Estate and family papers consisting of :
The Kenrick family of Wynn Hall, Denbighshire are descendents of Cynwrig ap Rhiwallon. Wynn Hall, situated in the parish of Ruabon was built by William Wynne c. 1649. The estate passed into the Kenrick family through the marriage of Sarah Hamilton, niece of John Wynn of Wynn Hall (d. 1714), to the Reverend John Kenrick. In the 17th and 18th centuries the family was connected with the development of nonconformity in the Wrexham area.
Detailed biographical information regarding family members can be found in The Dictionary of Welsh biography down to 1940 (London, 1959) and Chronicles of a nonconformist family: the Kenricks of Wynne Hall, Exeter and Birmingham by Norah Kenrick (Birmingham,1932).
Arranged according to record type and then chronologically and incorporated into the General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts
Open to all users.
The collection was placed on deposit at the Archives Department of the University of Wales Bangor in 1975 by Mrs Marion R. Wynn Kenrick of Victoria, Australia.
Wynn Hall Mss was the last collection to be catalogued by the archivist, Mr Alyn Giles Jones, before his retirement in 1983.
An item level typescript catalogue is available at the Archives Department of the University of Wales Bangor.
Usual copyright conditions apply. Reprographics are made at the discretion of the Archivist.
Kenrick, Norah, Chronicles of a nonconformist family: the Kenricks of Wynne Hall, Exeter and Birmingham, Birmingham,1932
