Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MOSTYN

MOSTYN, a village and a chapelry in Whitford parish, Flint. The village stands on the coast of the Dee's estuary, and on the Chester and Holyhead railway, 3¼ miles NW by N of Holywell; has a station on the railway, and a post office,‡ of the name of Mostyn Quay, under Holywell, and a good inn; and gives the title of Baron to the family of Mostyn. The chapelry was constituted in 1844. Real property, £10,783; of which £7,161 are in mines. Pop., 1,640. Houses, 343. The property is divided among a few, Mostyn Hall is the seat of Lord Mostyn; was formerly called Tremostyn; dates partly from the time of Henry VI.; is main ly Tudor, and has been much modernized; includes an ancient hall, hung with tapestry; contains many family portraits, including one of Sir Roger Mostyn and his lady by Mytens; contains also a curious pedigree-roll, and a very interesting ancient golden torque; was the scene of a remarkable escape of Henry of Richmond, afterwards Henry VII., from some troops of Richard III.; and is approached by a fine old gateway and an avenue of trees. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church is good; and there. are chapels for Independents and Calvinistic Methodists.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Whitford AP/CP       Flintshire AncC
Place names: MOSTYN     |     TREMOSTYN
Place: Mostyn

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