Near Bryn Edwin Nursing Home, in Flint Mountain, are vestiges of the
foundations of Lys Edwin, a moated and fortified house. Prior
to the Norman conquest, the district was in the hands of Edwin, the last Earl of Mercia.
The house at that time was the seat of Edwin ap Gronw and who was married to a
relative of the Earl. Opposite Bryn-y-Cwn farm, in the
Halkyn Road, stands a large artificial mound which is believed to have been the
site of a hunting-lodge on his estate 'The Hill of Dogs'. Another thought is
that it could be Norman. Llys Edwin
later passed to the notable old Flintshire family, the Stanley’s. A wood near
there is known as Coed Stanley.
1240
Prince Dafydd ap Llewelyn, made a grant to Basingwerk Abbey, of
the Chapel of Coleshill at Hen Blas, a royal castle and the birthplace of Welsh
princes which stood at Coleshill Fawr, off the Blossoms Lane, in Bagillt. It
was occupied from the 12th to the 14th century. It is believed that Prince
Dafydd was born at Hen Blas.
1277
Edward I advanced from Chester at the head of an army to conquer the
Welsh. Work was started to build a Castle and Town at Flint.
1278
A grant was made by Edward I for a market to be held in the town every Thursday and a fair every Whitsuntide.
1282
The castle came under attack by forces of Llewelyn ap Gruffydd and his brother David, the last of the Welsh princes
and the town burnt.
1284
Royal Charters were granted to Flint, Rhuddlan, Conway and Caernarvon.
Until the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, the borough was governed by
the constable of the castle, who also served as mayor, with the aid of two
bailiffs elected by the burgesses.
1294
The Town perished in the Autumn of 1294 in the self inflicted flames of
passive self defence. 75 houses were set on fire by order of the local commander
for the castles own safety in order to deny the Welsh the shelter and provisions
it would have otherwise have afforded them. The decision was taken to sacrifice
the town for the safety of the castle.
1301
Edward I proclaimed his son the first Prince of Wales, who was also
created Earl of Chester & Flint.
1306
William Broun was appointed Constable of Flint and Mayor of the Borough.
1327
Second Charter was granted by Edward II.
1349
Flint suffered the effects of the plague known as the Black Death.
1361
Third Charter granted by Edward, the Black Prince, son of Edward III.
1395
Fourth Charter granted by Richard II.
1399
Richard II was delivered into the hands of Henry Bolingbroke (later King Henry IV) at Flint
Castle.
1403
The castle was besieged in the insurrection of Owain Glyndwr.
It had been attacked already in 1400.
New settlers were invited from Ireland.
1536
Act of Union was passed by Henry VIII incorporating Wales into the Kingdom of England.
1555
Fifth Charter granted by Queen Mary.
1598
The Parish Registers commenced. The Minister was John Prosser.
1630
Edward Cotton of Ipswich, a coal mine proprietor in Bagillt,
provided an endowment for, 'A learned Preacher of the Word of God. who
shall be of honest conversation and conformable to the laws and canons of the
Church of England, to preach a sermon or lecture, in the English tongue, in the
church or chapel of Flint, on the first Sunday of every month of the year, between
the hours of 10 and 11 of the clock in the forenoon'.
1637
Edward King, the life-long friend of John Milton, was drowned in a
ship-wreck in the Dee estuary. Invited to contribute an elegy on his death,
Milton wrote his 'Lycidas'.
1643
The castle was repaired and garrisoned by Sir Roger Mostyn during the Civil War.
1646
Parliament voted that the castle should be destroyed.
1700
Sixth Charter granted by William III.
1727
George II succeeded to the throne on the death of his father George I.
He was the last Prince of Wales to have adopted the title Earl of Chester and Flint.
Kings of England, when investing the heir apparent
to the throne, as Prince of Wales, at the same time bestowed upon him this ancient
Earldom. Prince Charles is the current Earl of Chester.
1785
A new Gaol was built in the castle outer bailey, the old gaol was in
Church Street.
1800
The town became a fashionable bathing place and busy sea port where people came to enjoy the 'salubrious air'.
1801
The population of Flint was 1,169.
1806
With Napoleon Bonaparte, now Emperor
of France, and his almost constant campaigns abroad, there was a real fear of
invasion in this country. Various Parishes, including Flint, combined it was declared,
'To prevent tumult, disorder and seditious meetings and publications'.
A Volunteer Company was formed in the neighbourhood and called the Halkyn
Rangers. The Corps was largely supported by the Duke of Westminster.
1811
The population of Flint was 1,433.
1820
National School for boys and girls opened, it was behind the
Calvinistic Methodist Chapel which is on Chapel Street.
1821
The population of Flint was 1,612.
1831
The population of Flint was 2,216.
1832
There was a severe outbreak of cholera in Flint, which caused many deaths.
It was reported that the infection did not originate here, but that,
'It was brought into the town by strangers'.
1834
Vagrancy in the county was a problem to the local authorities in the
early nineteenth century. Several parishes refused to assist vagrants, unless
they were ill or else pregnant women or women with young children. The vagrants
were generally English or Irish and very rarely Welsh. Flint reduced the Poor Law
rate for such persons from £78 per annum in 1821 to £5.14 in 183l. A Commissioners
Report in 1834 stated that, 'There was in existence an impoverished class in the
town itself. The Poor Law rate for the Borough of Flint, notwithstanding the pressure
of Irish casual paupers, is light, amounting only to two shillings in the pound'.
Vagrants were seen passing through Flint on their way to the Holywell and St. Asaph
Work-houses, well into the early twentieth century, and it was not unusual for
an elderly beggar-man to call at a house requesting food or money. Street
singers and street musicians, both men and women, were not uncommon at that
period, also an organ grinder with a barrel organ and pet monkey aloft, wearing
a little red fez and an embroidered jacket.
1836
The first Mayor, George Roskell, was elected following the Municipal
Corporations Act of 1835. The act entitled the corporation to elect a Mayor, and
four Aldermen and twelve councillors. The Town Council granted the Mayor an
annual allowance of £40 and his Sergeant-at-Mace an annual fee of l0s.6d.
Terms of the Act
All closed corporations to be abolished
Borough councils to be elected by all male ratepayers, who were
residents of the borough for the last three years
Councillors to be elected for terms of three years and one-third of
the council was to be elected annually
Councillors to choose the Mayor, who would hold office for one year
Councillors to choose a group of Aldermen who would hold office for
six years
Each borough to have a salaried Town Clerk and Treasurer. Accounts
to be properly audited
Councils must form a police force
Councils to introduce social improvements such as efficient drainage
and street cleaning
Towns and cities that had no council could opt to apply for
incorporation
1839
The old Town Hall erected in the reign of Elizabeth I was demolished and the new Town Hall erected and opened
on 10 February 1840 costing £1734 8s.6d.
1841
The population of Flint was 2,680.
1847
The ancient church was demolished and the present Parish Church erected
and consecrated on 5 December 1848.
The Railway Company undertook to lay the main sewers in the Town.
1848
The Chester and Holyhead Railway was opened. It was amalgamated with the London and North-Western in 1858.
1849
A second epidemic of cholera occurred in Flint. Dr. George Kingsley,
a brother of the Rev. Charles Kingsley, the poet and novelist and one time
Canon of Chester Cathedral, was staying with relations in Northop at the time
of the outbreak. With great devotion, he gratuitously and tirelessly attended
the stricken poor in the town. Charles Kingsley occasionally visited friends at
Plas Bellin, in Kelsterton. And there, overlooking the broad estuary of the River
Dee, he is said to have been inspired to write the well-known poem,
'The Sands of the Dee'.
1851
The population of the Borough from a census was 3,296.
1852
On November 18th, the day of the funeral of the Duke of Wellington.
the Flint Corporation recommended that all business
in town be suspended that day and the Town Councillors accompanied the Mayor to
a memorial service in the Parish Church.
1852
The Flint Corporation granted a lease to the Flint Gas and Water Company,
enabling them to lay gas and water pipes under the streets of the Borough. Six lamp posts were erected for street lighting.
Water was also laid for the supply to the town from the reservoir in Little
London. Prior to this people had to carry water for domestic use from wells in
Allt Goch and Little London. Some people had a spring or well attached to their
own houses. There were two wells in Church Street.
Muspratt Brothers and Huntley open an Alkali Works by the docks.
At the port of Flint as many as twenty boats were loading and unloading in a day. The docks had four large wharves and large coal depots serving the Pickering and Ormiston, Flint Marsh Colliery.
1857
The corporation
established a Police Force of their own, independent of the county. It was
amalgamated with the county force in 1867. A Russian cannon captured by the British Forces during the Crimean War was presented to the Borough and placed in the Castle courtyard.
1859
The Church of England National School in Northop Road was opened at a cost of £2200 on land donated by Sir John
Trelawny, Bart.
1861
The population of Flint was 3,428.
1862
Sion Welsh Congregational Chapel on Hill Street was erected at a cost of
about £1000. It was demolished about 1964.
1863
A plague of black water fever visited the town and a
temporary hospital was set up in the Castle. A Volunteer Corps known as The
Flintshire and Caernarvonshire Rifle Volunteers was formed in Flint and Mr. W.
H. Porritt
was appointed lieutenant.
1865
The first Public Library in Flint was founded in 1865 in a shop on the east side of Church Street. The first librarian was Miss Cooney.
1866
The drainage system of the town was reformed at a cost of £1261 with
additional works carried out in 1879 and the whole ventilated.
1868
The first Bank opened in Flint in a room in the Town Hall, The North & South Wales Bank, opening on
Saturdays.
1869
The Parish Church clock was presented to the Town by Sir Thomas Hanmer.
1871
The North Wales Paper Mill started production at their Mill in Oakenholt
on the site of a former flour mill.
The population of Flint was 4,269 with about 968 houses.
1872
St. David's Church and school opened at Pentre, Oakenholt built at a cost of £1,350.
1873
A new Police Station was built in Feather Street. The Old Police Station was in Market Square
behind the Town Hall by the railway line.
1874
St. Thomas's Church in Flint Mountain (Flint Common then) was built at a cost of £1000.
1875
A Water Works was built at Coed Onn.
Peniel Welsh Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built on Chester Road on land donated by
Mr. P. Ellis Eyton. The chapel was demolished in 2008 to make way for the Aldi
store.
1876
The streets and footpaths in town were paved for the first time.
The old Alms Houses, which stood in Duke Street, were closed and sold.
1877
The new Caersalem Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel was opened, built at a cost of £1733 on the site of the old chapel which had been built in 1835.
1880
The Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Chapel on Church Street was built at a
cost of £600 on land given by Mr. I. P. Davies. About 1960 it was taken over
by the Borough Print Works which closed in 1997 and in 2000 the building was
renovated and later occupied by Dee Flowers.
1881
Work started on the building of the Emaus Methodist Church, Holywell Road.
The church was consecrated in June 1882.
There was a Census taken in Flint in this year. Houses: Inhabited 971.
Uninhabited 35. Building 14. Population: Males 2,501. Females 2,243. Total 4,744.
The Death Rate was £17.86 per thousand. A remarkably high figure in comparison with
the rest of the country. Before 1801, there existed no official returns of the population.
The extremely poor in town, would be given a paupers funeral, paid for by the Parish,
with the coffin borne on a bier. While the more prosperous would have an ornate
horse-drawn hearse, with purple pall, and top-hated undertakers. The Irish
community generally held a wake for their dead. When a death occurred in the
old terraced houses in the back streets, it was customary for friends and
neighbours to call and pay their last respects to the dead, and be escorted to
view the deceased laid out in the reverently hushed little parlour. Close male
relatives of the deceased wore a black armband on the coat sleeve as a symbol
of mourning and a widow wore widow’s weeds - an entirely black outfit with
often a black veil. The period of mourning was generally six to twelve months.
1885
St. Mary's Catholic Church was consecrated; the ceremony was performed by
Cardinal Manning, Archbishop of Westminster.
1886
Lord Richard Grosvenor presented the Flint Corporation with a copy of the
notable portrait of Richard II. The original, in Westminster Abbey, is the earliest
known portrait of an English sovereign. The Richard Muspratt Memorial Infants School on Chester Street was built.
Flint Town United Football Club was established in 1886 with its football ground first sited within part of what is now Flintshire Retail Park
1890
Muspratt Chemical Works was sold to United Alkali Co. Ltd. English Presbyterian Church on Chester Road was built.
Now derelict.
1891
The population of Flint was 4,925.
1895
St. Catherine's Church, Church Street, now used as a church hall, was built by Mrs. Ishmael Jones in memory of her
husband and seven children.
1897
Work was begun in 1897 on the erection of a vegetable parchment paper-mill at Flint on the banks of the little stream known as the Swinchiard. The choice of location was decided by the water supply,
the railway facilities and the success of the Oakenholt Paper Mills at Pentre, Flint. The mill did not operate for long and in 1908 it was converted into a textile factory.
1899
The Boer War broke out. Reinforcements, which included Welsh Regiments,
were dispatched to South Africa, under the command of Lord Kitchener and Lord
Roberts.
1900
A survey issued in that year, from the office in Mold, of the Chief
Police Constable for Flintshire, listed a total of twenty one fully licensed Public Houses and
fourteen beer houses
retailing beers, wines and spirits and I have added The Old Anchor which is
shown in Slater's Trade Directory of 1895. Also I have added the following
publicans of the respective pubs for 1895 and also for 1903. There were also two
grocers who had a license to sell alcohol.
1895
1903
The Antelope. Pentre. (No longer exists)
Edward Foulkes
The Black Lion. Church Street. (No longer exists)
R Williams
The Blue Bell. Castle Street. (No longer exists)
W E Bithell
The Castle Inn. Commercial Road. (No longer exists)
S Davies
David E. Davies
The Chemical Tavern. Commercial Road. (No longer exists)
Edward Poynton
The Coach And Horses. Flint Mountain.
T Hughes
Thomas Hughes
The Cross Foxes. Church Street. (No longer exists)
George Arden
George Arden
The Dee Tavern. Chester Street.
J Brady
James Brady
The Dee Tavern. Sydney Street. (No longer exists)
Thomas Porter
The George And Dragon. Church Street.
C Hooson
Catherine Hooson
The Glynne. Mount Street. (No longer exists)
John Jones
The Hawarden Castle. Church Street. (No longer exists)
T Porter
R Jones
The King's Head. Castle Street. (No longer exists)
J Lazzaroni
The Liverpool Arms. Castle Dyke Street. (No longer exists)
H Hughes
Charles O'Niel
The Menai Bridge. Pentre. (No longer exists)
E Kenney
Elizabeth Kenny
The Mill Tavern. Mount Pleasant.
The Miners Arms, Corporation Street. (No longer exists)
Thomas Hughes
The Old Anchor, Feather Street. (No longer
exists)
R Williams
The Plough Inn. Holywell Street. (No longer exists)
J. H. Nuttall
The Prince of Wales. Chester Street. (No longer exists)
Elizabeth Roberts
The Railway Vaults. Trelawny Square. (No longer exists)
Benjamin Bellis
The Raven Inn. Raven Square. (No longer exists)
E Hughes
The Red Lion. Chapel Street. (No longer exists)
John Lloyd Roberts
The Royal Oak. Church Street.
P Sweetman
Alice C. Davies
The Rose And Crown. Holywell Street. (No longer exists)
Charles Bishop
The Sailor's Arms. Chester Street. (No longer exists)
The Ship Hotel. Market Square.
T Parry
Thomas H. Denny
The Ship And Anchor. Holywell Road.
W H Eaton
Robert Price
The Swan Hotel. Chester Road.
R F Harrison
The Three Pigeons. Hill Street. (No longer exists)
S Wilkinson
The Tradesman's Arms. Pentre.
John Rogers
The Volunteer Arms. Mount Street. (No longer exists)
Emma Hughes
The White Horse. Little Ireland, Farmers Lane. (No longer exists)
Robert Edwards
The Windmill Tavern. Nant-y-Flint. (No longer exists)
Thomas Nuttall
The Yacht. Evans Street. (No longer exists)
Robert Humphreys
The Yacht Inn. Pentre.
A Jones
Annie Jones
In addition there were numerous retailers of beer from their own houses
including, from Slater's Trade Directory of 1895:
Ann Davies, Chester Road.
Ed. Edwards, Little Ireland.
James Fleming, Commercial Road
Jn. Foulkes, Chester Road
John Jones, Northop Road.
Wm Jones, Evans Street.
Thomas Nuttall, Northop Road.
Charles O'Neill, Mount Street.
Thomas Porter, Sidney Street.
Mary Richards, Mount Street.
Elizabeth Roberts, Chester Street.
George Roberts, Holywell Road.
John Roberts, Chapel Street.
David Williams, Corporation Street.
John Williams,
Chester Road.
1901
The population of Flint was 4,275.
1903
A free Library was established with a contribution of £200 from the Carnegie Trust.
The library was formally opened in the Town Hall on 21st August 1903 by the
Mayor Mr. T. W. Hughes. The librarian was Mr. E. J. Hughes.
A granite obelisk, commemorating
the eighteen Flint men who served, killed in action or died during the Boer War
of enteric fever, was erected in Trelawny Square in 1903, and unveiled by Hugh
Robert Hughes, the Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire. Most served with the 2nd
Volunteer Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
1907
South side of Holywell Street
from Town Hall to Raven Square demolished and new shops built. Two shops in
Church Street, the Anchor Inn at the bottom of Feather Street and a smithy at
the bottom of Mount Street were amongst those that disappeared.
1908
The British Glanzstoff Manufacturing Group, a German artificial silk concern
started building their factory in Flint which later became Aber Works.
1909
The Red Pits Colliery was finally closed. What is now Croes Atti C.
P. School on Chester Road was opened on 11th January 1909. The headmaster was
Mr. R Jones. The school cost about £4200 and was built by Mr. A. B. Lloyd.
1912
The new Territorial HQ and Drill Hall was erected in the castle bailey,
then known as Castle Yard on the site of the old gaol.
1913
The Empire Theatre was built on Chester Street, next to the Swan Hotel.
1917
Courtaulds bought the British Glanzstoff works and renamed the factory 'Aber Works'.
1918/38
Flint was expanding and houses were built in Kings Avenue, Queens Avenue, First Avenue to Sixth Avenue and Maes Hyfryd.
Council houses were also built in Woodfield Avenue, Prince of Wales Avenue, Maes Y Dre Avenue, Trelawny Avenue and Borough Grove.
Courtaulds were also building houses for their own employees in lower Evans Street, Castle Street, Thomas Street, Lloyd Street, Salisbury Street, Henry Taylor Street and Dee Cottages.
Courtaulds also built houses in Earl Street whilst those in Swinchiard Walk were for management.
1920
Courtaulds converted the former Muspratt Chemical Factory into a Textile factory which became the Castle Works.
Production started in May 1922.
The Cottage Hospital was opened, the building being donated by Courtaulds.
The Empire Theatre was bought and converted into a Cinema by Mr. Robert Davies.
He also organised the building of a new cinema The Grand in Church Street. This site is now occupied by Delyn House.
1922
Courtaulds acquired the Holywell Mercerising Company works, to which they made alterations and called the Deeside Mill.
1924
Flint Town United moved to their new football ground at Holywell Road.
1926
Electricity was switched on for the first time.
A second war Memorial was unveiled in Trelawny Square to commemorate the 121 Flint men who lost their lives in the 1st World War.
1928
St. John’s United Reformed Church, Church Street opened on 19th September 1928. It was built alongside the site of the ‘Little
Church’ which had been built in 1880. Courtaulds acquired the Holywell Mercerising Company works,
which had been in business since about 1903, to which they made alterations and called the Deeside Mill. The Royal British Legion was opened in Flint.
1930
Flint Town United Football ground was moved back on their site on
Holywell Road to accommodate an extension to the Gas Works.
1934
Bagillt and Oakenholt villages were incorporated into the Borough of
Flint.
1935
Central School, Flint (now the Flint High School) opened on 10th July 1935 and
the first head was Samuel
Percy Hughes.
1936
The Birkenhead Water Supply was turned on in the town.
1938
The Plaza Cinema, Church Street was opened.
1946
The 2nd World War is over and the Town is in mourning for the 100 Flint men who were killed in action.
Jones the Gardeners opened their shop on Church Street after moving from Holywell in 1941.
1947
The Freedom of the Borough was conferred on the 384th Anti-tank Regiment Royal Artillery
(R. W. F)
1948
Cilfan, Cornist Road, the retirement home was built.
1949
The Gwynedd Primary School is opened, built at a cost of £84,000. The
Headmaster is Mr. J. Proffit Jones. The
'Top School', also known as 'Miss Heggies' on Northop Road closed for
infant age students in 1976?. The Flint Chester Road C. P. School and Flint
Northop Road V.P. School became Infant Schools. The Muspratt School, Chester
Street closed.
1953/1973
Houses were built in the Cornist Road to Windsor Drive area.
1954
The St Richard Gwyn R. C. High School is opened. Flint Town United won the Welsh Senior Cup.
1955
Library moved from Town Hall to temporary premises in Chapel Street.
The librarian was Mrs. E. Thomas.
1957
Courtaulds Aber Works was temporarily closed for about 2 years.
The Flint Inshore Life Boat service was established.
1958
Woolworth's opened their store in Church Street.
South side of Chester Street was demolished to widen the road.
1960
The new Fire Station on Chester Street was opened for the Flintshire Fire
Service.
1961
The new Court House and Divisional Police Headquarters in Chapel Street
was opened.
1962
St Mary's R. C. Primary School was opened on Ffordd Llewelyn.
1964-1969
Houses in Mount Street, Hill Street, Feather Street, Duke Street, Swan
Street, Mumforth Street and Sydney Street were demolished to make way for high rise flats
and maisonettes.
1966
The RNLI 'D' class inshore rescue boat was installed at Flint.
1967
The new Public Library in Church Street was formally opened by Mr. Goronwy Thomas MP. The librarian was Dr.
G. A. Hughes.
The new Guildhall (Flint House) was opened by Mr. R. J. Kerr-Muir. The Empire Cinema,
Chester Street was demolished
1968
The Grand Cinema, Church Street was demolished.
1969
The National Eisteddfod was held in Flint and was visited by H.R.H. The Prince
of Wales.
Pumphrey's Store on corner of Church Street and Holywell Street was demolished.
Bolingbroke and Richard Heights, high rise flats and the maisonettes were opened
by Mr. E. Rowlands MP..
The old Drill Hall on the outer bailey of the castle was demolished.
1974
Castle Heights was opened
Under local Government re-organisation Flint ceased to enjoy Borough status,
merging into the new District Council of Delyn. The Leisure Centre was opened
in Earl Street.
Bagillt Row, Holywell Road and the shops on Holywell Street were demolished to make way for the dual carriageway.
Flint Evangelical Church, Cornist Road, established.
1975
The Plaza closed as a cinema on 1st August 1975 to become a Bingo Club. The Flint Male Voice Choir was formed under the supervision of Mr. Johnston, the conductor.
1977
Courtaulds Castle Works was closed. Cenotaph and War Memorials
were moved from Trelawny Square to Chapel Street???
Cornist Park School was opened 16th March 1977 on Cornist Lane as an
Infants School by Councillor Tommy Bithell.
1980
Courtaulds Chimneys demolished.
Courtaulds Castle Works factory also
demolished. Candid Cards opened in Church Street having been in business elsewhere in Flint since 1963.
1984
The Queen opened Delyn House. It was designed and built by Pochin
Contractors Ltd at a cost of £2.1m. Kimberly Clark open their first factory in Flint.
1989
Courtaulds Deeside Mill closed.
1990
Headland Foods opened in Flint.
1991
Census shows population of Flint was 11,737.
Re-dedication of Cenotaph following the adding of the name of L/Cpl F. C. Evans, killed in action during the Gulf War.
1992
Old grave yard surrounding St. Mary's Parish Church removed.
1994
Flint Town United moved to new ground on the Dee foreshore.
The Flint Leisure Centre was re-furbished.
Flintshire Retail Park opened in
September.
1996
Following a re-organisation, the County of Flintshire returns formed by
the amalgamation of the previous Local Authorities of Alyn and Deeside and
Delyn.
1997
Cornist Park C. P. School moves to new school off Windsor Drive and
was opened by Secretary of State for Wales, Peter Hain.
1998
The opening of the third Dee crossing, opened by the Queen and named
The Flintshire Bridge.
1999
King's Head Pub, Corporation Street converted into River Dee
Community Church. Library moved to temporary premises on Leisure Centre
car park.
'Footplate' sculpture erected on Flint Station car park.
2000
The Flint Library extension was opened. The building was
formally opened by Mr. David Hanson MP. The librarian was Mrs. E Martin. The
foursided clock on the roof was originally sited on Courtaulds Aber Works. The Paper Mill at Oakenholt taken over and expanded by an Italian subsidiary
of a Swedish Company, SCA.
2001
Census shows the population in the four wards of Flint was 12,802.
2002
Three Pigeons Pub and other premises in Coleshill Street demolished
to enable road widening to take place.
2006
The new RNLI 'D' class inshore rescue boat "Sir Y Fflint" was installed at Flint.
The
boat was purchased following an appeal organised by lifeboat
fundraisers from throughout Flintshire and thanks to the generosity of the
people and businesses within Flintshire more than £40,000 was raised.
Flint
Railway Station renovated.
2008
Flint House,
Borough Working Men's Club and the
Swan Garage, Halkyn Street demolished and the land used for more housing. Sainsbury's opens new store in Flintshire Retail Park, Flint
taking up the store vacated by Focus..
Aldi open new store on Chester Street, Flint. The premises of Flintshire Motors, Geematics
and a house and the Peniel Chapel were demolished to make room.
Woolworths close
their store in Flint.
2009
Ysgol Pen Coch, Primary
Specialist School opened in September. The head teacher is Ange Anderson.
The school is on the Gwynedd School site.
Ysgol Maes Hyfryd, Specialist High School opened in September. The head
teacher is Jane Kelly. The school is on the Flint High School site.