Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HESP-ALYN

HESP-ALYN, a reach of the river Alyn, near Kilken, in Flint. The river here suddenly doubles on its course, and runs underground for about ½ a mile. Drayton says in reference to it, - " Then Alen makes approache-who, earnest to be there, For haste twice under earth her crystall heade doth ruune."


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a reach of the river Alyn"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Flintshire AncC

Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.