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DOWNING, a seat on the Dee seaboard of Flint; 1 mile SW of Mostyn r. station, and 3 NNW of Holywell. It belonged to the Pennants; was the birthplace and residence of Thomas Pennant, the antiquary and naturalist; and passed, by marriage with the antiquary's grand-daughter, to Viscount Fielding. It was built in 1627: has the form of the letter H; contains Pennant's library and museum; and stands amidst luxuriant trees. An ornate church, in the neighbouring tract of Pantasa, was built by the Viscountess Fielding to be a Protestant place of worship; but was changed to the use of Roman Catholicism; and is now connected with a small convent.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Flintshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Downing |
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