Holywell Roman Catholic records, 1730-1936, including registers of baptisms, confirmations, and visits to the sick, 1730-1936; Mold Roman Catholic records: register of baptisms, 1859-95; St Clare's RC Children's Home records, 1860s-2006.
ROMAN CATHOLIC RECORDS
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- ReferenceGB 208 RC
- Dates of Creation1730-2006
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description48 items
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Roman Catholicism in England and Wales was a small, persecuted minority between the 16th-18th centuries. Most Catholics had Anglican burials, and private baptism and marriage services, and few Catholic registers begin before the mid 18th century. There were several Roman Catholic chapels in Holywell, Flintshire, during the 18th and 19th centuries, including the Old Star Chapel and the Cross Keys Chapel. Following the Catholic Emancipation Act 1829, Catholics were allowed to worship as they pleased and many more churches were built. The area fell within the Catholic Diocese of Wrexham.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following: Registers; and miscellaneous
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Deposited by Mrs Kathryn Byrne, Honorary Archivist, Bishop's House, Wrexham, 2003 and Fr Webb, St David's RC Church, Mold, Flintshire.
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Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project and amended by Steven Davies of Flintshire Record Office. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Flintshire Record Office, Roman Catholic records catalogue; Hey, David, Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History, (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997).
Other Finding Aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Flintshire Record Office. Catalogue is searchable online at: http://calmview.flintshire.gov.uk/CalmView/
Archivist's Note
Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project and amended by Steven Davies of Flintshire Record Office. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Flintshire Record Office, Roman Catholic records catalogue; Hey, David, Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History, (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997).
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Appraisal Information
All records deposited at Flintshire Record Office have been retained
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