Halkyn
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Halkyn ( ; locally: ) is a village and community in Flintshire, north-east Wales and situated between Pentre Halkyn, Northop and Rhosesmor. At the 2001 Census the population of the community was 2,876, increasing slightly to 2,879 at the 2011 Census. Pentre Halkyn is in the community.
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Place details
- Locality
- Halkyn
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.dial_code
- 01352
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.type
- Village and community
- UK place.welsh_name
- Helygain
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Delyn
- UK place.official_name
- Halkyn
- UK place.population
- 2,879
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.community_wales
- Halkyn
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Flintshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Clwyd
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Clwyd East
- UK place.post_town
- MOLD
- UK place.postcode_district
- CH7
- UK place.post_town1
- HOLYWELL
- UK place.postcode_district1
- CH8
- UK place.postcode_area
- CH
- UK place.postcode_area1
- CH
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Halkyn ( ; locally: ) is a village and community in Flintshire, north-east Wales and situated between Pentre Halkyn, Northop and Rhosesmor. At the 2001 Census the population of the community was 2,876, increasing slightly to 2,879 at the 2011 Census. Pentre Halkyn is in the community.
== History == Halkyn is one of the ancient parishes of Flintshire, originally comprising the townships of Hendrefigillt, Lygan y Llan and Lygan y Wern. The area was notable during the Roman occupation for the mining of lead. The village was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Alchene, when it was then part of Cheshire, in England.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Halkyn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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