Worthenbury, Flintshire

Historical Description

Worthenbury, a parish in Flintshire, on the river Dee, 5 miles WSW of Malpas, and 7 SE by E of Wrexham. It has a post office under Wrexham; money order and telegraph office, Bangor Iscoyd. Acreage, 3420; population, 419. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Asaph; gross value, £304 with residence. The church was built in 1740.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

For births, marriages, and deaths in Worthenbury from 1837 to 1897 you should search for the Wrexham Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Worthenbury from 1897 to 1935 you should search for the Ellesmere Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Worthenbury from 1935 to 1953 you should search for the Overton Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Worthenbury from 1954 to 1974 you should search for the Maelor Registration District.

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Flintshire is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online:

• Western Mail
• Baner ac Amserau Cymru
• The Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser
• The North Wales Chronicle