In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gorsedd like this:
GORSEDD, a chapelry in Whitford and Ysceifiog parishes, Flint; 3 miles W by S of Holywell, and 4½ W of Bagillt r. station. It was constituted in 1853; and its post town is Holywell. Pop., 639. Houses, 141. Pop. of the Whitford portion, 538. Houses, 118. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church is good.
Additional information about this locality is available for Whitford
Gorsedd through time
Gorsedd is now part of Flintshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Flintshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gorsedd itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gorsedd in Flintshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24895
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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