Pantasaph

Pantasaph
Pantasaph

 Pantasaph shown within Flintshire
OS grid reference SJ161760
Principal area Flintshire
Ceremonial county Flintshire
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HOLYWELL
Postcode district CH8
Dialling code 01352
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament Delyn
Welsh Assembly Delyn
List of places: UK • Wales • Flintshire

Pantasaph is a small village in Flintshire, north-east Wales, two miles south of Holywell. It is notable for its large Franciscan Retreat Centre on the main street.[1]

The village graveyard holds the remains of a number of British soldiers shot for cowardice during World War I.

It is also the location of the former St Clare's Convent built in 1862 which included a hospital and orphanage school which closed c. 1977/78. The site was derelict for a number of years, but has since been restored and is a designated conservation area.

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