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The new parish of Rhosddu was formed by an Order in Council in 1886, containing the townships of Acton, Bieston and Gourton (from the parish of Wrexham), the township of Borras Riffri (from the parish of Gresford), and the township of Stansty (from the parish of Gwersyllt).
In 1888, small parts of the townships of Broughton and Gwersyllt, from the parish of Gwersyllt, were added to it.
In 1972, Rhosddu reverted to the parish of Wrexham.
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Ordnance Survey reference SJ 332511.
The foundation stone of the new church, which is dedicated to St. James, was laid on 30 September 1874.
It was opened for worship in January 1876, although it was not consecrated until 27 April 1886.
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 Stansty :
| Name of Chapel | Denomination | Number of "adherents" |
|---|---|---|
| Ebenezer, Rhosddu | Calvinistic Methodists | 310 |
| Park Street, Rhosddu | Calvinistic Methodists (English language) | 425 |
| Colliery Road, Rhosddu | Primitive Methodists (English language) | 160 |
Parish Registers
- The following Parish Registers have been deposited at the Denbighshire Record Office, Ruthin.
They may be viewed on microfilm at the Denbighshire and Flintshire Record Offices, at the A.N. Palmer Library, Wrexham, and at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
These microfilms are not available elsewhere.
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1886 - 1975 | 1887 - 1990 | None |
Bishop's Transcripts
- There are no Bishop's Transcripts for St. James, Rhosddu.
I.G.I.
- There are no official I.G.I. entries for St. James, Rhosddu.
Having been formed chiefly from townships of the ancient parish of Wrexham, the parish of Rhosddu was assigned to the Wrexham Registration District.
In the GRO indexes to civil registration, entries for Rhosddu are in the format :
- Years 1837 - 1851: Wrexham XXVII. nnn
- Years 1851 - 1930: Wrexham 11b. nnn
(GRO index references have no relevance at the local Superintendent Registrar's Office)
Rhosddu - on wikipedia
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Rhos-ddu to another place.
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
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ332511 (Lat/Lon: 53.052964, -2.998031), Rhos-ddu which are provided by:
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- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
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- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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- In 1831- this was not a separate parish.
- In 1901- the population was 4236.
[ Royal Commission on the Welsh Church - October 1907]