Llanddulas, Denbighshire
Historical Description
Llanddulas, a village and a parish in Denbighshire. The village stands on the coast, at the spot where Richard II. was betrayed by Percy to Bolingbroke, 2½ miles W by N of Abergele, is a pretty place, and has a station on the L. & N.W.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Abergele (R.S.O.) Acreage of parish, 640; population of the civil parish, 680; of the ecclesiastical, 754. Gwrych Castle, an imposing mansion, with extensive castellated front, and Bryndulas are the chief residences. Near Llan-ddnlas station a terrible accident to the Irish mail occurred in 1868, resulting in the loss of 33 lives. Limestone is found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Asaph; net value, £260 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of St Asaph. The church was rebuilt in 1869, at a cost of between £5000 and £6000. There are Baptist, Congregational, Calvinistic Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
County Court district | Rhyl | |
Diocese | St. Asaph | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Llanddulas St. Cynbryd | |
Hundred | Isdulas | |
Petty-Sessional Division | Isdulas | |
Poor Law union | St. Asaph | |
Registration district | St. Asaph | 1837 - 1935 |
Registration district | Llandovery | 1837 - 1897 |
Registration sub-district | Abergele |
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 Llanddulas from 1837 to 1935 you should search for the St. Asaph Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanddulas from 1837 to 1897 you should search for the Llandovery Registration District.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Llanddulas from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Denbighshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Llanddulas are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online: