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FFESTINIOG REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Merionethshire.
Created : 1.7.1837 (originally "Festinog").
Abolished : 1.10.1935 (to become part of Merioneth North, Merioneth South and Pwllheli registration districts).
Sub-districts : Deudrath, Ffestiniog, Llanfihangel y Traethau, Tremadoc
GRO volumes : XXVII (1837–51), 11b (1852–1935).
Registers currently held at : Gwynedd and Caernarfon.

Table 1: List of Places in Ffestiniog Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Beddgelert	Caernarvonshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (d) and (e).
Dolbenmaen	Caernarvonshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (d).
Ffestiniog	Merionethshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (a).
Llanbedr	Merionethshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Llandanwg	Merionethshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (a).
Llandecwyn	Merionethshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (a).
Llanfair	Merionethshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Llanfihangel y Pennant	Merionethshire	1837	1886	Abolished 25.3.1886 to become part of the parish of Dolbenmaen.
Llanfihangel y Traethau	Merionethshire	1837	1897	Abolished 1.4.1897 to become the parishes of Penrhyndeudraeth and Talsarnau.
Llanfrothen	Merionethshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (a).
Maentwrog	Merionethshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (a).
Penmorfa	Merionethshire	1837	1886	Abolished 25.3.1886 to become part of the parish of Dolbenmaen.
Penrhyndeudraeth	Merionethshire	1897	1935	Created 1.4.1897 out of the parish of Llanfihangel y Traethau. See also Table 2, note (a).
Talsarnau	Merionethshire	1897	1935	Created 1.4.1897 out of the parish of Llanfihangel y Traethau. See also Table 2, note (a).
Trawsfynydd	Merionethshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (a).
Treflys	Caernarvonshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become parts of the parishes of Dolbenmaen, Ynyscynhaiarn, and Criccieth. See also Table 2, note (e).
Ynyscynhaiarn	Caernarvonshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (d).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Ffestiniog Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.10.1935 (abolished)	(a)	Lost the parishes of Ffestiniog, Llanbedr, Llandanwg, Llandecwyn, Llanfair, Llanfrothen, Maentwrog, Penrhyndeudraeth, Talsarnau, and Trawsfynydd, to Merioneth North registration district.	16489 in 1931
	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Llanbedr (which became part of the parish of Llanenddwyn on 1.4.1934) to Merioneth South registration district.	1 in 1931
	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Llanfair (which became part of the parish of Llanenddwyn on 1.4.1934) to Merioneth South registration district.	8 in 1931
	(d)	Lost the parishes of Beddgelert, Dolbenmaen, and Ynyscynhaiarn, to Pwllheli registration district.	6646 in 1931
	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Treflys (which became part of the parish of Criccieth on 1.4.1934) to Pwllheli registration district.	8 in 1931

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