Flint, Flintshire, Wales Genealogy

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

Before 1974 the town was in the historic county of Flintshire and, between 1874 and 1996 in the County of Clwyd. In 1996 it became part of the modern county of Flintshire.

History
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: Genuki - Flint

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Vision of Britain - Flint

Web Sites

 * Flint Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
 * Flint War Memorial at Clwyd FHS