In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rhes Y Cae like this:
RHESYCAE, a chapelry in Cilcen, Halkin, and Ysceifiog parishes, Flint; under the Halkin mountains, 4½ miles S W of Holywell r. station. It was constituted in 1848; and it has a post-office under Holywell. Pop.in 1861, 627. Houses, 138. Pop. of the H. portion, 441; of the Y. portion, 115. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, not reported.* Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church is tolerable.
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Rhes Y Cae through time
Rhes Y Cae is now part of Flintshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Flintshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rhes Y Cae itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rhes Y Cae in Flintshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25803
Date accessed: 06th October 2024
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