England &
Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Ruabon lies in the extreme southeast of Denbighshire, indeed it forms part of the border with neighbouring Shropshire & England. Ruabon is a large village situated about 5 miles southwest of the industrial town of Wrexham. Ruabon sits astride the former line of the A483 road, it now bypasses to Ruabon's east, which connects Wrexham with the Shropshire market town of Oswestry. Ruabon is an industrial village, it grew rapidly following the growth in exploitation of the North Wales coalfield granting employment to many of the population. Prior to this industrialisation it was largely a rural and pastoral farming area. Ruabon sits on the eastern edge of the Clwyd Hills close to the line of the River Dee which occupies the Vale of Llangollen in a deeply incised valley running through the south of the parish. A small tributary, the Black Brook, drains the village into the Dee which eventually reaches the Irish Sea through Chester. Ruabon is sited at around 120 metres above the sea, land rises steeply to the west to reach local heights of over 500 metres on Ruabon Mountain whilst it descends gently to the east onto the Dee plains. Parishes in the upland area of Denbighshire are frequently large in extent and Ruabon is no exception, the parish covered an area of almost 16,000 acres and supported a population rapidly growing but by the end of this transcript probably supported over 8,300 parishioners. There is no specific mention of Ruabon, in common with most of Wales, 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 | 13th May 1754 - 21st September 1785 | Denbighshire Archives - Reference PD/89/1/241 | Plain ruled and margined book containing combined Banns & Marriages | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | The register is poor in segregating entries making for a slow and trying read. On occasion the handwriting was also challenging leading to a likelihood of a few misreads and the possibility of a few omissions between the two issues. |
2 | 30th September 1785 - 22nd February 1801 | Denbighshire Archives - Reference PD/89/1/242 | Plain ruled book containing Marriages only | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | This register suffers from fading making a few entries challenging and leading to a likelihood of a few misreads. |
3 | 24th February 1801 - 28th December 1812 | Denbighshire Archives - Reference PD/89/1/243 | Plain ruled book containing Marriages only | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | This register suffers from fading making a few entries challenging and leading to a likelihood of a few misreads. |
4 | 11th January 1813 - 18th July 1827 | Denbighshire Archives - Reference PD/89/1/244 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
5 | 28th July 1827 - 27th June 1837 | Denbighshire Archives - Reference PD/89/1/245 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Llangollen
St Collen
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Wrexham St
Giles
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Wrexham
St Giles
Marchweil St Marcellus |
Llangollen
St Collen
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Llangollen
St Collen
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Llangollen
St Collen
Chirk St Mary Magdalene |
St Martin,
Shropshire
Ellesmere St Mary, Shropshire |
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