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Prestatyn.-- small market town with ry. sta., Llanasa and Meliden pars., Flintshire, 4 miles E. of Rhyl, pop. 654; P.O. Market-day, Saturday. Prestatyn is an ancient place, and has traces of an old castle built before time of Henry II.; the town is situated on the verge of a level and exceedingly fertile tract of land. The Talargoch lead mines are in vicinity, and give employment to a number of the inhabitants.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "small market town with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Flintshire AncC |
Place: | Prestatyn |
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