Henry Williams Collection of Merionethshire Deeds,

Deeds and documents, mainly relating to premises in the parish of Llangelynnin, Merionethshire, and to properties in the town of Barmouth, Merionethshire, 1731-1893.

The Venerable Henry Williams (fl. 1909-1960], Archdeacon of Merioneth, was ordained in 1909. He served as curate in Ynyscynhaiarn and Llanaber, Caernarfonshire, and Llandysilio with Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, became rector of Cynnal, Merionethshire, vicar of Nefyn, Caernarfonshire, and rector of Llanfairfechan, Caernarfonshire. He was Archdeacon of Merionethshire, in the diocese of Bangor, between 1953 and 1959, and vicar of Arthog, Merionethshire, 1953-1956, and acquired a collection of deeds and documents relating to the nearby parishes of Llangelynnin, Merionethshire, and Barmouth, Merionethshire. He became vicar of Abererch, Caernarfonshire, in 1956, and in 1959 he retired to Llandudno.

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Donated by the Venerable Henry Williams, Arthog, Merionethshire, 1955.

The Venerable Henry Williams (fl. 1909-1960], Archdeacon of Merioneth, was ordained in 1909. He served as curate in Ynyscynhaiarn and Llanaber, Caernarfonshire, and Llandysilio with Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, became rector of Cynnal, Merionethshire, vicar of Nefyn, Caernarfonshire, and rector of Llanfairfechan, Caernarfonshire. He was Archdeacon of Merionethshire, in the diocese of Bangor, between 1953 and 1959, and vicar of Arthog, Merionethshire, 1953-1956, and acquired a collection of deeds and documents relating to the nearby parishes of Llangelynnin, Merionethshire, and Barmouth, Merionethshire. He became vicar of Abererch, Caernarfonshire, in 1956, and in 1959 he retired to Llandudno.

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April 2003

Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Henry Williams Collection of Merionethshire Deeds; Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1959-1960. Not the Venerable Henry Williams (1792-1867), Archdeacon of Waimate (New Zealand).

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