In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ysgeifiog like this:
YSCEFIOG, a parish, with nine townships, in Holywell district, Flint; 5 miles SW of Holywell r. station. Post town, Holywell. Acres, 5,905. Real property, £3,535. Pop. in 1851, 1,710; in 1861, 1,475. Houses, 334. The decrease of pop. arose from diminution of employment in lead mines. The property is subdivided. ...
A gold torque was found in 1816. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £700.* Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church was rebuilt in 1835. The parish includes sections of Brynford Gorsedd, and Rhesycae chapelries. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and charities £8.
Ysgeifiog through time
Ysgeifiog is now part of Flintshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Flintshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ysgeifiog itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ysgeifiog in Flintshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9556
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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