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Rhyl, watering-place, Rhuddlan par., Flintshire, near mouth of river Clwyd, 6 miles NW. of St Asaph, and 30 NW. of Chester by rail, 600 ac., pop. 6029; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 6 newspapers. Rhyl has a fine sandy beach, an aquarium and winter garden, a promenade pier, baths, and all the other equipments of a watering-place. There is steam communication with Liverpool, Rhyl is a local government district; until about 1830 it was merely a fishing vil.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "watering-place" (ADL Feature Type: "recreational facilities") |
| Administrative units: | Rhuddlan AP/CP Flintshire AncC |
| Place: | Rhyl |
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