Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WORTHENBURY

WORTHENBURY, a parish in the district of Wrexham and county of Flint; on the river Dee, 7 miles SE by E of Wrexham r. station. It has a post-office under Wrexham. Acres, 3,279. Real property, £7,578. Pop., 503. Houses, 108. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £400.* Patron, Sir. R. Puleston, Bart. The church was built in 1740. Philip Henry was ejected hence in 1661.


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

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

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