In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shotton like this:

SHOTTON, a township, with Ninehouses hamlet, in Hawarden parish, Flint; 3¼ miles WNW of Hawarden. Acres, 683. Real property, £670. Pop., 336. Houses, 79.

Shotton through time

Shotton is now part of FLINTSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how FLINTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Shotton itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shotton in Flintshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20447

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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