File NLW MS 16790E - Cyssegr, Mostyn Baptismal Register,

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NLW MS 16790E

Title

Cyssegr, Mostyn Baptismal Register,

Date(s)

  • 1837-1900 / (Creation)

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ii, 76 ff. ( ff. 37 verso-73 blank; ff. 73 verso-74 verso, 75 verso inverted text) ;370 x 230 mm.

Pre-printed register, half-leather.Front cover and first three folios loose, other attachments loose or slack.Front cover and first three folios loose, other attachments loose or slack.

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Rev. D. J. Peregrine, minister of Cyssegr Congregational Church; Rhewl, Mostyn; Donation; February 1949

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Baptismal register, 1837-1900 (watermark 1836) of Cyssegr Congregational Church, Rhewl, Mostyn, Flintshire. The volume also contains transcripts of baptismal entries, 1832-1837, taken from an earlier register which was subsequently deposited with the Registrar General, and is now held in The National Archives. Most of the entries in this volume are in the hands of the Reverends Hugh Pugh and E. Pan Jones, successive ministers of Cyssegr Congregational Church.
Also included is a list of marriages solemnised at Cyssegr, 1837-1868 (ff. 73 verso-75 verso); an extract from the chapel deed (f. ii); copies of baptismal entries, 1824-1833, for the children of the Reverend William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog'), Hugh Pugh's predecessor as minister of Cyssegr Congregational Church (f. ii verso); and, loose at the beginning of the volume, a newspaper cutting, [1949], relating to the donation of the manuscript to the National Library of Wales.

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English

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See also NLW MS 15139A, which contains a list of marriages solemnised at Cyssegr Congregational Church, 1837-1842, in the hand of Hugh Pugh. A copy of the baptismal register of Cyssegr Congregational Church to 1837 can be viewed on microfilm, No. 4092, Reel 21, at NLW.

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Preferred citation: NLW MS 16790E

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vtls004437919

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.

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October 2007.

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  • English

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Archivist's note

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans;

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  • Text: NLW MS 16790E; $q - Front cover and first three folios loose, other attachments loose or slack..