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Holywell Rural District
Holywell was a rural district in the administrative county of Flintshire, Wales, from 1894 to 1974. The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as successor to Holywell Rural Sanitary District. The Rural District Council was based in the town of Holywell, which was a separate urban district. Holywell Rural District was abolished in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of the district of Delyn in the county of Clwyd. The district contained the following civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...es: External links * * * {{coord, 53.275, -3.223, display=title, region:GB_scale:50000 Rural districts of Wales History of Flintshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holywell, Flintshire
Holywell ( '','' cy, Treffynnon) is a market town and community in Flintshire, Wales. It lies to the west of the estuary of the River Dee. The community includes Greenfield. Etymology The name Holywell is literally ' + ' in reference to St Winefride's Well, which is situated in the town. Similarly, its Welsh name, ', is a compound of ' "town" + ' "well", meaning "town of hewell". History The market town of Holywell is known for St Winefride's Well, a holy well surrounded by a chapel, itself known since at least the Roman period. It has been a site of Christian pilgrimage since about 660, dedicated to Saint Winefride who, according to legend, was beheaded there by Caradog who attempted to attack her. The well is one of the Seven Wonders of Wales and the town bills itself as ''The Lourdes of Wales''. Many pilgrims from all over the world continue to visit Holywell and the well. From the 18th century, the town grew around the lead mining and cotton milling industries. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caerwys
Caerwys is a town in Flintshire, Wales. It is just under two miles from the A55 road, A55 North Wales Expressway and one mile from the A541 road, A541 Mold, Flintshire, Mold-Denbigh road. At the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census, the population of Caerwys Community (Wales), community was 1,315, with a total Ward (country subdivision), ward population of 2,496. Following reorganisation the community population fell at the 2011 Census to 1,283 with the ward raising to 2,569. The community includes Afonwen. History Caerwys is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' as a small market town. The well-maintained Church (building), church is dedicated to St. Michael. It has two parallel naves. The oldest part of the building is a stone tower whose base is said to have been part of a Roman Empire, Roman observation tower . Within the church is the cover slab of a tomb reputed to have been that of Elizabeth Ferrers, the wife of Dafydd ap Gruffudd, prince of Wales (d. 1283). A short, info ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ysgeifiog
Ysceifiog, also written Ysgeifiog, is a small village, community and parish in Flintshire, Wales. It lies on a back road just north of the A541 highway between Nannerch and Caerwys. The name translates roughly as "a place where elder trees grow".Glossary of Welsh Placenames Ordnance Survey The parish includes the villages of , to the east of Ysceifiog village, and , to the north. Notable residents The antiquarian and copyist of Welsh manuscripts[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitford, Flintshire
Whitford ( cy, Maes Rhydwen) is a village, community and an electoral ward near Holywell in Flintshire, northeast Wales. The population of both the community and the ward taken at the 2011 census was 2,332. The community includes the villages of Carmel, Lloc, Gorsedd and Pantasaph. It is best known as the former home of traveller and writer Thomas Pennant. The parish church of St Mary and St Beuno is thought to have been founded by St Beuno in the 7th century and later re-dedicated to St Mary after the Norman conquest. It was restored in the 19th century and is a grade I listed building. The Whitford electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ... is coterminous with the community and elects one county councillor to Flintshire County Council. Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trelawnyd
Trelawnyd (formerly ''Newmarket'' from 1710 to 1954) is a village in Flintshire, Wales. The village had a population taken at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census of 584. It is part of the Community (Wales), community of Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor. Governance There is an Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward called Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor. The total population of this ward taken at the 2011 Census was 1,838. History Trelawnyd is one of Flintshire's ancient parishes, originally part of Dyserth parish. It became a separate parish between 1254 and 1291, and included the townships of Gop, Graig, Pentreffyddion and Rhydlyfnwyd. The village was renamed Newmarket in 1710 by John Wynne (industrialist), John Wynne who obtained a faculty from the Bishops Registry. Wynne had by then redeveloped much of the village, established several industries, a weekly market, and an annual fair, in an attempt to turn Newmarket into the area's market town. The plan f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nannerch
Nannerch is a village and community in Flintshire, Wales, located within the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. At the 2001 Census the population of Nannerch was 531, reducing to 496 in 2011. History Nannerch (pronounced Nan-er-ch Welsh) is one of the ancient parishes of Flintshire, made up of the townships of Trellan, Trefechan, Trecwm and Tre Penbedw. It is an ancient village, sitting on bedrock of Carboniferous Limestone, overlain by glacial boulder clay with glacial hollows. The limestone has been used in the construction of many local buildings. The ruins of Iron Age hill forts at Pen-y-Cloddiau and Moel Arthur are situated in the nearby hills. The Church The church, which is dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels, was consecrated on 29 September 1853. It is the third church known to have been built on the site. The curved wall of the graveyard indicates the ancient origins of the churches. The present church was designed by Thomas W. Wya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northop
Northop ( cy, Llaneurgain) is a village, community and electoral ward situated in Flintshire, Wales, approximately 12 miles west of the city of Chester, midway between Mold and Flint, and situated just off junction 33 of the A55 North Wales Expressway. At the 2001 Census, the population of Northop was 2,983, increasing to 3,049 at the 2011 census. The community includes Sychdyn. The village is home to two pubs, a cricket club, and a golf course. At the centre of the village stands the church of St Eurgain and St Peter, towering 98 feet above the village. Northop College based in Northop, offering horticultural courses for students of all ages, in areas such as Animal Care, floristry, Horse Care, Horticulture and agricultural machinery. Glyndŵr University has a campus based in Northop; this is the university's home for land-based and rural education, and a centre for courses on animal studies and biodiversity. English toponym The name seems to be derived from ''North Hope' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nercwys
Nercwys is a rural village and community in Flintshire, Wales, which is surrounded by open countryside. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 585. The older, Anglicised spelling of Nerquis can sometimes be found. It has a small school and a local bus service to Mold which is around 3 miles away. Geography Nercwys lies on the eastern fringe of the Clwydian Range and is served by a network of lanes. The modern settlement straggles along a shelf that interrupts the prevailing south-west to north-east slope. The River Terrig, a tributary of the Alyn, runs northwards less than one kilometre to the east. Nercwys Forest, a large conifer woodland planted in 1965, lies to the west of the village. Multiple circular trails exist for mountain biking, hiking and horse riding, along with remnants of a Bronze Age cairn and industrial lead mining. History The origins of this settlement are obscure. The shape of the churchyard might indicate an early medieval origin but ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanasa
Llanasa is a village and community in the county of Flintshire, north-east Wales. Llanasa is described as one of the ancient parishes of Flintshire. It originally comprised the townships of Gronant, Gwespyr, Kelston, Golden Grove, Picton, Trewaelod, Axtyn and Trelogan. The modern community also includes Ffynnongroyw and Glan yr afon. History Named after Saint Asaph the village is known to have existed since at least c.600 AD and was originally called ''Llanasaph'' meaning ''the Church of Saint Asaph''. It was where the tomb and relics of Saint Asaph were enshrined before they were moved to the larger St Asaph Cathedral sometime before 1281. This ancient parish church was later the burial place of Gruffudd Fychan (the father of Owain Glyndŵr). The stone slab which covered his tomb survives and is engraved with the words ''HIC LACET GRVFVD VACHAN'' or "here lies Gruffudd Fychan". This slab, according to records, was originally in the centre of the south aisle and it would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halkyn
Halkyn ( cy, Helygain ; Flintshire Welsh: ''Lygian '') is a village and community in Flintshire, north-east Wales and situated between Pentre Halkyn, Northop and Rhosesmor. At the 2001 Census the population of the community was 2,876, increasing slightly to 2,879 at the 2011 Census. Pentre Halkyn is in the community. History Halkyn is one of the ancient parishes of Flintshire, originally comprising the townships of Hendrefigillt, Lygan y Llan and Lygan y Wern. The area was notable during the Roman occupation for the mining of lead. The village was recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 as ''Alchene'', when it was then part of Cheshire, in England. Halkyn had many public houses in the early 19th century. These public houses included the Crown Inn, (now known as Crown Cottages) which was situated on the left-hand side as you go towards Rhes-y-cae from the Old Halkyn Post Office. The Royal Oak (now a private house known as the Old Royal Oak), directly opposite the Blue Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cilcain
Cilcain is a village and community, near Mold in Flintshire, north-east Wales. The village has an industrial history and includes the Millennium Woods, a post office, a public house, a parish church, a primary school (Ysgol y Foel) and a village hall. Cilcain borders the parishes of Rhosesmor, Rhes-y-cae and Rhydymwyn. The community includes the village of Rhydymwyn. Name The Welsh placename Cilcain, which has also in the past been spelled as Kilken and Cilcen, has been suggested to derive from ''cil'' meaning 'retreat' and ''cain'' meaning 'fair' or 'pleasant' in the Welsh language. Early Cilcain In the early years of Cilcain's existence it was noted as a place of retreat and was also locally famous for its regular village fairs, where a notable amount of alcohol was often consumed. Cilcain was also known for cockfighting, which took place on Sundays after the local church service. Church The first recorded mention of the church at Cilcain dates from 1291. Cilcain is one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
