HOLYWELL ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH RECORDS

Records of Holywell parish, 1669-1997 (including Greenfield district), including registers, 1677-1997; service registers, 1909-1996; service records, 1871-1916; terriers, [c. 1750]-1973; glebe records, 1890-1975; income records, 1841-1957; churchwarden's records, 1715-1995; Parochial Church Council records, 1916-1992; records of church affairs, 1834-1996; records of church organisations, 1841-1940; vestry records, 1713-1905; overseer's records, 1734-1909; surveyor's accounts, 1827-1853; records of charities, 1669-1977; school records, 1847-1919; tithe records, 1703-1931; and miscellaneous, 1793-1983.

The county of Flintshire falls within the Diocese of St Asaph and consists of over fifty ecclesiastical parishes, including Holywell. The records of individual ecclesiastical parishes in Flintshire include registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, as well as records of the churchwardens and Parochial Church Councils, parish charities, schools, clubs and societies. Parish records were deposited at the Clwyd Record Office, following an agreement of 1976 between the Church in Wales and the Welsh County Councils. The church of Holy Trinity, Greenfield, was opened in 1871, as a district church within the parish of Holywell.

Arranged into fifteen groups, by deposit: Group One, incumbent records, churchwarden's records, Parochial Church Council records, records of church affairs, records of church organisations, vestry records, overseer's records, surveyor's records, charities, school records, and tithe records; Group Two, incumbent records, churchwarden's records, overseer's records, and miscellaneous; Group Three, incumbent records, Parochial Church Council records, records of church affairs, records of church organisations, records of charities, and parochialia; Group Four, incumbent records, churchwarden's records, Parochial Church Council records, records of church affairs, records of church orgnisations, records of charities, and tithe records; Group Five, incumbent records, churchwarden's records, Parochial Church Council records, records of church affairs, and records of charities; Group Six, incumbent records, churchwarden's records, Parochial Church Council records, and records of church affairs; Group Seven, incumbent records, churchwarden's records, and miscellaneous; Group Eight, churchwarden's records, Parochial Church Council records, and records of church affairs; Group Nine, incumbent records and churchwarden's visitation records; Group Ten, churchwarden's records, Parochial Church Council records, records of church affairs, and non-parish records; Group Eleven, vestry and overseer's records; Groups Twelve to Fourteen, overseer's records; and Group Fifteen, particulars of Holywell charities.

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A hard copy of this catalogue is available at Flintshire Record Office.

Microfilm copies of the parish registers are available at Flintshire Record Office, Denbighshire Record Office and the National Library of Wales. Registers are also available to search online.

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All records deposited at Flintshire Record Office have been retained. P/30/1-5 were transferred from Flintshire Record Office Holywell Board of Guardians Records (G/B).

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