Trefonen, Shropshire Family History Guide

Trefonen is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Shropshire, created in 1842 from Oswestry Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Trefonnen

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1821
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TREFONEN, a chapelry in Oswestry parish, Salop; 3 miles SW of Oswestry r. station. It was constituted in 1842; and it has a post-office under Oswestry. Pop. in 1861, 1,248. Houses, 297. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £175. Patron, Earl Powis.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

England, Shropshire, Trefonen – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions (new burial ground), Trefonen, Shropshire, 1960-1985
Author: Barclay, Phillip B.

Monumental inscriptions of churchyard & chapel cemetery, Trefonen, Shropshire, 1815-1980
Author: Barclay, Phillip B.; Shropshire Family History Society

England, Shropshire, Trefonen – Church records ( 1 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Trefonen, 1821-1855
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Trefonen (Shropshire)

England, Shropshire, Trefonen – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Trefonen, Shrops., Eng

Parish register printouts of Trefonen, Shropshire, England ; christenings, 1821-1855
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Shropshire, Trefonen – Schools ( 1 )
Register, 1866-1876, and log book, 1905-1948
Author: Trefonen National School (Shropshire)

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Maps

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Administration

  • County: Shropshire
  • Civil Registration District: Oswestry
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of St Asaph (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: St Asaph
  • Rural Deanery: Oswestry
  • Poor Law Union: Oswestry
  • Hundred: Oswestry
  • Province: Canterbury