Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Caergwrle

Caergwrle, parl. bor. with ry. sta., Hope par., S. Flintshire, on river Alyn, 5 miles NW. of Wrexham and 190 miles NW. of London, 1201 ac., pop. 1039; P.O., T.O.; has relics of Roman smelting works, and vestiges of 2 Roman roads. Caergwrle is one of the Flint bors., and unites with 7 others in sending one member to Parliament. See FLINT BOROUGHS.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "parliamentary borough with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Flintshire AncC
Place: Caergwrle

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