Flintshire (historic)

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Flintshire (historic)

Flintshire is one of thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales

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, which mostly lay on the north-east coast of Wales.

Flintshire was notable as having one of the few large county exclaves

List of county exclaves in England and Wales 1844 - 1974

Until 1844 many of the counties in England and Wales had exclaves or detached parts, entirely surrounded by other counties. Most of these were dealt with by the Counties Act 1844, when they were absorbed by the county in which they were locally situated....
(an area known as English Maelor) to survive most of the 20th century.

The administrative county of Flintshire was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972

Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales, on 1 April 1974....
on April 1, 1974, becoming part of the new county of Clwyd

Clwyd

Clwyd is a preserved counties of Wales of Wales, situated in the North Wales, bordering England and Cheshire to its East, Shropshire to the South-East, Gwynedd to its immediate West and Powys to the South....
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Flintshire is one of thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales

Wales

List of county exclaves in England and Wales 1844 - 1974

Local Government Act 1972

Clwyd

Wrexham Maelor

Wrexham Maelor was one of six districts of Waless of the county of Clwyd, north-east Wales, from 1974 to 1996.It was formed from parts of the administrative county of Denbighshire and Flintshire ....
district - other parts formed the districts of Alyn and Deeside

Alyn and Deeside

Alyn and Deeside may refer to:* Alyn and Deeside * Alyn and Deeside * Alyn and Deeside , the former local government district in what is now Flintshire...
, Delyn

Delyn

Delyn can refer to:*Delyn , a former district of Wales*Delyn , a constituency based on the district*Delyn , a constituency based on the district...
and Rhuddlan

Rhuddlan (district)

The Borough of Rhuddlan was one of six districts of Waless of the county of Clwyd, north-east Wales, from 1974 to 1996. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from part of the administrative county of Flintshire , namely the urban districts of Prestatyn and Rhyl and the rural district of St Asaph Rural District....
. A principal area named Flintshire

Flintshire

Flintshire is a Principal areas of Wales and county in north-east Wales. It borders Cheshire, Denbighshire, and Wrexham . It is named for the Flintshire , which had notably different borders....
was formed in 1996 under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994

Local Government (Wales) Act 1994

The Local Government Act 1994 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the current Local government in Wales structure in Wales of 22 unitary authorities#Wales , and abolished the previous two-tier structure of Counties of Wales and Districts of Wales....
, consisting only of the Alyn and Deeside and Delyn districts - the Wrexham Maelor parts now form part of Wrexham

Wrexham (county borough)

Wrexham is a county borough centred on the town of Wrexham in north-east Wales. The county borough has a population of 130,200 inhabitants. Just under half of the population live either within the town of Wrexham or its surrounding conurbation of urban villages....
county borough, with the former Rhuddlan district forming part of the Denbighshire

Denbighshire

Denbighshire is a principal area and county in North Wales. It is named after the Denbighshire , but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales....
principal area.

Geography

The historic county did not have the same boundaries as the current Flintshire; in particular it had a large exclave

Exclave

An exclave is strip of land that belongs to a political entity but that is not connected to it by land . The strip of land is surrounded by other political entities....
called Maelor Saesneg, it also included Prestatyn

Prestatyn

Prestatyn is a seaside resort in Denbighshire, North Wales Wales. It is located on the Irish Sea coast, to the east of Rhyl. At the United Kingdom Census 2001, Prestatyn had a population of 18,496....
, Rhyl

Rhyl

Rhyl is a seaside resort on the Irish Sea, in the county of Denbighshire , northeast Wales, at the mouth of the River Clwyd . To the west is the suburb of Kinmel Bay, with the resort of Towyn further west, Prestatyn to the east and Rhuddlan to the south....
and St Asaph

St Asaph

St Asaph is a town on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales. In the United Kingdom Census 2001 it had a population of 3,491.The town of St Asaph is surrounded by countryside and views of the Vale of Clwyd....
which are now part of Denbighshire

Denbighshire

Bangor-on-Dee

Bangor-on-Dee is a village in the ancient district of Maelor in Wales, situated on the banks of the River Dee, Wales. The village is in the county borough#Wales of Wrexham ....
and Overton-on-Dee

Overton-on-Dee

Overton-on-Dee is a small rural village from the market town of Wrexham in north-east Wales. The village is situated on the edge of an escarpment which winds its way around the course of the River Dee, Wales which is where the name of Overton-on-Dee is derived from....
, which are part of Wrexham county borough. Other exclaves of Flintshire included the manors of Marford and Hoseley

Marford

Marford, near Wrexham, is a village in the Wrexham in Wales. The village iteself is described as one Wales's most charming estate villages and several of the village's cottages have been Listed building by Cadw....
, Abenbury Fechan and Bryn Estyn, all on the outskirts of Wrexham, and also a small part of the parish of Erbistock

Erbistock

Erbistock is a village on the banks of the River Dee, Wales in the county borough of Wrexham in Wales.It was one of the ancient parishes of the pre-1974 county of Denbighshire but a small part lay in the detached part of the old county of Flintshire....
around the Boat Inn. These were all completely surrounded by Denbighshire

Denbighshire (historic)

Denbighshire is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, and a former administrative counties of Wales, which covered an area in north-east Wales....
. 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

Statute of Rhuddlan

The Statute of Rhuddlan was enacted on 3 March 1284 after the military conquest in 1282-83 of the Principality of Wales ? which had been established by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, House of Gwynedd and Prince of Wales, and briefly held after his death by his successor Dafydd ap Gruffudd ? by the List of monarchs of England Edward I of England....
and included Cantref
Cantref

A Cantref was a medieval Wales land division, particularly important in the administration of Welsh law.Land in medieval Wales was divided into cantrefs, which were themselves divided into smaller Cwmwd ....
i formerly parts of Gwynedd Is Conwy

Kingdom of Gwynedd

Gwynedd is one of several Wales successor states that emerged in 5th-century sub-Roman Britain. It was based on the former Brythonic tribal lands of the Ordovices, Gangani, and the Deceangli which were collectively known as Venedotia in late Romano-British documents....
and Powys Fadog

Powys Fadog

Powys Fadog or Lower Powys was the northern portion of the former princely realm of Kingdom of Powys which split in two following the death of Madog ap Maredudd of Powys in 1160....
:

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Maelor Saesneg
Maelor

Maelor is a Wales-England border area of north-east Wales. It originated as a Cantref of the Kingdom of Powys, focused on Bangor-on-Dee....

It also included the Lordships of Mold

Mold, Flintshire

Mold is a town in Flintshire, North Wales, on the River Alyn. It is the administrative seat of Flintshire County Council, and was also the county town of Clwyd from 1974 to 1996....
, Hawarden

Hawarden

Hawarden is a town in Flintshire, North Wales, approximately 5 miles from the city of Chester. Hawarden forms part of the Deeside conurbation on the Wales-England border....
, Mostyn

Mostyn

Mostyn is a small village in Flintshire, North Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Dee, Wales, and located near the town of Holywell.Mostyn once served as a port from which ferries used to sail to Dublin on the Liverpool-Dublin route....
and Hope.

Flintshire is a maritime county bounded to the north by the Irish Sea

Irish Sea

The Irish Sea also known as the Mann Sea or Manx Sea, separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected to the Celtic Sea portion of the Atlantic Ocean by St George's Channel between Republic of Ireland and Wales, and to the north by the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland which forms part of...
, to the northeast by the Dee estuary, to the east by Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire is a Counties of England in North West England. The county town, and the location of the county council, is the City status in the United Kingdom of Chester, although Cheshire's largest town in terms of area and population is Warrington....
and to the south and southwest by Denbighshire

Denbighshire (historic)

Denbighshire is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, and a former administrative counties of Wales, which covered an area in north-east Wales....
. The Maelor Saesneg, was bounded on the northwest by Denbighshire

Denbighshire (historic)

Denbighshire is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, and a former administrative counties of Wales, which covered an area in north-east Wales....
, on the northeast by Cheshire

Cheshire

Shropshire

Shropshire , alternatively known as Salop or abbreviated, in print only, Shrops, is a Counties of England in the West Midlands of England....
.

Flintshire is the smallest historic county in Wales. The coast along the Dee estuary is heavily developed by industry and the north coast much developed for tourism

Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
. The Clwydian Mountains occupy much of the west of the county. The highest point is Moel Fammau (1,820 feet / 554 metres). The chief towns are Buckley

Buckley

Buckley is a town and Community in Flintshire, Wales. It is the second largest town in Flintshire in terms of population, and is 2 miles from Mold, Flintshire, the county town....
, Connah's Quay

Connah's Quay

Connah's Quay is the largest town in Flintshire, North Wales, lying on the River Dee, Wales, near the border with England. It can be accessed by road from the A550 road, by rail from the nearby Shotton railway station and also lies on the National Cycle Network Route 5....
, Flint, Hawarden

Hawarden

Hawarden is a town in Flintshire, North Wales, approximately 5 miles from the city of Chester. Hawarden forms part of the Deeside conurbation on the Wales-England border....
, Holywell

Holywell

Holywell is the fifth largest town in Flintshire, North Wales Wales, lying to the west of the Dee Estuary of the River Dee, Wales....
, Mold

Mold, Flintshire

Mold is a town in Flintshire, North Wales, on the River Alyn. It is the administrative seat of Flintshire County Council, and was also the county town of Clwyd from 1974 to 1996....
, Queensferry, and Shotton

Shotton

Shotton is a placename with several meanings:* Shotton, Peterlee, a village in County Durham, in north-east England* Shotton, Sedgefield, a village in County Durham, in England...
. The main rivers are the Dee

River Dee, Wales

The River Dee is a river. It travels through Wales and England and also forms part of the border between them.The river source in Snowdonia, Wales, flows north via Chester, England, and discharges to the sea into an estuary between Wales and the Wirral Peninsula ....
(the estuary of which forms much of the coast) and the Clwyd

River Clwyd

The River Clwyd is a river in North Wales.It has its source in the Clocaenog Forest five miles north west of Corwen. It flows due south until at Melin-y-Wig it veers northeastwards, tracking the A494 road to Ruthin....
. The main industries are manufacturing of aircraft components (Airbus), engines (Toyota), paper (Shotton Paper), steel processing (Corus), agriculture and tourism.

Places of special interest include castles in Flint, Hawarden, Rhuddlan and Ewloe, and Wepre Country Park, Connah's Quay.