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Hawarden (pronounced Harden), market town, par., and township, Flintshire, on affluent of river Dee, 8 miles SW. of Chester and 186 miles NW. of London - par., 17,302 ac., pop. 9387; township, 15,000 ac., pop. 7087; P.O., T.O. Coarse earthenware, tiles, and bricks are its mfrs. The nearest sta. is Queensferry, 1½ mile N. In the vicinity is Hawarden Castle, the seat of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "market town, parish and township" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Hawarden AP/CP Flintshire AncC |
Place names: | HARDEN | HAWARDEN |
Place: | Hawarden |
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