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The ParishThe parish of Bangor lies in the north of Caernarvonshire, indeed it forms part of Caernarvonshire's northern coast with both the Irish Sea and also the Menai Straits, as such via its bridges it also forms part of the boundary with neighbouring Anglesey. Bangor is an ancient cathedral city (St Deiniol or Daniel) with a foundation tradition back to at least the 6th century. Bangor today is a relatively small city about 12 miles west of the fortified town of Conway and sitting astride the A55 & A5 roads which runs along the north coast of Wales from Chester and northwestwards from London onwards to Anglesey. Bangor became an ecclesiastical centre in around 546 when Deiniol became Bishop of Gwynedd, if this supposition is correct then Bangor is the oldest such seat in the combined Wales and England. Prior to the 19th century Bangor was a rather small ecclesiastical centre and port, its growth not helped during mediaeval times by being repeatedly sacked by troubles between Welsh and English but with modern communications came a surge in growth as rail and roads arrived en route to Holyhead and Ireland. Modern Bangor has spread southwestwards along the Menai Straits and its university is a popular destination for study and a major employer within the city. Bangor largely turns its face to the Menai Straits rather than the Irish Sea but the New Pier carries on a tradition of life as a port. AS a coastal settlement there is little drainage of relevance although the Afon Cegin does flow through the eastern suburb of Maesgeirchen. Bangor old town (the cathedral) is sited at just 15 metres above the sea although land rises steeply to reach 117 metres just a bit to the east. Welsh parishes are typically large in extant and Bangor is no exception, it covered around 6,500 acres and would have supported a population of around 7,200 parishioners most of whom would have been within the city boundaries. In common with most of Wales there is no mention of Bangor in Domesday Book which did not cover this area. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 14th May 1754 - 22nd July 1782 | Gwynedd Archives - Caernarvon - Reference XPE/63/1 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 22nd September 1782 - 21st December 1785 | Gwynedd Archives - Caernarvon - Reference XPE/63/11 | Plain unruled book a continuation of the extant composite register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
3 | 28th January 1786 - 27th December 1812 | Gwynedd Archives - Caernarvon - Reference XPE/63/2 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
4 | 6th January 1813 - 18th November 1831 | Gwynedd Archives - Caernarvon - Reference XPE/63/3 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
5 | 18th November 1831 - 24th June 1837 | Gwynedd Archives - Caernarvon - Reference XPE/63/7 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Llandegfan
St Tegfan, Anglesey
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Llanedwen St
Edwin, Anglesey
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Llanfair
Is Gaer St Mary
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Llandeiniolen
St Deiniol
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Llandeiniolen
St Deiniol
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