Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pentrehobin like this:

PENTROBBIN, or Pentre-Hobyn, a township in Hawarden parish, Flint; on the river Alen, 1 mile S E of Mold. It contains the hamlets of Penymynydd, Little Mountain, Stony-Houses, and Drury, and part of Lane-End. Acres, 1, 586. Real property, £1, 561; of which £20 are in mines. Pop., 942. Houses, 207. P. House is the seat of the Mathers, and was built in 1540. There are pottery and tile works.

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Travel writing

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