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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Golftyn like this:
GOLFTYN, a township in Northop parish, Flint; on the river Dee, 3¼ miles NW of Hawarden. Pop., 451. Houses, 108. Some of the inhabitants are employed in fishing and in mining.
Golftyn is now part of FLINTSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how FLINTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Golftyn itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Golftyn in Flintshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22997
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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