Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRYNKINALT

BRYNKINALT, a township in Chirk parish, Denbigh; on the river Dee, adjacent to the Shrewsbury and Chester railway, 1 mile NE of Chirk. Brynkinalt House here, the seat of Lord Dungannon, belonged to the Trevors; and was the scene of much of the early life of the mother of the first Duke of Wellington.


(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: Chirk AP/CP       Denbighshire AncC
Place: Brynkinalt

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