Ancient Flintshire Parishes

The Ancient Parishes of Flintshire

The following are the ancient parishes in the historic county of Flintshire, which was abolished in 1974.

The historic county of Flintshire bears little resemblance to the modern county of Flintshire which was formed in 1996.

In the late 19th century and the early 20th century, as the population increased in many parishes, they were sub-divided into new parishes.

Historic Flintshire

Flintshire (Welsh: Sir y Fflint) was one of thirteen historic counties of Wales. It was notable for having several exclaves and being the smallest county in Wales. It was a maritime county bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the east by the Dee estuary, to the south-east by Cheshire (England) and to the south and west by Denbighshire.

The largest of its exclaves, the Maelor Saesneg (the English-speaking Maelor), was bounded on the west by Denbighshire, on the east by Cheshire (England), and on the south by Shropshire (England). Other exclaves of Flintshire included the manors of Marford and Hoseley, Abenbury Fechan and Bryn Estyn, all on the outskirts of Wrexham in Denbighshire, and also a small part of the parish of Erbistock in Denbighshire. Additionally, a small part of Flintshire, including the village of Sealand, was isolated across the River Dee when its course was changed to improve navigation.

The county was formed in 1284 under the terms of the Statute of Rhuddlan and included the cantrefi (hundreds) of Tegeingl, Hope and the Maelor Saesneg formerly parts of the Welsh kingdoms of Gwynedd and Powys Fadog. The Lordships of Mold and Hawarden and also the enclave of Marford & Hoseley were later added to the county. The county town was Mold.

 

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1974-1996 Clwyd

 

Under the Local Government Act 1972, the county and administrative county of Flintshire were abolished, for both local government and ceremonial purposes, on 1 April 1974. All of Flintshire becoming part of the newly formed county of Clwyd covering the whole of north-east Wales.

The county of Clwyd was was divided into six administrative districts:

• Alyn and Deeside (formed entirely from parts of historic Flintshire)
• Colwyn
• Delyn  (formed entirely from parts of historic Flintshire)
• Glyndŵr
• Rhuddlan (formed entirely from parts of historic Flintshire)
• Wrexham Maelor (which included parts of historic Flintshire)

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Modern Flintshire

 

Following further local government reorganisation, the county of Clwyd was itself abolished and the present county of Flintshire was created on 1 April 1996. This covers a substantially different area from the historic county of Flintshire however. Mold continued to be the county town.

The new county included:

• the Alyn and Deeside district of Clwyd, and formerly in historic Flintshire
• the Delyn district of Clwyd, and formerly in historic Flintshire

However:

• the detached parts of historic Flintshire, which had been part of Wrexham Maelor district of Clwyd, became part of the newly formed County Borough of Wrexham
• the Rhuddlan district of Clwyd and formerly in historic Flintshire became part of the new Denbighshire

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B

Parish	Created circa	Neighbouring Parishes
Bangor is y Coed (covered Flintshire & Denbighshire)	1675	Ellesmere, Erbistock, Holt, Marchwiel, Overton, Ruabon, Worthenbury, Wrexham
Bodfari (covered Flintshire & Denbighshire)	1571	Caerwys, Denbigh, Henllan, Llandyrnog, Llanrhaeadr yng Nghinmeirch, Tremeirchion, Ysceifiog

 

C

Parish	Created circa	Neighbouring Parishes
Caerwys	1673	Bodfari, Tremeirchion, Whitford, Ysceifiog
Cilcain	1576	Halkyn, Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, Llandyrnog, Llanferres, Llangwyfan, Llangynhafal, Nannerch, Ysceifiog
Cwm	1727	Dyserth, Rhuddlan, St Asaph, Trelawnyd, Tremeirchion, Whitford

 

D

Parish	Created circa	Neighbouring Parishes
Dyserth	1602	Cwm, Gwaunysgor, Meliden, Rhuddlan, Trelawnyd

 

F

Parish	Created circa	Neighbouring Parishes
Flint	1598	Northop

 

G

Parish	Created circa	Neighbouring Parishes
Gwaunysgor	1538	Dyserth, Llanasa, Meliden, Trelawnyd

 

H

Parish	Created circa	Neighbouring Parishes
Halkyn	1594	Cilcain, Holywell, Northop, Ysceifiog
Hanmer	1563	Ellesmere, Malpas, Wem, Welshampton, Whitchurch, Worthenbury
Hawarden	1585	Chester, Dodleston, Hope, Mold, Northop, Shotwick
Holywell	1677	Halkyn, Northop, Whitford, Ysceifiog
Hope	1668	Dodleston, Gresford, Hawarden, Llanarmon yn Iâl, Llandegla, Mold, Wrexham

 

Ll

Parish	Created circa	Neighbouring Parishes
Llanarmon yn Iâl (covered Flintshire & Denbighshire)	1676	Bryneglwys, Hope, Mold, Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, Llandegla, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Llanferres, Llanrhydd
Llanasa	1629	Gwaunysgor, Meliden, Trelawnyd, Whitford

 

M

Parish	Created circa	Neighbouring Parishes
Meliden	1602	Dyserth, Gwaunysgor, Llanasa
Mold	1612	Cilcain, Hope, Llanarmon yn Iâl, Llandegla, Llanferres, Nercwys, Northop, Treuddyn

 

N

Parish	Created circa	Neighbouring Parishes
Nannerch (covered Flintshire & Denbighshire)	1664	Cilcain, Llandyrnog, Llangwyfan, Ysceifiog,
Nercwys	1696	Hope
Northop	1590	Cilcain, Halkyn, Hawarden, Holywell, Mold

 

O

Parish	Created circa	Neighbouring Parishes
Overton	1602	Bangor is y Coed, Ellesmere, Erbistock

 

P

Parish	Created circa	Neighbouring Parishes
Penley	1752	Bangor is y Coed, Ellesmere

 

Rh

Parish	Created circa	Neighbouring Parishes
Rhuddlan	1681	Abergele, Cwm, Dyserth, St. Asaph

 

S

Parish	Created circa	Neighbouring Parishes
St. Asaph (covered Flintshire & Denbighshire	1613	Abergele, Henllan, Llannefydd, Rhuddlan, St. George, Tremeirchion

 

T

Parish	Created circa	Neighbouring Parishes
Trelawnyd	1696	Cwm, Dyserth, Gwaunysgor, Llanasa, Whitford
Tremeirchion	1601	Bodfari, Caerwys, Cwm, Henllan, St. Asaph, Whitford
Treuddyn	1611	Mold, Nercwys

 

W

Parish	Created circa	Neighbouring Parishes
Whitford	1657	Caerwys, Cwm, Holywell, Llanasa, Trelawnyd, Tremeirchion, Ysceifiog
Worthenbury	1597	Bangor is y Coed, Ellesmere, Hanmer, Holt, Malpas, Overton, Shocklach, Threapwood

 

Y

Parish	Created circa	Neighbouring Parishes
Ysceifiog	1662	Bodfari, Caerwys, Cilcain, Halkyn, Holywell, Llandyrnog, Nannerch, Whitford

 

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