Caernarvonshire

Caernarfonshire Historic County Map (source: Wikipedia)

Caernarfon Castle submitted by Guinevere

Caernarfonshire is a coastal county in North West Wales.

Major towns: Bangor Caernarfon Llandudno

Industry: Agriculture, slate, quarrying, weaving

Home of the Snowdonia National Park and Mt Snowdon itself, the highest peak in Wales and the beautiful Caernarvon Castle, one of Europe's greatest mediaeval fortresses which was the place of the investiture of the current Prince of Wales.

Resources

Primary Reference Links

• Caernarfon Record Office

• Parish Register Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest



Specific Town and Village Interest

• Bangor Civic Society

• Carnarvon Traders

• St Mary's Parish Church, Conwy - Memorial Inscriptions

Maps and Photographs

Register Offices

Abergele Register Office
New Clinic & Offices,
67 Market Street,
Abergele,
Conwy County Borough.
LL22 7BP

Ardudwy
Bryn Marian,
Church Street,
Blaenau Ffestiniog,
Ardudwy,
LL41 4EG.
Tel: 01766 830217

Bangor Town Hall
Bangor,
LL57 2RE.
Tel: 01248 362418

Caernarfon
Swyddfa Arfon,
Penrallt,
Caernarfon,
LL55 1BN.
Tel:01286 682661

Dwyfor
35 High Street,
Pwllheli,
LL53 5RT
Tel: 01758 612546

Llandudno Register Office
The Town Hall,
Lloyd Street,
Llandudno,
Conwy,
LL30 2UP.
Cheques payable to The Superintendent Registrar.
On-line indexes available via the North Wales BMD Websites.

Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

• Research Offers: Cemetery
• Research Offers: Photograph
• Research Offers: Probate
• Research Offers: Record Office/Archive

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.

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