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spun here is much , on account of the uni- 
texture and quality produced by the constant and 
force which this body of water exerts, dischar- 
about 21 tons in a minute from the spring head, 
never: ing, even in the severest winters. Near 
are considerable potteries, at which are nade 
large quantities of coarse earthen ware, much of which 
is to Ireland. 
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Political From the returns to the House of Commons in 1803, 
state. 
respecting the state of the , it appears that the 
money raised for their support in Flintshire that year 
amounted to £16,130: 7 : 83, whereas in 1783, 1784, 
and 1785, it averaged only £8085 : 9: 5, and in 1776 
it was only £4176: 10:8; the average rate in 1803 
was 5s. in the . No money appears to have 
been earned by the poor towards their own support. 
The number of persons relieved out of workhouses was 
1572, in workhouses'25. There were 18 friendly so- 
cieties, containing 3307 members. The number of 
children in the ls of industry was 62. 
From the returns under the property act, it appears, 
that in 1810, the annual value of property in this coun- 
ty, from houses, tithes, quarries, miines, &c. 
amounted to £148,732; and it is remarkable that there 
is no tithe free land in it. The amount of the incomes 
from trades was £44,371. 
In 1700, the ion of Flintshire was 19,500: 
in 1750, 29,700; im 1801, 41,000; and in 1811 there 
were, 7 
Inhabited 3) ene) 8,816 
\ Families in them, . . . . .-+. . 9,740 
“ Housesbuilding, 2 2 2. bi 
F uninhabited, . . . 155 
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Families em in agriculture, . 4,086” 
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All other families, . : cia 3 22,645 
Males, vo) «© eelhe ss Dee bad : 22,712 
Females, . Wee oe wie te er we 28, 
Total, . . ‘ a. 46,518 
The baptisms brought to account in the parish regi 
ter abstract, are four to each marriage: to every 31 of 
the lation, there appeared to be one baptism, and 
one burial to every 53, and one marriage to every 15% 
of the lation. 
At invasion of the Romans, Flintshire ‘was in- History. 
Venedotia, ly from the Veneti, in 
who, according to Cesar, uently visited. Britain, 
The Ordovices were the last of the British tribes con." 
quered ye Romans, On a marsh in the neighbour- 
hood of Rhyddlan, was fought, in 795, a battle 
hich the Liter were de- 
feated ; their prince, Carador, was slain, and the event 
was deemed so disastrous, that a plaintive tune, still 
se a in Wales, was composed on the occasion. 
much moment, ] ) 
east of St Asaph, is supposed to be the Varis of An- 
toninus: near this city, also, are the remains 
cular fortification; and near Hope; 
the county, a Roman hypocaust, ‘or hot-bath, was dis- 
covered some years ago. On Mostyn mountain, there 
isa stone pillar, with characters on it, hitherto not de- 
cabeesd . 
Print Town is a small town on the Dee, 
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See Davies’ View of the Agriculture of North Wales; 
A. Aikin’s somes a Tour through North Wales; 
Bingley’s North Wales ; Evans’ Cambrian Itinerary ; 
Pennant’s Tour in Wales. (Ww. 8.) ha. 
FLOE:TZ Rocks. | See MineRALoGy. .. 
_ FLINTS. See Mineraroey. R 
“FLOATING Bopies. See Hypropywamics, and 
Surp-Bui.pinG, : Al ale : 
FLOOD. See Detuce. S ps 
FLORENCE, a celebrated city of eerie situated 
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Aro, is the Arcadia of the Italian poets; and even 
Milton himself frequently alludes to the exquisite 
ties of its scenery. a 
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