Atiscross or Ati's Cross was one of the original twelve

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bordering the Welsh

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to the west. It appears in the

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in 1066 under the control of Earl

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. There were 87 settlements within the Hundred, several of the largest and most valuable (to the Lord) included: * Dodleston - 25 households, £2, woodland (1 league) * Claverton - 21 households, £2, meadow (3 acres), 1 salthouse. *

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- 14 households - £3, meadow (0.5 acres), 1 church (0.5 acres of church lands), woodland (2 x 1 league). * Broughton - 10 households - £1.5, ploughland (0.5 acres). * Aston - 7 households, £1, ploughland (1 acre). * Wepre - 6 households, £1, ploughland (1 acre), woodland (0.5 leagues). Atiscross later became a principal part of

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during the reign of Edward I. Early Ordnance Survey maps show the "Supposed site" of Ati's Cross (from which the Hundred derives its name) a little inland from Pentre Ffwrndan, adjacent to Croes-Ati (or Groes-ati) Mill, at ( OS GR) SJ 252730. Croes Ati Lane (and a continuing footpath) at the (modern) edge of

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town leads to it.

References

{{Flintshire Hundreds of Cheshire History of Flintshire