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_ Flintshire. of the legi , that on the one hand they might be cay Maaco Oe Teper ony Sat a Flintshire. 
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to work, and on the other might be insured Vale of Clywd; from the banks of the Dee, the land ““Y"" 
of the necessaries of life. A more extraordinary reme- ee a ridge of hills, which run for a con- 
dy for a public evil, all circumstances considered, was siderable way parallel to that river. The Vale of Mold, 
surely devised ; and though he guards the pro- in the southern part of the county, is uncommonly 
plan ops Sree Sek aye leer yer Caeaeette Finest reer alone Ata 8 amg 
oppression, ui! umane tions, we to Flintshire; the city of St ing situ-° 
4 } ated on the river Clywd, in se centre of it. Ke this 
remedy could hardly have occurred toa thinking mind. place, the vale is between four and five miles broad.. 
The evil has since disappeared, in consequence, The low part of Flintshire consists, for the most Soil. 
chiefly, ee he provision for public instruction part, of a — or loamy soil: whereas, the soil of 
in the of 1 i seal taaneliey, made by an _ the hills is lighter, and much more barren. The rivers Rivers. 
cher’s discourse was written, viz. in 1696. We regret Oe ere as pocesed, per auscribed erie na 
that the accounts of this excellent man are so head of this county. e Wheeler rises near Caerwys, 
and scanty ; and we consider a good account of his life amarket-town near the middle of the county; its course 
and writings as an important desideratum in the litera- 
ture of our native country. (/) bigh. The Sevion rises to the north of 
FLINTSHIRE, is a maritime , and the most Caerwys; its course is also west, and it falls into the 
northern in North Wales, It consists of a narrow slip of Clywd a few miles to the north-west of St Asaph. The 
land, that runs from north-wést to south-east ; is Allen rises a few miles to the south of Ruthin, in Den- 
soe ee Seen US Wor be ERY bighshire : at first, its course is to the north ; it next 
. north-east winds to the east ; and falls into the Dee to the north 
and east ; and by Denbighshire on the south and west. of Wrexham in Denbighshire. Near the town of Mold, 
At the distance of some miles from the main body of this river sinks ‘under ground, and is lost for a short 
the Soe adh sarade! igpemarta the space. The climate of Flintshire partakes, though not Climate. 
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of Den ire, and n urrounded Pec ge A beet gut Swe donee Bead climate of 
by Shropshire and shi This ae oiggey | arin con- North Wales; being rather mild near the sea, but wet: 
sists of the hundred of Maelor . Maelawr,in the hilly parts are exposed to cold and sharp winds. 
the Welsh language, signifies a place of traffic, mart, or ‘Flintshire pees een eenee oe en are eee Agric. 
market. There were ly many districts so deno- an agricultural point of view. On the flat tract, in its ture. 
minated, near the marches or boundaries of the princi- n extremity, a considerable quantity of corn is 
pality, which were considered neutral ground, where grown, especially wheat, of which a deal is ex- 
trade was carried on, are aeeerta Renticns of Fine panes po narra pam bey 8 Pesan 
shire, therefore, was most probably neutral ground, county, is applied to uction of 
Phi ish, or as the Welsh even both corn and Flintshire it oie’ of the bewedi 
yet stile them, met the latter for na? goapieabrioaay counties of Wales. The cattle are of the common 
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place.above 10 in much less. Its greatly discontinued. The low part of the county is 
circumference is 115 miles. Its area contains 309 square well-stocked with wood. 
miles, or 197,760 statute acres. It is divided into five The importance of Flintshire is derived almost en« Mines. 
hundreds, viz, Coleshill, which contains 4 parishes, 3 tirely from its mineral productions ; of these, the lead 
townships, and 1 3 Maelor, the disjoined hun- mines in the vicinity of Holywell are the most valu- 
dred i which contains 5 pari 1 able and curious. The entrance to one of the largest 
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and Caergurley, including the inhabi- ounces of silver have been annually extracted in this 
tants of and Overton foreign, paying scot county, and sent to the manufactures of Sheffield and 
and lot, who amount to about 1000 voters, Flintshire Birmingham. The calamine is exported, and 
one half of the land-tax. partly used in the brass works near Holywell. In the 
is county is not nearly so uneven in its surface as south-eastern parts of the county, there are considerable 
ee iat et _The northern extremity, coal mines, from which the city of Chester is in a great 
the detached part, is mostly a level tract ; and measure supplied. Millstones are also found in Flint- 
seater portion is agreeably diversified with hill shire ; and some years. as they were sinking coal 
the Denbighshire side, the county is pits in, the parish of Mold, 5 WEE.O€ Week slate was 
