Historic notices, with topographical and other gleanings descriptive of the borough and county-town of Flint . he, deserts him in thecourtyard of Flint Castle, and fawns upon the Duke of Lancaster (by Mr. Randolph Caldecott) 80 The Old Parish Church, Flint (from a sketch by Mr. D. Parkes, in the Gentlemans Magazine, Jzxmzry, 1801) . . . ,119 Tailpiece (by Mr. Randolph Caldecott) ....... 132 Plan of Flint Castle and Town (by John Speede, 1610) .... 137 The Mace : the Crown of the Mace, showing the Arms and Monogramsof William and Mary (from Photographs by Mr. G. W. Webster, of Chester) 151 The
Historic notices, with topographical and other gleanings descriptive of the borough and county-town of Flint . he, deserts him in thecourtyard of Flint Castle, and fawns upon the Duke of Lancaster (by Mr. Randolph Caldecott) 80 The Old Parish Church, Flint (from a sketch by Mr. D. Parkes, in the Gentlemans Magazine, Jzxmzry, 1801) . . . ,119 Tailpiece (by Mr. Randolph Caldecott) ....... 132 Plan of Flint Castle and Town (by John Speede, 1610) .... 137 The Mace : the Crown of the Mace, showing the Arms and Monogramsof William and Mary (from Photographs by Mr. G. W. Webster, of Chester) 151 The Old Town Hall and Stocks, Flint (by Mr. Randolph Caldecott) . 179View of Flint in 1826 (by Miss Sidney Massie, Pulford, Chester) . 187The New Town Hall, Flint (by Mr. H. Beswick, Chester) . .202The New Parish Church, Flint (by Mr. H. Beswick, Chester) . .212 Flint Castle. View from the Eastern Tower (reproduced from OurOwn Country, by permission of Messrs. Cassell, Better, Galpin, and Co.) 21S Tailpiece—The Loving Cup of the Corporation of Flint . . 229 Tailpiece—Ancient Armour ......... 24S. CHAPTER I. THE ROMAN, SAXON, AND NORMAN PERIODS. With an account of the Roman station at Crocs Ati ; also of the battle foughtat Coleshill between Henry II. and Owen Gwynedd.—The Earldom ofChester and Flint. The municipal borough of Flint consists of the whole of the parishof that name, and the township of Coleshill-Fawr, in the parish ofHolywell. For parliamentary purposes the township of Coleshill-Fechan, in the latter parish, was in the year 1868 added to it. The Romans, during their occupation of Britain, formed a settle-ment in this district, for the purpose, it is presumed, of smeltinglead obtained from Halkyn and the neighbourhood; the site ofwhich settlement is at Pentre, or, as its proper name is, Pcntre-ffwrn-dan, the vill of the burning furnace. This site (of whichmore hereafter) still bears the name by which it was known atthe time of the .Norman conquest,—viz., Croes A
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