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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Queensferry like this:
QUEENSFERRY, a place in the E of Flintshire; on the river Dee and on the Chester and Holyhead railway, 6 miles S E of Flint. It has a ferry, a railway station, a post-office under Flint, and an inn.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Queensferry by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
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