Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THREAPWOOD

THREAPWOOD, an extra-parochial chapelry in the district of Wrexham and counties of Flint and Chester; 8 miles WNW of Whitchurch r. station. Post town, Wrexham. Acres, 160. Pop., 335. Houses, 90. The property is much subdivided. Bricks and tiles are made. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £102.* Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The church is good; and there are two dissenting chapels, and a national school.


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

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Feature Description: "an extra-parochial chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cheshire AncC       Flintshire AncC
Place: Threapwood

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