Flint Genealogical Records
Flint Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Name index linked to original images of the baptism registers of Flint. Records document parents' names and date of baptism and/or birth.
A searchable database of 246,895 records, linked to original images of baptism registers. The records provide proof of parentage, occupations, residence and other details.
A growing index of births registered in the counties of North Wales. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
Flint Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Banns registers record details of those who wished to marry. They sometimes contain information not listed in marriage registers, notably the bride and groom's parish of residence. Banns also record marriages that were intended that did not go ahead and serve as a filler when a marriage register has been lost or damaged.
Marriage records from people who married at Flint between 1616 and 1927. Lists an individual's abode, marital status, father's name, age and signature
Abstracts of marriage licences granted by the Vicar-General in London. These licences could be used to marry in any church in the Province of Canterbury.
A searchable database of 91,150 records, linked to original images of marriage registers. The records may include fathers' names, age, residence, occupations and more.
Flint Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Burial records for people buried at Flint between 1598 and 1900. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
A searchable database of 243,440 records, linked to original images of burial registers. The records may include date of burial and/or death, residence, age and other details.
A growing index of deaths registered in the counties of North Wales. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of death and burial records that cover over 140 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
Flint Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1891 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1881 census provides details on an individual's age, residence and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows for searches on multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering Flint
A searchable newspaper providing a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Liverpool district. Includes obituaries and family announcements.
A local newspaper containing news, family announcements, advertisements, sport etc. Each edition has been indexed and digitised.
A local newspaper including news from the Liverpool area, family announcements, business notices, advertisements, legal & governmental proceedings and more.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering regional news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Liverpool area.
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the Liverpool area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
Flint Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
A searchable database of mid-17th Century probates performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Supplies details of testator and executor.
An index to most surviving wills, administrations and inventories proved in Wales' six ecclesiastical courts and the Peculiar of Hawarden. Most documents are available to view online.
A index to testators whose will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. They principally cover those who lived in the lower two thirds of Britain, but contain wills for residents of Scotland, Ireland, British India and other countries. A copy of each will may be purchased for digital download.
Flint Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
A list of over 40,000 passengers traveling from North America to the British Isles. Details of passengers may include: occupation, nationality, gender, age, martial status, class, destination, and details of the vessel they sailed on.
Flint Military Records
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Details on around 165,000 men serving in the British Army, Navy and Air Force who were held as prisoners during WWII.
Index and original images of over 5 million medal index cards for British soldiers It can be searched by individual's name, Coprs, Unit and Regiment. Due to the loss of many WWI service records, this is the most complete source for British WWI soldiers
This rich collection contains contains records for 1.9 million non-commissioned officers and other ranks who fought in WWI. Due to bomb damage in WWI, around 60% of service records were lost. Documents cover: enlistment, medical status, injuries, conduct, awards and discharge. A great deal of genealogical and biographical documentation can be found in these documents, including details on entire families, physical descriptions and place of birth.
An index to nearly 900,000 military personnel who were awarded the Silver War Badge for sustaining injures. Records include rank, regimental number, unit, dates of enlistment and discharge, and reason for discharge.
Flint Court & Legal Records
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Digital images of ledgers recording those registered to vote, searchable by an index of 220 million names. Entries list name, address, qualification to vote, description of property and sometimes age and occupation.
From the late 18th century many prisoners in Britain were kept on decommissioned ships known as hulks. This collection contains nearly 50 years of registers for various ships. Details given include: prisoner's name, date received, age, year of birth and conviction details.
This collection lists brief details on 1.55 million criminal cases in England and Wales between 1791 and 1892. Its primary use is to locate specific legal records, which may give further details on the crime and the accused. Details may include the accused's age, nature of crime, location of trial and sentence. Early records can contain a place of birth.
Flint Taxation Records
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
An index to wills and administrations that incurred a death duty tax. The index can be used to order documents that give a brief abstract of the will and details on the duty. It can be used as a make-shift probate index.
Index to personal names listed in the Royalist Composition Papers that dealt with the estates of royalists.
Flint Land & Property Records
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Abstracts of records detailing the estates and families of deceased tenants from the reigns of Henry III and Edward I.
A searchable database of thousands of transcribed and abstracted manuscripts, largely pertaining to land.
A list of owners of above one acre of land in England & Wales. Lists a landowner's residence, acreage and estimated gross yearly rental.
Flint Directories & Gazetteers
Historical and contemporary descriptions of settlements, detailing their governance, churches, schools etc.; to which is appended lists of residents, with their occupations.
Historical and contemporary descriptions of settlements, detailing their governance, churches, schools etc.; to which is appended lists of residents, with their occupations.
A directory of the region's nobility, gentry, clergy, traders and professionals. Supplemented with a directory of churches and public schools.
Historical and contemporary descriptions of settlements, detailing their governance, churches, schools etc.; to which is appended lists of residents, with their occupations.
Pigot's is a directory briefly detailing the history, topography, amenities and postal service of settlements in North Wales. It also lists the occupation & addresses of commercial, private and professional residents of each town.
Flint Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Flintshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
A searchable database of photographs relating to railways and canals in Britain.
Flint Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Flint Histories & Books
A history of the town from Roman times, with details of the castle, Glyndwr rebellion, union with England, civil war and non-conformity.
A sourced roll of those who managed the castle.
A list of Flint's freemen returned for Parliament.
A collection of scholarly articles and book reviews pertaining to the county of Flint, in Wales.
A series of annual Publications containing transcripts and articles relating to the county, with book reviews and society notes.
Flint School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Flint Occupation & Business Records
A list of Flint's freemen returned for Parliament.
A list of rectors of the parish church, with comments.
An introduction to smuggling on the west coast of Britain & the Isle of Man, with details of the act in various regions.
A list of those whose served as High Sheriff, with dates of service.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Flint
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Flint Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Photographs and descriptions of Flintshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
A dictionary of families elevated to the peerage of Great Britain & Ireland. It includes genealogies and biographical details.
Flint Church Records
The parish registers of Flint provide details of births, marriages and deaths from 1598 to 1927. Parish registers can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
The names of the men who administered the poor for the parish. Contains some occupations and residences.
A list of lay men who assisted in the operations of the church. Includes some occupations and residences.
A list of rectors of the parish church, with comments.
The parish registers of Flintshire are the primary source for birth, marriage and death details before civil registration (1837). A full index to names with original images of the registers are available between 1538 and 1980. Parish registers can assist tracing a family as far back as 1538.
Biographical Directories Covering Flint
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Flint Maps
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
An interactive map featuring four OS map editions published between 1868 and 1954. To load a map select the menu tab on the far right, select the edition you wish to view and zoom in to a locality.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
Maps of parishes in England, Scotland and Wales. They are useful in determining which parish records may be relevant to your research.
Flint Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in Wales.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Flint is the county town, incorporated by Edward I. and a place of great antiquity, but small, and irregularly built, near the sea. It is much resorted to by the neighbouring gentry as a bathing place, though the marshy coast, on which the sea frequently flows, renders it extremely disagreeable. The church, or rather the chapel of ease, to Northop, is far from a handsome building, having a boarded turret. The county gaol stands in the church-yard, on a fine healthy situation, and built similar to Ruthin; but the assizes for the county are held at Mold.
This town was formerly enclosed with a vast ditch and double wall of earth, which at the east end unites in one, having four entrances. The castle, built of a red stone, stands close to the sea, on a rock enclosing a space of about three quarters of an acre, treble ditched, or divided in three parts by as many ditches. The first is formed by the high bank of the town and castle, beyond which is a large square area; another ditch separates this from a smaller square court, with round towers. One side of the court is entire, with several pointed windows. The castle is defended by three round towers at three of the angles, and at the south-east by a fourth, larger than the rest, detached from a wall called the double tower or dungeon, to which Richard II. retreated. It is formed by two concentric walls, each six feet thick, with a gallery eight feet broad and fourteen high, arched with another over it, having four doors opening into the circular area, in the centre, of twenty feet diameter. Towards the west end of the south side, in the ditch, is a draw-well, communicating with the second story. From the south side runs a double wall, enclosing a considerable area, with earth on the outside piled up to the top. Richard II. soon after his return from Ireland, stopped here, where he slept and dined, in 1399, but was afterwards invested with 10, 000 men, commanded by the Duke of Lancaster, with whom he had an interview in this castle. In 1647 this castle was dismantled by the parliament, and stood two long sieges during the Civil Wars. It now belongs to the crown, who appoint a constable, who is also mayor.
The town of Flint is situated 204 miles from London, and consists of 832 houses, and 1433 inhabitants.
FLINT is a parish and market town, the capital of the county, head of a county-court district, and a municipal and conjoint borough, on the estuary of the river Dee, with a station on the. Chester and Holyhead section of the London and North Western railway, and 6 miles north-east from Nannerch station on the branch of the same line from Chester to Mold, Denbigh and St. Asaph, about 4 ½ miles south-south-east from Holywell, 14 west from Chester, 6 north from Mold, and 191 ½ by rail from London, in Coleshill hundred, union of Holywell, rural deanery of Holywell, and archdeaconry and diocese of St. Asaph. In 1872 the parish was enlarged by the addition of the townships of Leadbrook Major and Minor. The town consists of four principal streets, intersecting each other at right angles, and a number of smaller streets, also at right angles, thus dividing the whole area into a scries of squares; the unusual regularity of the plan is strongly suggestive of a Roman or Romano-British origin, and the existing rectangular entrenchments round the town and the quantities of Roman coins and relics found on the spot confirm this view. The town is lighted with gas, and supplied with water by the Flint Gas & Water Co., who in 1852 obtained from the corporation a lease (expiring in 1927) for the laying of their mains; new waterworks were constructed at Coed Onn about 1875. The drainage system of the town was reformed in 1866 at a cost of £1291, and in 1879 additional works were carried out and the whole ventilated. The Local Government Act 1858 (21 & 22 Viet. c. 98) was adopted here in June 1866. The town was made a free borough by charter of Edward I., dated 7th December 1327; and this charter was in existence in 1654, and was confirmed and enlarged by Edward III., Edward the Black Prince, Richard II., Philip and Mary, and William III. Up to 1835 the constable of the castle was ex officio mayor, there being also two bailiffs, a recorder, twelve burgesses and subordinate officers. Under the provisions of the “Municipal Corporations Act 1835” (5 & 6 William IV. c. 76) the corporation was remodelled, and now consists of a mayor, four aldermen, and twelve councillors.
Flint, in conjunction with Caergwrle, Caerwys, Overton and Rhuddlan, returned one member to Parliament from 32 Henry VIII. (1540-1) until the passing of the “Reform Act, 1832” (2 & 3 William IV. c. 45), by which Holywell, Mold and St. Asaph were added, and these eight places now form the Flint parliamentary district, still returning one member.
The church of St. Mary was perhaps originally identical with the chapel of Colsul or Coleshill granted in 1240 by David ap Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, to Basingwerk Abbey, Coleshill being then a name for this district. The old church, a building apparently of the Geometric period (1245-1315), consisted of chancel and nave under a single roof, north aisle with porch, and a western bell-turret of wood, but was wholly removed in 1847. The present church, erected in 1848 and consecrated 5th December in that year, is a building of stone in the Early Geometric style, from designs by Mr. Ambrose Poynter, architect, of Westminster, and consists of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, vestry, and a tower at the west end of the north aisle, with plain parapet, and an octagonal spire, relieved by three tiers of dormer lights. It contains a chiming clock, the gift of the late Baron Hanmer (d. 1881) and a peal of bells presented by the late P. E. Eyton esq. M. P. The chancel is fitted with stalls and has an east window of three lancets. The font consists of an octagonal basin, set on a pedestal and base of earlier date. The old church contained a brass to Thomas Salisbury of Leadbrook esq. (d. March 14, 1602), and one to the Rev. Robert Tamberlain, rector, 1726-65. In the present church are memorials to Captain Henry Wynn, 23rd Regiment (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) (d. June 18, 1832), and to Julia, wife of James Muspratt esq. (d. March 15, 1857). There are also a number of memorial windows to the Eyton and other families. On the taking down of the old church, many sepulchral slabs and coffin lids were found. These, or a portion, were sold to the late Sir Stephen Glynne bart., and it is presumed they are now at Hawarden Castle. The old churchyard cross was taken down in 1847, and a new cross has since been erected. The registers date from the year 1598, and there are churchwardens’ and overseers’ accounts from 1708. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value from tithe-rent charge £363, average £277 with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of St. Asaph, and held since 1880 by the Rev. William Llewhelyn Nicholas M. A. of Jesus College, Oxford. St. David’s Chapel of Ease, at Pentre, was erected in 1872 at a cost of £1350. The services are conducted by the parish clergy. St. Thomas’s Chapel of Ease, at Flint Common, was built in 1874 at a cost of £1000, and is also served by the clergy of St. Mary’s. The Catholic chapel of St. Mary, near the main road, built in 1854 and enlarged about 1864, is a plain structure of brick, with a belfry, containing one bell, presented by the late Peter E. Eyton esq. M. P.; adjoining is a presbytery and school. The Calvinistic Methodist chapel, in Chapel street, built in 1876-7 at a cost of £1,733, occupies the site of the former chapel erected in 1835, and will seat 880 persons; attached are schoolrooms. There are other chapels of this sect at Pentre and Flint Common. The English Congregational chapel, Church street, erected in 1880 at a cost of £300, has about 180 sittings. The Welsh Congregational chapel, in Hill street, erected in 1862 at a cost of about £1,000, affords 300 sittings. The English Presbyterian church is in Chester road. The Welsh Baptist chapel, in Church street was built in 1880 on a site given by Mr. J. P. Davies, at a cost of £600, and affords 250 sittings. The English Wesleyan chapel, Holywell road, was erected in 1881, in place of the former chapel in Mount street, at a cost of £1,200, from designs by Mr. J. Hall, and will seat 500 persons. There are also two Welsh Wesleyan chapels-that in Chester road, built in 1875 on land given by the late P. E. Eyton esq. M. P. (d. 1878) will seat about 600; the other, on Flint Common, built in 1838, has upwards of 100 sittings. The cemetery, Northop road, was formed in 1856, and has a mortuary chapel.
The Town Hall, in the Market square, stands on the site of the old town hall, a plain half-timbered structure with gables, built during the reign of Elizabeth. The present building, erected in 1840, shortly after the reform of the corporation, at a cost of £1,734, is of stone, in the Tudor-Gothic style, from designs by Mr. John Welsh, architect, and comprises two storeys, forming a rectangular gabled structure flanked at both ends by octagonal embattled turrets, and on either side by lean-to aisles or out-buildings, with small transeptal chambers rising above these, the whole having very much the appearance of a chapel of some kind. In 1885-6, six of the windows in the council chamber were filled with stained glass, designed by Mr. Drewitt, and presented by various donors as memorials to some former mayors and town-clerks of the borough. The windows also display in succession the arms of the six sovereigns by whom charters were granted to the town. The ceiling is panelled, and has been decorated with the emblazoned heraldry of the fifteen tribes of North Wales, executed by Mr. Joseph Hall, of Flint, at the cost of Ross Mahon esq. The walls are hung with pictures and portraits. These include a copy, executed by Mr. Leonard Hughes in 1885, of the celebrated portrait of Richard II. now hanging in the choir of Westminster Abbey; there is another, by the same artist, of Richard Muspratt esq. seventeen times mayor of Flint, 1857-85; and one of Sir Roger Mostyn, knight and first baronet, the defender of the castle in 1643 (d. 1726). There is also a framed and coloured rubbing of the brass in Cobham church, Kent, to Sir Nicholas Hauberk, knight, constable of Flint Castle and sheriff of Flintshire in 1396; and an autograph letter of thanks to the corporation, dated 16th February 1885, from H.R.H. the late Duke of Clarence and Avondale K.G. (d. January 14,1892). Petty sessions are held here on the first Wednesday in each month at 10.30 a.m. and the sittings of the county court are also held here.
The municipal insignia comprise a mace, a mayor’s chain and badge, and a borough seal, and the corporation has also a loving-cup. The mace, of silver, is twenty-seven inches in length, and the shaft is divided into two lengths by a central knop, the foot knop being globular; the head, which is cup-shaped and perfectly plain, is surrounded by a scalloped circlet or cresting, rising from which are plain and narrow flattened arches, forming a crown, and surmounted by a simple knob. On the flat top of the head are the royal arms of William and Mary, with the initials, W. M., R. R. The chain and badge were presented, 19th April 1875, by Jane, wife of Richard Muspratt esq., on the occasion of his ninth election to the office of mayor. The chain, of gold, is an exact reproduction of an ancient Etruscan example in the Campana collection in the Vatican at Rome, and was made at Rome by Signor Neri. It consists of twelve medallions, each charged with a sex-foiled flower, and alternating with square panelled links; the badge, also a circular medallion, displays the modern borough seal and legend, worked in the finest mosaic. The modern seal, adopted on the reconstruction of the corporation, represents a castle with two towers, standing on a rock rising out of the sea, and in front of which a ship is passing in full sail. The most ancient seal, which appears attached to deeds of 1382 and 1458, now among the Harl. MSS. in the British Museum, bore the figure of a lion devouring an animal’s head, with foliage in the background, and the legend, “SIGILL: COMVNIT: DE: (FFLYNT).” The loving-cup, of silver-gilt, was presented to the corporation, 9th November 1876, by Peter Ellis Eyton esq. M. P. (d. 1878), formerly town-clerk. It has three scroll handles, and bears the modern device of the borough on a shield, and over it an inscription. The mayor wears a scarlet robe trimmed with sables.
The Market Hall is in Market square; the market is held on Saturday, and a fair, chiefly for pigs, on the 1st Saturday in each month.
The North & South Wales Bank in Church street is a sub-branch to Holywell.
The Police Station is in Feathers street; the borough police force was amalgamated with that of the county in 1864. The County Prison in the Castle yard, erected in 1785, from plans by Mr. Joseph Turner, architect, of Chester, is now occupied by a Society of French Jesuits, by whom it was purchased on the removal of the prison establishment to Mold. The principal hotels are the “Royal Oak” and “Ship.” The town, though not a place of any very great trading importance, possesses substantial advantages for traffic and for the prosecution of commercial enterprise; in the vicinity are extensive chemical works and coal mines; and at Oakenholt, near the town, are the celebrated mills of the North Wales Paper Co. Limited.
Flint Castle, now in ruins, occupies a rocky site close to the estuary of the Dee, by the waters of which it is washed on the north and east. It was built in 1277 and subsequent years by Edward I. under the direction of Richard L’Engenour (the engineer) of Chester, the king himself, who was then camped near Holywell, superintending the work; in plan, the fortress formed a square of about 30 yards, enclosed by strong curtain walls with drum towers at three of the angles, but on the south-west the angle was cut off and adapted to the shape of the keep, a detached tower, also circular, but of much greater size, and having vaulted galleries running round the interior, constructed in the thickness of the walls; on the south side there was an outer ward, enclosed by walls, and having a battlemented gate-house leading to the town. The castle was defended on this side and on the west by wide moats or ditches; in May 1848, a great part of the fabric of the castle on the south-east collapsed, but in recent years it has been fenced in by walls erected at the expense of the county. In 1281, shortly after its erection, the castle was invested by Prince David and his brother Llewellyn, but the siege was at once raised on the approach of the royal forces; in 1321, Edward II. received here his hapless favourite, Piers de Gaveston, created by him Earl of Cornwall. Richard II. in 1385, granted the castle to Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford, created, in the year following this grant, Marquess of Dublin and Duke of Ireland; on his attainder, about 1387, it was granted to Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, who, obtaining possession of the king’s person on his landing at Conway, 6th August 1399, brought him hither, and on the 22nd August the memorable interview occurred within the castle between Richard II. and Henry of Bolingbroke Duke of Lancaster (see Shakespeare, “Richard II.” Act. iii. Scene 3.) In 1642, on the outbreak of the Civil War, it was garrisoned for the king, and placed under the command of Sir Roger Mostyn, but in the next year capitulated; Sir William Vaughan, however, recaptured it in September 1645, and held it until August 1646, when it was finally taken by Major-General Mytton, and shortly afterwards was ordered by Parliament to be dismantled. In the castle yard is placed a Russian gun captured at Sebastopol, 9th September 1855. South of the town, near Bryn Edwin are some remains of Llys Edwin, the palace of Edwin, Lord of Tegangle; Bryn-y-Cwn, the “hill of dogs,” is an artificial construction.
Penthe and Oakenholt are small places adjoining Flint.
The area of the borough comprises 3,334 acres; the population in 1891 was 5,247; area of parliamentary district, 17,813 acres; population, 23,492.
Places of Worship:—
St. Mary’s, Church street, Rev. William Llewhelyn Nicholas M. A. rector; Rev. Thomas Enoch B. A & Rev. Owen Davies B. A. curates.
St. David’s Chapel of Ease, Pentre, ministers served from St. Mary’s.
St. Thomas’s Chapel of Ease, Flint Common, ministers served from St. Mary’s.
St. Mary’s (Catholic), Church street, Rev. Gerald Keegan, priest.
Chapels:—
Calvinistic Methodist, Chapel street, Rev. Josiah Jones Flint Common & Pentre.
Congregational (English), Church st. Rev. Jos. Davies.
Congregational (Welsh), Hill street, Rev. James David Williams.
Presbyterian (English), Chester road, Rev. David Edwards.
Wesleyan (English), Holywell road.
Wesleyan, Church street & Chester road.
Flint Common.
National Schools:—
Halkin street, Edward J. H. Williams, master.
Chester road (Muspratt Memorial), Esther Jones, infants’ mistress.
Flint Common, William Roberts, master.
Pentre, Robert Jones, master; Eleanor Morgan, infants' mistress.
Catholic School (St. Mary’s), Coleshill street, Mary Allan, mistress.
Most Common Surnames in Flint
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Coleshill Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jones | 547 | 1:8 | 4.42% | 1 |
| 2 | Williams | 260 | 1:17 | 4.36% | 2 |
| 3 | Hughes | 254 | 1:18 | 5.97% | 4 |
| 4 | Roberts | 227 | 1:20 | 4.73% | 3 |
| 5 | Davies | 214 | 1:21 | 5.27% | 5 |
| 6 | Evans | 115 | 1:39 | 5.17% | 6 |
| 7 | Parry | 104 | 1:43 | 5.76% | 8 |
| 8 | Lloyd | 84 | 1:53 | 7.48% | 11 |
| 9 | Griffiths | 60 | 1:74 | 3.63% | 9 |
| 9 | Bellis | 60 | 1:74 | 11.49% | 17 |
| 11 | Edwards | 58 | 1:77 | 3.00% | 7 |
| 12 | Owens | 53 | 1:84 | 9.74% | 15 |
| 13 | Ellis | 50 | 1:89 | 5.20% | 12 |
| 14 | Price | 48 | 1:93 | 5.19% | 13 |
| 15 | Foulkes | 46 | 1:97 | 10.93% | 18 |
| 16 | Lewis | 38 | 1:117 | 5.01% | 14 |
| 17 | Thomas | 32 | 1:139 | 2.77% | 10 |
| 17 | Johnson | 32 | 1:139 | 15.69% | 36 |
| 19 | Conway | 29 | 1:154 | 29.59% | 69 |
| 20 | Hayes | 27 | 1:165 | 15.52% | 39 |
| 20 | Wynne | 27 | 1:165 | 7.87% | 20 |
| 20 | Bithel | 27 | 1:165 | 58.70% | 150 |
| 23 | Hooson | 26 | 1:171 | 30.95% | 81 |
| 24 | George | 24 | 1:186 | 19.83% | 51 |
| 24 | Kenney | 24 | 1:186 | 63.16% | 184 |
| 26 | Rogers | 23 | 1:194 | 8.95% | 29 |
| 26 | Owen | 23 | 1:194 | 7.72% | 23 |
| 28 | Morris | 22 | 1:203 | 4.06% | 16 |
| 28 | Kelly | 22 | 1:203 | 23.91% | 73 |
| 28 | McCormick | 22 | 1:203 | 88.00% | 271 |
| 28 | Simon | 22 | 1:203 | 18.03% | 49 |
| 32 | Jackson | 21 | 1:212 | 19.09% | 62 |
| 32 | Commins | 21 | 1:212 | 100.00% | 309 |
| 34 | Brown | 20 | 1:223 | 16.39% | 49 |
| 34 | Ryan | 20 | 1:223 | 80.00% | 271 |
| 36 | Fox | 19 | 1:235 | 22.35% | 80 |
| 37 | James | 18 | 1:248 | 15.25% | 52 |
| 37 | Bennett | 18 | 1:248 | 8.70% | 35 |
| 37 | Bradley | 18 | 1:248 | 41.86% | 163 |
| 37 | Welch | 18 | 1:248 | 54.55% | 214 |
| 41 | Morgan | 16 | 1:279 | 5.95% | 27 |
| 41 | Bevan | 16 | 1:279 | 25.40% | 111 |
| 43 | Smith | 15 | 1:297 | 4.82% | 21 |
| 43 | Porter | 15 | 1:297 | 88.24% | 385 |
| 43 | Beavan | 15 | 1:297 | 18.99% | 87 |
| 43 | Brockly | 15 | 1:297 | 100.00% | 426 |
| 47 | Blackwell | 14 | 1:318 | 6.73% | 34 |
| 47 | Peirce | 14 | 1:318 | 100.00% | 462 |
| 47 | Walch | 14 | 1:318 | 100.00% | 462 |
| 47 | Gloyne | 14 | 1:318 | 100.00% | 462 |
| 51 | Matthews | 13 | 1:343 | 12.75% | 67 |
| 51 | Peck | 13 | 1:343 | 81.25% | 408 |
| 51 | Rush | 13 | 1:343 | 65.00% | 330 |
| 51 | Salisbury | 13 | 1:343 | 22.41% | 126 |
| 55 | Hall | 12 | 1:372 | 14.63% | 82 |
| 55 | Rigby | 12 | 1:372 | 28.57% | 165 |
| 57 | Clarke | 11 | 1:405 | 19.64% | 129 |
| 57 | Burns | 11 | 1:405 | 55.00% | 330 |
| 57 | Pritchard | 11 | 1:405 | 4.23% | 28 |
| 57 | Burke | 11 | 1:405 | 52.38% | 309 |
| 57 | McCann | 11 | 1:405 | 78.57% | 462 |
| 57 | Mulligan | 11 | 1:405 | 78.57% | 462 |
| 57 | Furlong | 11 | 1:405 | 78.57% | 462 |
| 57 | Brockley | 11 | 1:405 | 73.33% | 426 |
| 65 | Hart | 10 | 1:446 | 90.91% | 572 |
| 65 | Craig | 10 | 1:446 | 90.91% | 572 |
| 65 | Platt | 10 | 1:446 | 38.46% | 260 |
| 65 | Ames | 10 | 1:446 | 12.35% | 83 |
| 65 | Flaherty | 10 | 1:446 | 100.00% | 620 |
| 65 | Blythyn | 10 | 1:446 | 25.64% | 178 |
| 71 | Robinson | 9 | 1:495 | 12.50% | 94 |
| 71 | Barker | 9 | 1:495 | 12.86% | 98 |
| 71 | Burton | 9 | 1:495 | 60.00% | 426 |
| 71 | Kennedy | 9 | 1:495 | 36.00% | 271 |
| 71 | Swift | 9 | 1:495 | 30.00% | 232 |
| 71 | Eaton | 9 | 1:495 | 25.71% | 198 |
| 71 | Humphries | 9 | 1:495 | 19.57% | 150 |
| 71 | Redfern | 9 | 1:495 | 13.43% | 105 |
| 71 | Connelly | 9 | 1:495 | 100.00% | 688 |
| 71 | Hanley | 9 | 1:495 | 52.94% | 385 |
| 71 | O'Brian | 9 | 1:495 | 100.00% | 688 |
| 71 | McNulty | 9 | 1:495 | 60.00% | 426 |
| 71 | O'Niel | 9 | 1:495 | 100.00% | 688 |
| 71 | Acastor | 9 | 1:495 | 100.00% | 688 |
| 71 | Kineary | 9 | 1:495 | 100.00% | 688 |
| 86 | Taylor | 8 | 1:557 | 2.84% | 24 |
| 86 | Clark | 8 | 1:557 | 13.11% | 115 |
| 86 | Riley | 8 | 1:557 | 38.10% | 309 |
| 86 | Bowen | 8 | 1:557 | 25.81% | 229 |
| 86 | Cartwright | 8 | 1:557 | 10.00% | 84 |
| 86 | Humphreys | 8 | 1:557 | 2.58% | 22 |
| 86 | Myers | 8 | 1:557 | 100.00% | 784 |
| 86 | Quinn | 8 | 1:557 | 100.00% | 784 |
| 86 | Lacey | 8 | 1:557 | 57.14% | 462 |
| 86 | O'Neil | 8 | 1:557 | 50.00% | 408 |
| 86 | Percival | 8 | 1:557 | 100.00% | 784 |
| 86 | Ashcroft | 8 | 1:557 | 100.00% | 784 |
| 86 | Hitchcock | 8 | 1:557 | 100.00% | 784 |
| 86 | Unsworth | 8 | 1:557 | 38.10% | 309 |
| 86 | Bagshaw | 8 | 1:557 | 12.50% | 110 |
| 86 | Bill | 8 | 1:557 | 42.11% | 348 |
| 86 | Mallin | 8 | 1:557 | 100.00% | 784 |
| 86 | Gunther | 8 | 1:557 | 100.00% | 784 |
| 86 | Tirney | 8 | 1:557 | 100.00% | 784 |
| 86 | FitzImon | 8 | 1:557 | 100.00% | 784 |
| 106 | Walker | 7 | 1:637 | 10.14% | 99 |
| 106 | Turner | 7 | 1:637 | 9.09% | 89 |
| 106 | Harrison | 7 | 1:637 | 5.26% | 45 |
| 106 | Richardson | 7 | 1:637 | 9.33% | 92 |
| 106 | Wilkinson | 7 | 1:637 | 38.89% | 367 |
| 106 | Cole | 7 | 1:637 | 36.84% | 348 |
| 106 | Carr | 7 | 1:637 | 22.58% | 229 |
| 106 | Walton | 7 | 1:637 | 38.89% | 367 |
| 106 | Hewitt | 7 | 1:637 | 2.75% | 30 |
| 106 | Nuttall | 7 | 1:637 | 11.11% | 111 |
| 106 | Prosser | 7 | 1:637 | 70.00% | 620 |
| 106 | Partington | 7 | 1:637 | 53.85% | 507 |
| 106 | Cassidy | 7 | 1:637 | 77.78% | 688 |
| 106 | Deans | 7 | 1:637 | 100.00% | 912 |
| 106 | Birks | 7 | 1:637 | 16.67% | 165 |
| 106 | Loftus | 7 | 1:637 | 87.50% | 784 |
| 106 | Denman | 7 | 1:637 | 14.89% | 146 |
| 106 | Bales | 7 | 1:637 | 100.00% | 912 |
| 106 | Hilditch | 7 | 1:637 | 50.00% | 462 |
| 106 | Bracken | 7 | 1:637 | 100.00% | 912 |
| 106 | Blythin | 7 | 1:637 | 15.56% | 154 |
| 106 | Holdfield | 7 | 1:637 | 100.00% | 912 |
| 106 | Cassins | 7 | 1:637 | 100.00% | 912 |
| 106 | Mumforth | 7 | 1:637 | 100.00% | 912 |
| 106 | Lantraw | 7 | 1:637 | 100.00% | 912 |
| 131 | Ward | 6 | 1:743 | 12.50% | 144 |
| 131 | Stevenson | 6 | 1:743 | 75.00% | 784 |
| 131 | Allan | 6 | 1:743 | 75.00% | 784 |
| 131 | Gibbs | 6 | 1:743 | 100.00% | 1,044 |
| 131 | McIntosh | 6 | 1:743 | 100.00% | 1,044 |
| 131 | Dyson | 6 | 1:743 | 25.00% | 279 |
| 131 | Lyons | 6 | 1:743 | 37.50% | 408 |
| 131 | Grundy | 6 | 1:743 | 100.00% | 1,044 |
| 131 | Flynn | 6 | 1:743 | 35.29% | 385 |
| 131 | Cowley | 6 | 1:743 | 85.71% | 912 |
| 131 | Grimes | 6 | 1:743 | 46.15% | 507 |
| 131 | Rooney | 6 | 1:743 | 60.00% | 620 |
| 131 | Blunt | 6 | 1:743 | 100.00% | 1,044 |
| 131 | Tracey | 6 | 1:743 | 100.00% | 1,044 |
| 131 | Dooley | 6 | 1:743 | 100.00% | 1,044 |
| 131 | Lawless | 6 | 1:743 | 100.00% | 1,044 |
| 131 | Murrey | 6 | 1:743 | 60.00% | 620 |
| 131 | Craft | 6 | 1:743 | 66.67% | 688 |
| 131 | Haney | 6 | 1:743 | 85.71% | 912 |
| 131 | Devin | 6 | 1:743 | 100.00% | 1,044 |
| 131 | Qualters | 6 | 1:743 | 100.00% | 1,044 |
| 131 | Dalbin | 6 | 1:743 | 100.00% | 1,044 |
| 153 | Wilson | 5 | 1:892 | 3.94% | 48 |
| 153 | Martin | 5 | 1:892 | 4.27% | 53 |
| 153 | Reid | 5 | 1:892 | 33.33% | 426 |
| 153 | Andrews | 5 | 1:892 | 18.52% | 251 |
| 153 | Rees | 5 | 1:892 | 8.77% | 127 |
| 153 | Harper | 5 | 1:892 | 13.89% | 191 |
| 153 | Gilbert | 5 | 1:892 | 21.74% | 286 |
| 153 | Bond | 5 | 1:892 | 23.81% | 309 |
| 153 | Lamb | 5 | 1:892 | 3.82% | 46 |
| 153 | Collier | 5 | 1:892 | 55.56% | 688 |
| 153 | Rodgers | 5 | 1:892 | 17.86% | 245 |
| 153 | Lynch | 5 | 1:892 | 55.56% | 688 |
| 153 | Carroll | 5 | 1:892 | 71.43% | 912 |
| 153 | Upton | 5 | 1:892 | 83.33% | 1,044 |
| 153 | Pierce | 5 | 1:892 | 1.79% | 25 |
| 153 | Moor | 5 | 1:892 | 100.00% | 1,232 |
| 153 | Byrne | 5 | 1:892 | 50.00% | 620 |
| 153 | McMahon | 5 | 1:892 | 83.33% | 1,044 |
| 153 | Bennet | 5 | 1:892 | 71.43% | 912 |
| 153 | Nolan | 5 | 1:892 | 50.00% | 620 |
| 153 | McGrath | 5 | 1:892 | 83.33% | 1,044 |
| 153 | Bibby | 5 | 1:892 | 50.00% | 620 |
| 153 | Luke | 5 | 1:892 | 10.64% | 146 |
| 153 | Denny | 5 | 1:892 | 100.00% | 1,232 |
| 153 | Foy | 5 | 1:892 | 27.78% | 367 |
| 153 | Shea | 5 | 1:892 | 100.00% | 1,232 |
| 153 | Sheridan | 5 | 1:892 | 100.00% | 1,232 |
| 153 | Bentham | 5 | 1:892 | 100.00% | 1,232 |
| 153 | Brannon | 5 | 1:892 | 83.33% | 1,044 |
| 153 | Charters | 5 | 1:892 | 100.00% | 1,232 |
| 153 | Joice | 5 | 1:892 | 100.00% | 1,232 |
| 153 | Sinnott | 5 | 1:892 | 100.00% | 1,232 |
| 153 | Trayner | 5 | 1:892 | 100.00% | 1,232 |
| 153 | Richley | 5 | 1:892 | 100.00% | 1,232 |
| 153 | Glynne | 5 | 1:892 | 83.33% | 1,044 |
| 153 | Phylips | 5 | 1:892 | 100.00% | 1,232 |
| 153 | Hoghan | 5 | 1:892 | 100.00% | 1,232 |
| 190 | Richards | 4 | 1:1,115 | 5.97% | 105 |
| 190 | Collins | 4 | 1:1,115 | 5.80% | 99 |
| 190 | Howard | 4 | 1:1,115 | 13.79% | 237 |
| 190 | Spencer | 4 | 1:1,115 | 10.26% | 178 |
| 190 | Murphy | 4 | 1:1,115 | 11.11% | 191 |
| 190 | Berry | 4 | 1:1,115 | 57.14% | 912 |
| 190 | Burgess | 4 | 1:1,115 | 12.50% | 222 |
| 190 | Walsh | 4 | 1:1,115 | 21.05% | 348 |
| 190 | Sanders | 4 | 1:1,115 | 50.00% | 784 |
| 190 | Fleming | 4 | 1:1,115 | 44.44% | 688 |
| 190 | Rowlands | 4 | 1:1,115 | 1.48% | 26 |
| 190 | Bryan | 4 | 1:1,115 | 4.08% | 69 |
| 190 | Stacey | 4 | 1:1,115 | 36.36% | 572 |
| 190 | Marriott | 4 | 1:1,115 | 22.22% | 367 |
| 190 | Eccles | 4 | 1:1,115 | 100.00% | 1,431 |
| 190 | Tinsley | 4 | 1:1,115 | 44.44% | 688 |
| 190 | Moulton | 4 | 1:1,115 | 13.79% | 237 |
| 190 | Youngman | 4 | 1:1,115 | 100.00% | 1,431 |
| 190 | Gallocher | 4 | 1:1,115 | 100.00% | 1,431 |
| 190 | Leeds | 4 | 1:1,115 | 100.00% | 1,431 |
| 190 | Baynham | 4 | 1:1,115 | 100.00% | 1,431 |
| 190 | Bithell | 4 | 1:1,115 | 7.27% | 130 |
| 190 | Cruise | 4 | 1:1,115 | 100.00% | 1,431 |
| 190 | Goodin | 4 | 1:1,115 | 100.00% | 1,431 |
| 190 | Muspratt | 4 | 1:1,115 | 100.00% | 1,431 |
| 190 | Schwarz | 4 | 1:1,115 | 44.44% | 688 |
| 190 | Erasmus | 4 | 1:1,115 | 100.00% | 1,431 |
| 190 | Frimstone | 4 | 1:1,115 | 16.00% | 271 |
| 190 | McIntoch | 4 | 1:1,115 | 100.00% | 1,431 |
| 190 | Saladine | 4 | 1:1,115 | 100.00% | 1,431 |
| 190 | Gollocher | 4 | 1:1,115 | 100.00% | 1,431 |
| 190 | Casier | 4 | 1:1,115 | 100.00% | 1,431 |
| 190 | Ramond | 4 | 1:1,115 | 100.00% | 1,431 |
| 190 | Brickworth | 4 | 1:1,115 | 100.00% | 1,431 |