Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HALGHTON

HALGHTON, a township in Hanmer parish, Flint; near the Ellesmere canal, 5 miles NE of Ellesmere. Acres, 2, 313. Real property, £3, 430. Pop., 464. Houses, 90. Here is a meet for the Wynnstay hounds.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hanmer CP/AP       Flintshire AncC
Place: Halghton

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