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Nerquis, or Nercwys, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Mold parish, Flint. The village stands 2 miles SW of Llong r. station, and 2 S by W of Mold; and has a post-office under Mold, Flintshire. – The township comprises, 2,280 acres. Real property, £2,477. Pop., 482. Houses, 99. Nerquis Hall was built by the Wynnes in 1683, and is now the seat of the Rev. Lloyd Wynne. Extensive and successful experiments in planting were made here by the late Dr. Thackeray of Chester. – The chapelry is more extensive than the township, and was constituted in 1844. Pop., 842. Houses, 180. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £100. Patron, the Vicar of Mold. The church is recent and good.

Flintshire towns and parishes beginning with N

Bannel, a township, in the parish of Hawarden, union of Great Boughton, hundred of Mold, county of Flint, North Wales; containing 115 inhabitants.

Flintshire towns and parishes beginning with B

Aston, a township, in the parish of Hawarden, hundred of Mold, county of Flint, North Wales, 2 miles (N. by W). from Hawarden; containing 303 inhabitants.

Abenbury-Vechan, a township, in the parish and union of Wrexham, hundred of Maelor, county of Flint, North Wales. 3 ½ miles (N. N.W.) from Wrexham; containing 124 inhabitants. On the river Clywedog, which is here crossed by a bridge, there are some iron foundries. This township is assessed separately for the support of its poor, and is the only one of the parish in the county of Flint, all the others being in that of Denbigh.