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For local government purposes, Wales is divided into 22 unitary authorities. ...
Flintshire (Welsh: ) is a principal area and county in north-east Wales. ...
The Preserved counties of Wales are the current areas used in Wales for ceremonial purposes such as Lieutenancy. ...
Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales, formed from the traditional counties of Denbighshire and Flintshire, and parts of Merionethshire. ...
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The CH postcode area, also known as the Chester postcode area[1], is a group of postal districts around Bagillt, Birkenhead, Buckley, Chester, Deeside, Ellesmere Port, Flint, Holywell, Mold, Neston, Prenton, Wallasey and Wirral in England and Wales. ...
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The North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (Welsh Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru) is the fire and rescue service covering the predominantly rural principal areas of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham in North Wales. ...
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This is a list of towns and villages in the principal area of Flintshire, Wales. ...
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Flint (Welsh: Y Fflint) is a town in Flintshire, North Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Dee. It was the county town of the historic county of Flintshire.It is the third largest town in Flintshire. Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...
Flintshire (Welsh: ) is a principal area and county in north-east Wales. ...
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Old Dee Bridge, River Dee, Chester, England (2002) The River Dee (Welsh: Afon Dyfrdwy) is a 70 mile (110 km) long river, which rises in Snowdonia, Wales and discharges to the sea a few miles west of Liverpool. ...
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Geography and administration
Flint has the oldest town charter in Wales, dating from 1284.[citation needed] In the United Kingdom and Canada a Royal Charter is a charter granted by the Sovereign on the advice of the Privy Council, which creates or gives special status to an incorporated body. ...
History Flint is known for Flint Castle, on which Edward I of England began construction in 1277. The castle is of particular note, as it is where Richard II was handed over to his enemy Henry Bolingbroke in 1399, and is the setting for Act III, Scene III of the Shakespeare play Richard II. Flint is home to a successful male voice choir who like to sing joyfully. In 1969 Flint hosted the National Eisteddfod, the town consequently has its own circle of Gorsedd stones. In July 2006 the stones became centre stage in the National Eisteddfod Proclamation Ceremony which formally announced the 2007 host town of the event as Mold.[1] This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...
Edward I (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), popularly known as Longshanks[1], also as Edward the Lawgiver because of his legal reforms, and as Hammer of the Scots,[2] achieved fame as the monarch who conquered Wales and who tried to do the same to Scotland. ...
Richard II (January 6, 1367 – February 14, 1400) was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan The Fair Maid of Kent. He was born in Bordeaux and became his fathers successor when his elder brother died in infancy. ...
Henry IV of England, depicted in Cassells History of England, Century Edition, published circa 1902 Henry IV King of England, Lord of Ireland. ...
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Title page of Richard II, from the fifth quarto, published in 1615. ...
The Eisteddfod (literally sitting) is a Welsh festival of literature, music, and song. ...
Gorsedd Stones are integral to the main Druidic ceremonies of the National Eisteddfod of Wales. ...
Mold (Welsh: ) is a town in Flintshire, Wales, on the River Alyn. ...
Famous links American actor Tom Cruise's ancestors hail from Flint.[2] Legendary Liverpool striker and former Wales Captain Ian Rush attended school in Flint, he maintains close family links with the area. Other famous people connected with the town include the chemist John Thomas best known for his research into plant dyes[3] and Thomas Totty, an Admiral who served with Lord Nelson and inherited Cornist Hall, Flint.[4] Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...
Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ...
Ian James Rush MBE (born 20 October 1961) is a Welsh footballer who played as a striker and is best known for playing with Liverpool. ...
Lord Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (September 29, 1758 – October 21, 1805) was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. ...
Present day Welsh culture is in evidence across the town with around 6% of the local population identifying themselves as Welsh (source: 2001 Census). Many people in Flint have some knowledge of the Welsh Language, although competence does vary. The distinctive local variant of English is however the main spoken language to be heard across the town. Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...
Flint has its own low powered television relay transmitter, designed to provide improved coverage of Welsh channels in an area that would otherwise receive only English programming clearly. The Flint TV relay is a television transmitter housed on a residential tower block called Bolingbroke Heights at the centre of the Town of Flint in North Wales. ...
Flint has a local football team Flint Town United F.C.. They play in the Cymru Alliance. Flint Town United FC is a Welsh football club representing the Flintshire town of Flint in Wales. ...
The Cymru Alliance (currently the Huws Gray Fitlock Cymru Alliance, for sponsorship reasons) is a football league and forms the second level of the Welsh football league system in north and central Wales. ...
The Flint accent is most often mistaken for a Liverpool accent. It is in fact a unique combination of speech patterns shared with other Welsh speakers and those found in nearby Cheshire, Wirral and Merseyside.[5] Location within England Coordinates: , Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region North West England Ceremonial county Historic county Merseyside Lancashire Admin HQ Liverpool City Centre Founded 1207 City Status 1880 Government - Type Metropolitan borough, City - Governing body Liverpool City Council Area - Borough & City 43. ...
Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a county in North West England. ...
Wirral is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England, which occupies the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula, more commonly known as The Wirral. ...
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. ...
Brian Fell's sculpture Footplate can be seen at the railway station. Local residents call the sculpture "The Flint Foot" and the foot is a reminder of the town's foul smell .
Education The town has two High schools; St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School and Flint High School. Primary Schools in Flint include The Gwynedd School, Cornist Park School, Ysgol Croes Atti (Welsh Medium) and St Mary's Catholic Primary School. St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School is a secondary school situated in Flint, Flintshire. ...
Pubs and Drinking Flint is home to many pubs, most of which have been renovated over the past decade in order for the town to appeal to the wider community. The most recent of the Flint Pubs to undergo a renovation is The Yacht in Oakenholt, which now sells pub meals and does a smashing Sunday Roast. Flint's association with pubs and drinking goes back a long way. A survey issued in 1900, from the office in Mold, of the Chief Police Constable for Flintshire, listed a total of 35 licensed Public Houses and off licensed premises retailing beers, wines and spirits. That figure is now (unfortunately) down to 10 as of 2007. In recent years, a Threshers off-licence situated on Chester Street has closed down, however the Bargain Booze across the road is doing a roaring trade.
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