Northop Hall

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Northop Hall
Flintshire
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St Mary's, Northop Hall
Location
Grid reference: SJ275677
Location: 53°12’4"N, 3°5’10"W
Data
Population: 1,665  (2001)
Post town: Mold
Postcode: CH7
Dialling code: 01244
Local Government
Council: Flintshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Delyn

Northop Hall is a large village and parish near Mold in Flintshire. Located to the east of Northop, near the A55 North Wales Expressway, the village is largely residential in character. At the 2001 Census, the village of Northop Hall had a population of 1,665.[1] The village has one pub, the Boar's Head; until recently there was a second, the Black Lion, and they were universally known locally as the 'Top Monkey' and 'Bottom Monkey'. There are active cricket and hockey clubs.

The hall that gives the village its name is a 13th-century manor house which is located in close proximity to Smithy Lane and the Mold to Connah's Quay road. It was the most important house in Northop parish. It was occupied by local aristocracy including the Evans family, ancestors of author George Eliot. The original Northop Hall is now a private house and not to be confused with Northop Hall Country House Hotel which is Victorian and located elsewhere in the village.

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