Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GOLFTYN

GOLFTYN, a township in Northop parish, Flint; on the river Dee, 3¼ miles NW of Hawarden. Pop., 451. Houses, 108. Some of the inhabitants are employed in fishing and in mining.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Northop CP/AP       Flintshire AncC
Place: Golftyn

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