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Flintshire

[flint-sheer, -sher]

noun

  1. a county in northeastern Wales. 169 sq. mi. (438 sq. km).



Flintshire

/ -ʃə, ˈflɪntˌʃɪə /

noun

  1. a county of NE Wales, on the Irish Sea and the Dee estuary: became part of Clwyd in 1974, reinstated with reduced borders in 1996: includes the industrialized Deeside region in the E and the Clwydian Hills in the SW. Administrative centre: Mold. Pop: 149 400 (2003 est). Area: 437 sq km (169 sq miles)

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The actress from Flintshire, who started learning Welsh three years ago, said she was hopeful the audience would understand the play, regardless of their level of Welsh.

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Kai Lloyd's parents discovered his body in his bedroom at his Connah's Quay home in Flintshire on 19 November 2021.

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The inquest heard from Susan Messham, Kai's head of year and pastoral coordinator at Connah's Quay High School in Flintshire.

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At the hearing in Ruthin, North Wales, coroner John Gittins said paramedics were called to Beard's home in Flintshire after he was found hanged.

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She wanted to drive from her home in Flintshire, north Wales and cross the North Sea by ferry.

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