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The '''Coleshill Hundred''' is one of the hundreds of [[Flintshire]], in the centre of the county. The hundred is named after the vill of Coleshill, to the north-west of [[Flint]]. It is bounded by the estuary of the River Dee to the north-east; by [[Prestatyn Hundred]] to the north-west; by [[Rhuddlan]] hundred to the west; and by [[Mold Hundred]] to the south. It is the second most-populous of Flintshire's hundreds with a population of 56,015. | The '''Coleshill Hundred''' is one of the hundreds of [[Flintshire]], in the centre of the county. The hundred is named after the vill of Coleshill, to the north-west of [[Flint]]. It is bounded by the estuary of the River Dee to the north-east; by [[Prestatyn Hundred]] to the north-west; by [[Rhuddlan]] hundred to the west; and by [[Mold Hundred]] to the south. It is the second most-populous of Flintshire's hundreds with a population of 56,015. | ||
It contains the following ancient parishes: | It contains the following ancient parishes: | ||
*[[Cilcain]] (except Trellynian township) | *[[Cilcain]] (except Trellynian township)<sup>*</sup> | ||
*[[Flint]] | *[[Flint]] | ||
*[[Halkyn]] | *[[Halkyn]] | ||
*[[Holywell]] (except Calcot township) | *[[Holywell, Flintshire|Holywell]] (except Calcot township)<sup>*</sup> | ||
*[[Northop]] | *[[Northop]] | ||
*[[Whitford, Flintshire|Whitford]] | *[[Whitford, Flintshire|Whitford]] | ||
<sup>*</sup>: In Rhuddlan hundred. | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 12:51, 27 December 2020
The Coleshill Hundred is one of the hundreds of Flintshire, in the centre of the county. The hundred is named after the vill of Coleshill, to the north-west of Flint. It is bounded by the estuary of the River Dee to the north-east; by Prestatyn Hundred to the north-west; by Rhuddlan hundred to the west; and by Mold Hundred to the south. It is the second most-populous of Flintshire's hundreds with a population of 56,015.
It contains the following ancient parishes:
- Cilcain (except Trellynian township)*
- Flint
- Halkyn
- Holywell (except Calcot township)*
- Northop
- Whitford
*: In Rhuddlan hundred.
References
- William Rees, An Historical Atlas of Wales, Faber, 1959.
- M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units, Cardiff, 1967.
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