Flint, Flintshire, Wales Genealogy

Guide to Flint, Flintshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: civil registration, census records, and parish register transcripts.

History
Flint (Welsh: Fflint, Y Fflint) is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in Flintshire, Wales.

Before 1974 the town was in the historic county of Flintshire and, between 1974 and 1996 in the County of Clwyd. In 1996 it became part of the modern county of Flintshire.

In 1831: "Flint, the nominal county town of the Shire of that name .... is beautifully situated on the estuary of the Dee, about 5 miles E.S.E. of Holywell (opposite Parkgate) and is 203 miles distant from London. It was formerly a place of considerable importance, on account of its maritime situation and its extensive fortress." (From Gleanings of the histories of Holywell, Flint, St. Asaph and Rhuddlan, J. Poole, 1831)

For more information on Flint see:
 * | Flint at Genuki

Parish Chest
Vestry minutes (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Church warden accounts (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Tithe Records
The tithe agreement date for Flint was DATE.

Nonconformist Chapel Records
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Civil Registration
The Civil Registration District for Flint is DATESANDNAMESCIVREG.

Poor Law Unions
Visit the England and Wales Poor Law Records page for more information.

Websites

 * Vision of Britain - Flint
 * Flint Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
 * Flint War Memorial at Clwyd FHS