A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
TALACRE, a seaport village in Llanasaph parish, Flint; near the Chester and Holyhead railway, 1½ mile WSW of the Point of Air, and 7½ NW of Holywell. An act was passed in 1866 for constructing here a branch-railway ¼ of a mile long, a pier, and a harbour, at a cost of £200,000. Good coal mines and valuable free stone quarries are in the vicinity. T. house is the seat of Sir P. Mostyn, Bart.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a seaport village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Flintshire AncC |
| Place: | Talacre |
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