Difference between revisions of "Coleshill Hundred"
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*[[Flint]] | *[[Flint]] | ||
*[[Halkyn]] | *[[Halkyn]] | ||
| − | *[[Holywell]] (except Calcot township) | + | *[[Holywell, Flintshire|Holywell]] (except Calcot township)<sup>*</sup> |
*[[Northop]] | *[[Northop]] | ||
*[[Whitford, Flintshire|Whitford]] | *[[Whitford, Flintshire|Whitford]] | ||
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| + | <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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