Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MAYLOR

MAYLOR, a hundred in Flint; lying detached 8 miles south-eastward from the rest of the county; bounded, on the NW, by the river Dee,-on the N, by Cheshire,-on the E and the S, by Salop; and containing Hammer parish, three other parishes, and parts of eight others. Acres, 43,997. Pop. in 1851,9,610; in 1861,9,719. Houses, 2,044.


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

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Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Flintshire Ancient County
Place: Maelor

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