52 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES, 



lead works with which this neighbourhood 

 abounds. 



Holywell is a place of by far the moft 

 importance in Flintshire. The numerous 

 manufactures in it's vicinity, and its eafy 

 accefs to the fea, have rendered it the great 

 mart of this part of the kingdom. The 

 town is fpacious, but irregular ; it is plea- 

 fantly fituated on the dope of a mountain, 

 which extends nearly to the water. Many 

 of the houfes are good, and it altogether 

 bears an air of opulence fcarcely to be met 

 with in . any other town in North Wales. 

 An admirer of the works of art may, at 

 this place, find his tafle amply gratified by 

 viewing the numerous works of lead, cala- 

 mine, copper, brafs, and cotton. 



The parifh church is mated in a bot- 

 tom at one end of the town, and fo low 

 that the prayer-bell can be heard only to a 

 very little diftance. This defect is re- 

 medied in the following fingular manner 



a perfon, 



