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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
YSCEFIOG, a parish, with nine townships, in Holywell district, Flint; 5 miles SW of Holywell r. station. Post town, Holywell. Acres, 5,905. Real property, £3,535. Pop. in 1851, 1,710; in 1861, 1,475. Houses, 334. The decrease of pop. arose from diminution of employment in lead mines. The property is subdivided. A gold torque was found in 1816. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £700.* Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church was rebuilt in 1835. The parish includes sections of Brynford Gorsedd, and Rhesycae chapelries. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and charities £8.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with nine townships" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Holywell RegD/PLU Flintshire AncC |
| Place: | Ysgeifiog |
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