England &
Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishAncient Flintshire is a curious county, with a separate, detached portion whence Denbighshire intervenes for a while. Hope is located in the southeastern part of the major portion of the county and forms part of the border with this intervening portion of Denbighshire as well as being part of the border with neighbouring Cheshire. Hope is located about 5 miles north of the industrial town of Wrexham in Denbighshire. Hope is a large village situated astride the A550 road which links Wrexham with the port of Connah's Quay. The parish of Hope, however, also contained the large settlements of Caergwrle, Penyffordd & KInnerton as well as numerous smaller settlements. The area is part of a coal mining district and this would have dominated employment, the other main employer being agriculture whence a mixed farming regime would have predominated. Hope has a long history, it is said to have been a Roman legionary centre and has the remains of a Norman Castle. Just to the north of Hope there is also a lengthy stretch of Offa's Dyke. Hope is largely built on the eastern banks of the River Alyn (Afon Alun in Welsh), this river marks the border of the uplands rising to the west with the Cheshire Plains to Hope's east. The Alyn flows eastwards to meet the Dee before reaching the Irish Sea through that rivers estuary. Hope if sited at around 90 metres above the sea but within the limits of the parish hills rise to local heights of over 300 metres. Hope parish was extensive and covered around 8,500 acres, it would have supported a population of almost 3,000 parishioners. Unlike much of Wales Hope is mentioned in Domesday Book it being held by one Gilbert the Hunter; its record is, however, rather scant in detail and offering ploughland and a small wood. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 13th May 1754 - 8th August 1780 | Flintshire Record Office - Reference - P/31/A/1/1/3 |
Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 14th August 1780 - 17th May 1804 | Flintshire Record Office - Reference - P/31/A/1/1/4 | Plain, unruled 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 | A short section with little segregation between entries leads to a possibility of omission |
3 | 7th July 1804 - 28th December 1812 | Flintshire Record Office - Reference - P/31/A/1/1/7 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
4 | 12th February 1813 - 11th March 1837 | Flintshire Record Office - Reference - P/31/A/1/1/9 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Treuddyn
St Mary
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Dodleston
St Mary, Cheshire
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Gresford
All Saints, Denbighshire
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Treuddyn St
Mary
Llanarmon Yn Ial St Garmon, Denbighshire |
Gresford All
Saints, Denbighshire
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Llanarmon
Yn Ial St Garmon, Denbighshire
Llandegla St tegla, Denbighshire |
Wrexham St
Giles, Denbighshire
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Gresford
All Saints, Denbighshire
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