Flintshire

American  

[flint-sheer, -sher] / ˈflɪnt ʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

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

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Flintshire British  

/ ˈflɪntˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

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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Flintshire

Bins finally arrived on Hawthorn Meadows in Buckley, Flintshire, last month but Nathan Long and 60 other households can still only watch as refuse workers collect rubbish or recyclables from a nearby street.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Lord Walker said the Welsh business, based in Deeside, in Flintshire, was growing internationally and he wanted to expand it further.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Ann Keen was 17 and working in a toilet roll factory in Ewloe, Flintshire, when she was asked out by a handsome salesman.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

The youngster from Hollywell, Flintshire, was born without a fibula in his left leg and his foot was removed at 15 months.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Lloyd, Lord Kenyon, was born in Gredington, Flintshire, in 1732. 

From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Robert Williams

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