England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Llanberis lies in northern central Caernarvonshire about 10 miles east of the county town of Caernarvon. Llanberis is located on the A4086 road which connects Caernarvon with Capel Curig and the A5 to Shrewsbury. Llanberis is a substantial village largely built on the A4086 and to its west, the road passing along the western shores of Llyn Padarn. Llanberis parish is very extensive and covers much of the highest ground in Wales, including the summit of Snowdon itself, Wales' highest mountain. At the time of this transcript Llanberis was a relatively small settlement, engaged in a mixture of upland farming of sheep on the higher ground and cattle on the valley floor; these farming incomes were supplemented by copper mining and local use of the fine slate. In 1824 the slate activity increased substantially eventually dominating the area and rapidly increasing the size of the population too. The substantial quarries of the Dinorwig slate mines dominate still despite working becoming much smaller. Today Llanberis earns most of its income from tourism, a major centre for hiking and the set-off point for the unique rack-railway to Snowdon's summit. Llanberis is drained northwestwards by the Afon Rhythallt which flows out of the lake and heads to the Irish Sea through Caernarvon. Llanberis is sited at around 110 metres above the sea but this is in a valley setting, land rises to Wales' highest point of 1,085 metres on top of Snowdon that climb being achieved in less than 4 miles. As stated Llanberis parish is extensive, very typical of an upland parish, it covered just over 10,400 acres and would have supported a population of close to 600 parishioners. Like most of Wales Llanberis is not mentioned 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 |
15th November 1754 - 30th April 1776 |
Gwynedd Archives - Caernarvon - Reference - XPE/27/1 |
Plain, unruled book, a continuation of the extant composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements | Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads | The standard of clerical work is very poor, with little use of white space to segregate and poor handwriting generally making for a difficult read. Users should treat this piece with some caution as misreads are quite likely. |
2 | 9th November 1776 - 1st January 1790 | Gwynedd Archives - Caernarvon - Reference - XPE/27/2 | Plain, unruled book, a further composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements | Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads | The standard of clerical work is very poor, with little use of white space to segregate and poor handwriting generally making for a difficult read. Users should treat this piece with some caution as misreads are quite likely. |
3 | 28th June 1791 - 23rd December 1812 | Gwynedd Archives - Caernarvon - Reference - XPE/27/6 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
4 | 5th March 1813 - 21st April 1837 | Gwynedd Archives - Caernarvon - Reference - XPE/27/7 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Llandeiniolen
St Deiniol
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Llanbeblig
St Peblig
Bettws Garmon St Garmon |
Llandygai St Tegai
Capel Curig St Julitta |
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Bettws
Garmon St Garmon
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Bettws
Garmon St Garmon
Beddgelert St Mary |
Beddgelert
St Mary
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