In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Connahs Quay like this:
CONNAH'S-QUAY, a sea-port village and a chapelry, in Northop parish, Flint. The village stands on the estuary of the Dee, at the terminus of the Buckley railway, adjacent to the Chester and Holyhead railway, 3 miles SE of Flint; and has a post office‡ under Flint. The chapelry was constituted in 1844. Pop., 1, 422. Houses, 314. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £301. Patron, the Vicar of Northop.
Connahs Quay through time
Connahs Quay is now part of Flintshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Flintshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Connahs Quay itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Connahs Quay in Flintshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1006
Date accessed: 23rd October 2024
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