Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GWESPYR

GWESPYR, a township in Llanasaph parish, Flint; on the river Dee, 5¼ miles NW of Holywell. Pop., 488. Quarries of excellent freestone are here, and supplied the materials for Liverpool custom house.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Flintshire AncC
Place: Gwespyr

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