
• Cymru, Lloegr a Llanrwst        Hanes Llanrwst, Rhif 1 (2004), 11-12
• Davies, Gwilym Prys.   Cymru, Lloegr a Llanrwst         Barn, 443/444 (Ionawr 2000), p. 28-31 
• Douglas Pennant, E H. Farms with a long history : [Tai-hirion and Tai-duon, Llanrwst]. Country Quest 30/10 (1990), p. 34-5
• Eglwys Gatholic Llanrwst, 15.1.05          Llanrwst : John Lloyd Roberts, Argraphydd, [1905?]
• Eglwys Fedyddiedig Penuel Llanrwst 1790-1990          [Llanrwst] : [Eglwys Fedyddiedig Penuel], 1990.        
• Ellis, Susan C.         Llanrwst church mizes         Gwreiddiau Gwynedd = Gwynedd Roots, 1/58 (Spring / Summer 2010), p. 20-21
• Hanes Clwb Criced Llanrwst          Llanrwst : Llanrwst Cricket Club , [199-].        
• Hanes Llanrwst.          Llanrwst : Cymdeithas Hanes Llanrwst, 2004        
• Hen dafarndai Llanrwst        Hanes Llanrwst, Rhif 1 (2004), 28.        
• Hen luniau Llanrwst a'r cyffiniau.      [Llanrwst : Cymdeithas Hanes Llanrwst, 2005]        
• Hen siopau Llanrwst       Hanes Llanrwst, Rhif 1 (2004), 29        
• Heol Watling, Llanrwst       Vol. 1.         Llanrwst : Cymdeithas Hanes Llanrwst a'r cylch, 2004.
• Heywood, Abel. A guide to Llanrwst and Bettws-y-coed : with notices of Capel Curig and Trefriw. Manchester : Heywood, [c1878] 16p
• Hugh-Jones, Edward M.  Hugh Jones, 1815-1897 : rector of Llanrwst, Archdeacon of St. Asaph. [Wootton by Woodstock, Oxford] : E. M. Hugh-Jones, 1989. 12 sheets
• Illustrated programme of the Vale of Conway Chair and Crown Eisteddfod to be held at Llanrwst, Whit-Monday, May 23rd, 1904.      Llanrwst : Printed at the Rhedegydd Office, [1904?]
• Jesus Hospital - Llanrwst (Free school and almshouses)         London : printed by C. Roworth, 1851.
• Jobbin, Siôn.       Israel, Palesteina a Llanrwst         Barn, Rhif 494 (Mawrth 2004), 4-7 
• Jones, John Ellis.     Llanrwst Grammar School         [Denbigh] : Denbighshire Historical Society, 2007 printing.
• Llangernyw, Llanrwst a Chymru         Llanrwst : Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2005.
• Llanrwst Grammar School 350th anniversary 1610-1960.        1962?
• Llanrwst & Trefriw / Capel: Cymdeithas Treftadaeth y Capeli.          [Aberystwyth] : Capel: Cymdeithas Treftadaeth y Capeli, [2007?]
• Llanrwst Society for the Prosecution of Felons, established May 22, 1819        Llanrwst : Printed by John Jones, [1819?]
• Llanrwst town guide         [Llanrwst Town Council], [1988?]
• Llanrwst Urban District, the official guide. Gloucester : British Publishing Co., [1973]
• Llawlyfr arddangosfa celfyddyd a chrefft : Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Frenhinol Cymru, Llanrwst, 1951.         Llanrwst : Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Llanrwst, 1951.
• Llawlyfr Undeb Dyffryn Conwy a Gogledd Arfon yn Llanrwst, 1967.         Llanrwst: Undeb yr Annibynwyr Cymraeg, 1967.
• Morgan, Rosslyn. Richard James Dyffryn Aur - Llanrwst's Greatest Benefactor. (Whilst Town Clerk here at Llanrwst, I researched Richard James, who, in today's money gave around £1 million to the town and neighbouring communities. Just to offer a few examples, It was he that purchased Llyn Crafnant and gave it in perpetuity to the town and people of Llanrwst to ensure their water supply; with the failure of the Chester and Holyhead railway company ( twice) he succeeded in securing the Act of Parliament which brought the railway to Llanrwst - and similarly the road ( initially a Turnpike) from Llanrwst to Abergele ( the A548) etc. I have assigned the rights to the Llanrwst Town Council from whom copies may be purchased for £3.50 plus postage.) 2022
• North Wales (northern section) : Llandudno, Colwyn Bay, Rhyl, Conway, Penmaenmawr, Bangor, Anglesey, Betws-y-Coed, Llanrwst, Capel Curig, Caernarvon, etc.  London : Ward Lock, 1979. 192p
• Official guide to Llanrwst and district / published under the auspices of the Llanrwst urban district council.         London: John Miller, [1931]
• Owain,  G. Eryl.   Hanes yn Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy, Llanrwst      Welsh Historian 6 (Autumn 1986), p. 15-17
• Pritchard, Telfryn.     Further light on the building of Llanrwst bridge         Transactions (Caernarvonshire Historical Society), Vol. 66 (2005), p. 38-54 
• Roberts, Dennis  (Penmaemawr).     Llanrwst recalled     Gwreiddiau Gwynedd = Gwynedd Roots, 1/50 (2006), p. 12-13
• Thomas, W E.    Dau can mlynedd o hanes achos Methodistiaeth Galfinaidd yn Llanrwst, 1768 - 1968     Llanrwst : J. Lloyd Roberts a'i Gwmni, [1968]  
• Tucker, Norman.       Llanrwst         Ashbourne : Landmark, 2002.
• Tucker, Norman. Llanrwst : the history of a market town. Ashbourne : Landmark, 2002. 111p
• Tucker, Norman. St. Grwst's Church, Llanrwst, 1470-1970. [Llanrwst] : [St. Grwst's Church], [1970?] 15p
• Vernon, R W.   Conservation of mining sites in the Gwydyr Forest area of the Snowdonia National Park, [with special reference to Llanrwst Mine scheme]     Industrial Archaeology Review 12 (1989), p. 77-83
• Wicklen, S I.       History of printers and printing in Llanrwst         Conwy : Cader Idris Books, [1986]
• Williams, Alun Rawson.     A 1692 land tax return for Llanrwst         Hel achau, 21 (1987), p. 9-12 
• Williams, Eric.   Ffarmio fel a fu [Carmel, Llanrwst]         Fferm a Thyddyn. Rhif 8 (Calan Gaeaf 1991), p. 22-24
• Williams, Leonard.   Llanrwst Urban District          2nd ed.         Croydon : Home Publishing Co., [1955?]
• Williams, V.   Atgofion am ardal Carmel, Llanrwst       Fferm a thyddyn, 23 (Calan Mai 1999), p. 8.
• Williams, V.   Atgofion am gylch Llanrwst a'r Dyffryn        Fferm a thyddyn, Rhif 20 (Calan Gaeaf 1997), p. 17-18.   
• Williams, William. Ancient and historic Llanrwst : from the Henar Manuscripts etc. 1863 ?. 12p    
• Wynn, Marjorie.     Llanrwst and its almshouses       Country Quest. May 2007, p.8-9.

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• S. Dawson Ware (mining engineer) papers
  "Include; ........... Notes, abstracts and sale catalogues, Llanrwst lead mines, 1879-1917; correspondence and other papers relating to East Snowdon mines, water power and Gwydir Castle [1930s]; correspondence and notes on Gwydir Estate, Llanrwst mine and Vale of Conway mine, [1930s-1950s]; reports on output and resources and other documentents relating to mines including Parc, Pandora, Eagle, Llanrwst, Gorlan, Hafna, Gwydir Valley Workings, East Snowdon mines, [19th century]-[1930s]; and notes on zinc ore resources, 1914-1948."
• Roberts and Rogers Jones (auctioneers, valuers and receivers, Llanrwst), Records  "Records of Roberts and Rogers Jones, Auctioneers, Valuers and Receivers, Llanrwst, 1852-1958, including records of the company, 1896-1950 ........."
• Eagles Hotel, Llanrwst Account Book   1850 - 1851?
• Records of the Vale of Conway Dairies Ltd  1919-1931

See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph of Seion, Llanwrst

Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site

• Llanrwst church

Nonconformist Churches

"Welsh Church Commission - County of Denbigh - The Statistics of the Nonconformist Churches for 1905" lists the following nonconformist places of worship in the Civil parish of "Llanrwst Urban" :

"Welsh Church Commission - County of Denbigh - The Statistics of the Nonconformist Churches for 1905" lists the following nonconformist places of worship in the Civil parish of "Llanrwst Rural" :

Details of the records are given under the entries for the individual Churches 

Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at the Caernarfon Area Record Office.

Capel Bethel, Melin-y-Coed, Llanrwst, cofysgrifau (records) 1933-1940 - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales     "Adeiladwyd y Capel ym 1827 ym Melin-y-Coed, ym mhlwyf Llanrwst, Sir Ddinbych. Codwyd y capel hwn mewn ymateb i lwyddiant yr Ysgol Sul yn yr ardal a ddechreuodd oddeutu 1793."

When Civil Registration was introduced (on 1 July 1837), the parish of Llanrwst was assigned to the No. 1 ("Llanrwst") sub-district of the Llanrwst Registration District; which was co-extensive with the Llanrwst poor law Union.

In the GRO indexes to civil registration, entries for Llanrwst are in the format :

• Years 1837 - 1851: Llanrwst XXVII. nnn
• Years 1851 - 1930: Llanrwst 11b. nnn

(GRO index references have no relevance at the local Superintendent Registrar's Office)

Llanrwst - on wikipedia

Llanrwst Railway station - on Wikipedia

Various items -  on the People's Collection Wales site

• Various landscapes/buildings
• 'Trefriw near Llanrwst, with mill' by David Cox Jnr. (1809-85) (watercolour; pencil) 

• Geograph
• Flickr

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
• A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Llanrwst to another place.

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Frank Jones Papers 1932-1944  "Frank Jones (1913-1970) of Talybont, Llanrwst, Caernarfonshire, was a nationalist and a civil servant......"
• Elias Family Papers 1612-1894    "This collection consists of material accumulated by the Elias family of Llanrwst, Denbighshire and Penmaenmawr, Caernarfonshire (now in Gwynedd) in particular by Thomas Elias, genealogist and antiquary and his great grandfather, the poet and genealogist William Elias....."

Agreement to repair bridges, 7 April 1735 - on the People's Collection Wales site.
1.William Roberts of Lloost [Llanrwst], co. Denbigh, mason, Robert Williams of Conway [Conwy], mason and John Prichard of Clynnog, mason. 
2. Humphrey Roberts of Bryn y Neuadd, esq., John Bulkeley of Baron Hill, co. Anglesey, gent., and John Hughes of Weeg, gent

Plas Tirion, Llanrwst - on the People's Collection Wales site    "Plas Tirion, near Llanrwst, is a 16th century two-storey house, originally constructed of rubble with slate roofs and tall stone chimney stacks.........."

Soflan, Llanrwst - on the People's Collection Wales site      "Soflan farmhouse, Llanrwst, was built in the early 17th century ....." Llanrwst Inclosure Book (Photocopy) [copy of original dating from 1812-1828] - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales     

"North-East Wales Churches and Ancient Parish Boundaries" produced by Clwyd Record Office in 1994, published by Genuki with the permission of Flintshire Record Office and Denbighshire Archives

Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R., Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: History Data Service, UK Data Archive [distributor], 17 May 2001. SN: 4348.   Here is a gazetteer/finding aid plus a set of overview maps to accurately identify the position of parishes within the county.

A map of Llanrwst parish in the County of Denbigh   -  on the People's Collection Wales site

Gwynedd Family History Society have a diagram of the ecclesiastical parishes of Caernarfonshire (under Parishes) 

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SH797616 (Lat/Lon: 53.137931, -3.79979), Llanrwst which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Old Maps Online
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• Sabre maps

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

Some Early Hospitals in Wales and the Border   John Cule. National Library of Wales journal. 1977, Winter Volume XX/2  This extract below relates to Llanrwst

Some seventeenth century Welsh hospitals.

Denbigh has a few almshouses and one hospital recorded in earlier times...............

"Sir John Wynn of Gwydir was believed to have founded a hospital and a school at Llanrwst in 1610. The almshouses in Church Street have a stone in the gable. Thomas Dineley in his account of the visit of the first Duke of Beaufort to Wales in 1683 found near the parish church such a hospital for twelve poor people and bearing the inscription I Wynn de Gwyder fil. Mauricii miles et baronetta fundavit an. sal. restit. MDCX'. 72 This old hospital, known as Jesus Hospital may have been founded by a man other than Sir John. Lewis suggests 'the true founder was a gentleman of the name of Williams'. The hospital is named in the bishop of St. Asaph's Return of 1665......."

Cholera in Wales

The cholera reached Flint early in May 1832 and a local board of health was established there on the seventeenth of the month. The disease quickly spread to Bagillt and then to Holywell where its onset coincided with the celebrations occasioned by the passing of the Reform Bill.   Before the end of July forty-nine deaths had occurred in Holywell and the disease had now spread widely in North Wales. In the previous September, after one of John Elias's more powerful sermons, a religious revival had started in North Wales, and the new epidemic of cholera now heaped the fire. Robert Ellis Ysgoldy said of the disease 'Bu ymweliad y pregethwr arswydus hwn yn foddion i brysuro yr adfywiad crefyddol rhagddo ...'     During the Holywell epidemic the chapels were full of worshippers as early as five in the morning.  The disease visited Abergele, Llanrwst and Llandrillo, and a number also died in the villages of Llangernyw and Llanfairtalhaearn.  The cholera was particularly severe in Denbigh and Daniel Jones, Parc y Twll, wrote a graphic eye-witness account of the infection in the town---a description somewhat reminiscent of Boccaccio's narrative of the plague in Florence. The disease appeared in Denbigh on 9 June 1832, and in less than a month it had caused thirty-four deaths, most of them in a few days at the end of the month.

Cholera in Wales G Penrhyn Jones, National Library of Wales journal Vol X/3 Summer 1958.

Two Comrades Killed - Denbighshire Free Press 11-09-1915 - on the People's Collection Wales site

Star Supply Stores, Llanrwst - on the People's Collection Wales site

Paper-Mills and Paper-Makers in Wales 1700-1900

PORTH-LLWYD

A. H. Dodd has traced the existence of a paper-mill near Llanrwst to the year 1814.  In December of that year, the mill was offered for sale and the following advertisement appeared in the North Wales Gazette : 

'CORN AND PAPER MILLS
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION
WITHOUT RESERVE

At the King's Head Inn, in the town of Llanrwst, in the county of Denbigh, on Tuesday the 6th day of December, 1814, subject to conditions then to be produced:---All that undivided Moiety or half Part or Share of, and in all those new erected Water, Corn, Grist, and Paper Mills, situate on the Carnarvonshire side of the Vale, within six miles of the large corn market town of Llanrwst, and five of the town of Conway, called Porthllwyd Mills: the river which works the same affords a regular and incessant supply of water, even in the very driest summer, sufficient to work a wheel of any power whatever, distant only about 100 yards from the navigable river Conway, so remarkably convenient for shipping the Flour and Paper for Liverpool, Chester, &c.; there is also a road down to the river, and a boat for conveying the Flour, &c., to the Denbighshire side. The Corn Mill consists of two pair of Stones, one for Wheat and the other for barley. The whole of the Wheels and respective Machinery are perfectly good, new, and complete. The Water Wheel is of 40 horse power. The internal Wheels are all of cast-iron, and work both Corn and Paper Mills either together or separately, as occasion requires.

The Paper Mill Engine, and the goodness of the water will answer well to make writing paper, and paper of all descriptions can now be made there.

The Premises are leasehold for 3 young lives, of the respective ages of 8, 11 and 13 years, and the life of the survivor of them; with 31 years certain, commencing November 1810, in case all the lives should happen to die in the meantime, subject to the ground rent of £15. 15s. d per annum, and to the covenants in the lease.

The additional ground comprised in the lease, is extensive enough to erect a Cotton Factory, and there is an additional fall of water for that or any other purpose, as well as for erecting additional buildings.

The tenant will shew the premises, and for further particulars apply to Mr. Griffith, Solicitor, Llanrwst.'

Excise Letter of 1816 lists the Porth-llwyd Mill (No. 445) in the occupation of Robert Wynne.   The mill was worked by three partners in 1819 - Edward Mather, Senior, Edward Mather, Junior and John Lloyd ;   in 1820 the Mather brothers.   The mill was reported to be in the possession of John Lloyd in 1842, and was still held by him in 1846.   

Paper-Mills and Paper-Makers in Wales 1700-1900  Alun Eirug Davies, National Library of Wales journal. 1967, Summer Volume XV/1

Llanrwst Poor Law Union records 1837-1903  - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales

• In 1831- the population was 3601.
• In 1901- the population was 3669.
  [ Royal Commission on the Welsh Church - October 1907]

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Llanrwst Urban District Council records 1897-1974 
• Llanrwst Rural District Council Records 1879-1935 (accumulated 1895-1935)
• Llanrwst Tollgate Account 1850 - 1851   "Includes details of tolls, numbers, and types of loads (including animals), which passed through, and their owners."

Sasiwn Llanrwst, c.1909 (The open meetings were an influential part of the religious awakening in Wales at the beginning of the twentieth century) - on the People's Collection Wales site

Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site

• Llanrwst Town Silver Band, October, 1924
• Cambrian News staff gathered around T. Glynne Davies in Aberystwyth after he won the crown at the National Eisteddfod in Llanrwst 1951
• Beirdd [Poets] Llanrwst 1876;  A group of men in front of a banner. A goat stands at the side of the picture.
• Sion Catrin ringing the bell, Llanrwst, c. 1875

Côr Meibion Llanrwst a'r Cylch, casgliad (collection) [1940]-1966 - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales "Records of Llanrwst and District Male Voice Choir, including membership book, [1940]-[1960]; and minute books, 1950-1966"

• Archdeacon Thomas gives the area of the parish as about 11,000 acres.
  [ The History of the Diocese of St. Asaph , 1908-1913, Ven. D.R. Thomas]