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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pentrehobin like this:
PENTROBBIN, or Pentre-Hobyn, a township in Hawarden parish, Flint; on the river Alen, 1 mile S E of Mold. It contains the hamlets of Penymynydd, Little Mountain, Stony-Houses, and Drury, and part of Lane-End. Acres, 1, 586. Real property, £1, 561; of which £20 are in mines. Pop., 942. Houses, 207. P. House is the seat of the Mathers, and was built in 1540. There are pottery and tile works.
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Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
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Llong | 0 | 2 |
Broncoed | 0 | 2 |
Leeswood | 0 | 2 |
Mold | 10 | 4 |
Argoed | 0 | 2 |
Padeswood | 0 | 2 |
Bistre | 0 | 2 |
Pontbleiddyn | 0 | 2 |
Nercwys | 0 | 2 |
Buckley | 0 | 2 |
Maesgarmon | 0 | 2 |
Hartsheath | 0 | 2 |
Treuddyn | 0 | 3 |
Gwernafield | 0 | 2 |
Bannel | 0 | 2 |
Penyffordd | 0 | 2 |
Soughton | 0 | 1 |
Ewloe Wood | 0 | 2 |
Hope Owen | 0 | 2 |
Ewloe | 0 | 2 |