Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PENTROBBIN, or Pentre-Hobyn

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.


(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: Hawarden AP/CP       Flintshire AncC
Place names: PENTRE HOBYN     |     PENTROBBIN     |     PENTROBBIN OR PENTRE HOBYN
Place: Pentrehobin

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