Saltney, Flintshire, Wales Genealogy

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Saltney is a small town and community on the Dee Estuary in Flintshire, Wales and sits immediately on the border with England, with parts of the community on both sides! The whole of Saltney is in the English ecclesiastical parish of Lache-with-Saltney.

History
The name is derived from the former salt marshes on which it is built, lying on the River Dee. The Wales/England border runs down the middle of Boundary Lane in Saltney, the only urban street in England or Wales where this happens.

Once the terminus of Sir John Glynne's Canal, Higher Saltney more commonly known by local people as "Top Saltney" is in Chester, Cheshire, England, with the Welsh part of the community known more specifically as Saltney Town.

Census Records
1841 FHL BRITISH Film 464324 1851 p. 842-865 FHL BRITISH Film 87164 1861 FHL BRITISH Film 543003 1871 FHL BRITISH Film 842132 1881 FHL BRITISH Film 1341853 1891 RG 12/2869 (4 fiches) FHL BRITISH Fiche 6097979

Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records

Poor Law Union Records

 * Hawarden Poor Law Union