Whitford, Flintshire

(Chwitffordd)

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Whitford is a settlement in Flintshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Whitford within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Whitford in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Whitford.-- par. and vil., Flintshire, in NW. of co.- par. (containing Mostyn and part of Gorsedd), 8247 ac., pop. 4136; vil., 2 miles SW. of Mostyn sta. and 3 NW. of Holy well; P.O. Large coal mines, limestone quarries, and freestone quarries give employment to the inhabitants; lead and zinc are also worked. Several important seats are in the par.

Whitford in the Domesday Book

A village in Ati's Cross hundred, in the county of Cheshire.

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