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Flintshire

American

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

noun

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

Flintshire British

/ -ʃə, ˈflɪntˌʃɪə /

noun

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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Arlo Buckley, now eight, was seriously injured in the incident which took place on Central Drive in Shotton, Flintshire, on 11 September 2024.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

In the Netflix documentary Take That, Barlow revealed he had performed his very first gig at the club in Flintshire in the early '80s.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

Antonia Merola Jones, a single parent-of-one from Mold, Flintshire, said the ban should also be in force across the border.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

Whitehurst, of Holway, in Flintshire denied the charges and chose not to attend the tribunal.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

By his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Ravenscroft of Bretton, Flintshire, he had two sons and a daughter.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

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