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.
NERQUIS, or Nercwys, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Mold parish, Flint. The village stands 2 miles S W of Llong r. station, and 2 S by W of Mold; and has a post-office under Mold, Flintshire. The township comprises. 2, 280 acres. Real property, £2, 477. Pop., 482. Houses, 99. Nerquis Hall was built by the Wynnes in 1683, and is now the seat of the Rev. Lloyd Wynne. Extensive and successful experiments in planting were made here by the late Dr. Thackeray of Chester. The chapelry is more extensive than the township, and was constituted in 1844. Pop., 842. Houses, 180. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p.curacy in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £100.* Patron, the Vicar of Mold. The church is recent and good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Mold CP/AP Nercwys Tn/CP Flintshire AncC |
| Place names: | NERCWYS | NERQUIS | NERQUIS OR NERCWYS |
| Place: | Nercwys |
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