In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pontbleiddyn like this:
PONT-BLYDDYN, a hamlet and a chapelry in Mold parish, Flint. The hamlet lies on the river Alyn and on the Mold railway, 2 miles S E of Mold; and is in Lees-wood township. The chapelry is larger than that township, and was constituted in 1844. Post-town, Mold, Flintshire. Pop., 1, 378. Houses, 268. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £150.* Patron, the Vicar of Mold.
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Pontbleiddyn through time
Pontbleiddyn is now part of Flintshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Flintshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pontbleiddyn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pontbleiddyn in Flintshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23972
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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