See also:

• MOLD (formerly Mould, Welsh Y Wyddgrug, a conspicuous barrow, Lat. Mons altus, the translation of the Welsh name)

MOLD (formerly See also:

• MOULD

Mould, Welsh Y Wyddgrug, a conspicuous See also:

• BARROW
• BARROW (from A.S. beorh, a mount or hillock)
• BARROW, ISAAC (1630-1677)
• BARROW, SIR JOHN (1764-1848)

barrow, See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• MONS (Flemish Bergen)

Mons altus, the See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the Welsh name)  , a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

• TOWN

town, contributory See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of See also:

• FLINT
• FLINT, AUSTIN (1812-1886)
• FLINT, or FLTNTSHTRE (sir Gallestr)
• FLINT, ROBERT (1838- )
• FLINT, TIMOTHY (1780-1840)

Flint-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, N . See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales; on the See also:

• LONDON

London & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western railway (See also:

• CHESTER
• CHESTER, EARLS OF

Chester and See also:

• DENBIGH (Dinbych)
• DENBIGH, WILLIAM FEILDING, 1ST EARL

Denbigh See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch), 182 m. from London and 11 m. from Chester . Pop. of See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban See also:

• DISTRICT

district (1901), 4263 . The locality is populous owing to the collieries and See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead-smelting See also:

• WORKS

works in the vicinity . At the north end of the town there is a height, See also:

• BAILEY (said to be a corruption of Ballium by some, and derived by others from the Fr. baille, a corruption of bataille, because there the soldiers were drilled in battle array)
• BAILEY, NATHAN
• BAILEY, PHILIP JAMES (1816-1902)
• BAILEY, SAMUEL (1791-1870)

Bailey See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill (perhaps from See also:

• BALLIA

ballia, the architectural See also:

• TERM

term applied to fortified See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle courts) . This hill, partly natural and partly artificial, was once the site of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman fortification, and in oldrecords is known as Moaldes, Monhault, or Monthault (de See also:

• MONTE

monte See also:

• ALTO (Ital. for " high ")

alto) . See also:

• MOLD (formerly Mould, Welsh Y Wyddgrug, a conspicuous barrow, Lat. Mons altus, the translation of the Welsh name)

Mold Castle was probably built by See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Monthault (temp . See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• RUFUS, GAIUS VALGIUS
• RUFUS, LUCIUS VARIUS (c 74—14 B.c.)

Rufus), was taken and destroyed by See also:

• OWEN, JOHN (1616-1683)
• OWEN, JOHN [OVENUS Or AUDOENUS] (c. 1560-1622)
• OWEN, ROBERT (1771-1858)
• OWEN, SIR HUGH (1804-1881)
• OWEN, SIR RICHARD (1804–1892)

Owen Gwynedd in 1144–1145, its site lost to the See also:

• ENGLISH

English and retaken by See also:

• LLEWELYN

Llewelyn ap Iowerth in 1201, and by Gruffydd See also:

• LLWYD, EDWARD (166o-1709)

Llwyd in 1322 . On this site, too, where there are now no remains of any fortress, were found, in 1849, some 15 skeletons, supposed to be of the 13th or 14th centuries . See also:

• MAES, NICOLAS (1632-1693)

Maes Garmon (the battlefield of Germanus) is about a mile See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of Mold . Here, as is supposed, the " Alleluia Victory " was gained over the Picts and Scots by See also:

• LUPUS (Lat. lupus, wolf)
• LUPUS, PUBLIUS RUTILIUS

Lupus and Germanus, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• AUXERRE

Auxerre, according to some about A.D . 430, but others give A.D .

448, the date of the See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint's See also:

• DEATH

death . A commemorative See also:

• OBELISK (Gr. b/3EXivrcos, diminutive of OEMs, a spit)

obelisk was erected on the Maes by N . See also:

• GRIFFITH, SIR RICHARD JOHN (1784-1878)

Griffith of Rhual (1736) . Over a mile See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of Mold, on the right of the road to Nerquis, is the "See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower" (15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, but perhaps restored in the 18th), where, in 1465 or 1475, the royal chieftain, Rheinallt ab Gruffyd ad Bleddyn, hanged Robert Byrne, See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of Chester, and subsequently burned alive some 200 Chester folk who tried to See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest him . Many tumuli are visible See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round Mold . Mold See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• GAOL, or JAIL

gaol, bought in 188o by See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits expelled from See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, was by them named St Germanus's See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House . St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary's See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, a See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• BUILDING

building, is mentioned as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VII . Its important collieries and lead mines; See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick, See also:

• TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile, earthenware, See also:

• MINERAL

mineral oil, tinplate and See also:

• NAIL (O. Eng. naegal, cf. Dutch, Ger., Swed. nagel; the word is also related to Lat. unguis, Gr. ovu, Sans. nakhas)

nail manufactures, tanneries, breweries and See also:

• MALT (O. Eng., mealt; O. Sax., malt; O. Tent., maltos; Mod. Ger., Malz; Scand., malt; probably derived from the Sanskrit mrdu, soft, thus having reference to the fact that malt is raw grain rendered soft or tender)

malt-houses, have made Mold the business centre of the county . About 4 M. distant is Cilcain See also:

• VILLAGE

village, of which the church has a carved See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak roof, stolen from Basingwerk See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey at the See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution of the monasteries . Among the neighbouring Clwyd hills Moel Fammau and Moel See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur are specially noticeable . On the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit of the former is See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George III.'s See also:

• JUBILEE (or JUBILE), YEAR OF

jubilee See also:

• PYRAMID

pyramid . The Ordovices and the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans fortified Moel Arthur .

The sites of seven posts established against See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome may be traced along the hills bounding Flintshire and Denbighshire .