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RHESYCAE, a chapelry in Cilcen, Halkin, and Ysceifiog parishes, Flint; under the Halkin mountains, 4½ miles S W of Holywell r. station. It was constituted in 1848; and it has a post-office under Holywell. Pop.in 1861, 627. Houses, 138. Pop. of the H. portion, 441; of the Y. portion, 115. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, not reported.* Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church is tolerable.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Ysgeifiog AP/CP Flintshire AncC |
Place: | Rhes Y Cae |
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