Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. Aimed at the general reader, they combined a comprehensive approach to various aspects of physical and human geography with an emphasis on clarity. This guide to Flintshire by J. M. Edwards was first published in 1914. The text is interspersed with numerous illustrative figures and also contains a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.
Contents
Preface; 1. County and shire. Meaning and origin of the word Flint; 2. General characteristics; 3. Size. Shape. Boundaries; 4. Surface and general features; 5. Watershed - rivers and lakes; 6. Geology and soil; 7. Natural history; 8. Coastal gains and losses; 9. Climate and rainfall; 10. People. Race. Dialect; 11. Agriculture; 12. Industries and manufactures; 13. Mines and minerals; 14. Fisheries and fishing stations; 15. Shipping and trade; 16. The history of Flintshire - (a) from the coming of the Romans to the Norman Conquest; 16. (b) Tegeingl in Domesday Book; 16. (c) from Gruffydd ap Cynan to the Statute of Rhuddlan; 16. (d) from the formation of the county in 1284 to the Great Civil War; 17. Antiquities; 18. Architecture - (a) ecclesiastical; 19. Architecture - (b) military architecture - (c) domestic; 20. Communications - past and present; 21. Divisions, ancient and modern. Administration: population; 22. Roll of honour; 23. The chief towns and villages of Flintshire; Illustrations; Maps and diagrams.
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