Whitford, Flintshire

Church of St Mary and St Beuno

Whitford (Welsh: Chwitffordd) is a village and community near Holywell in Flintshire, northeast Wales. As a community it includes the village of Pantasaph.

It is best known as the former home of traveller and writer Thomas Pennant and for the visit of Paul Scholes in 2011.

The parish church of St Mary and St Beuno is thought to have been founded by St Beuno in the 7th century and later re-dedicated to St Mary after the Norman conquest. It was restored in the 19th century and is a grade I listed building.^[1]

References

External links

• Photos of Whitford and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk

Coordinates: 53°17′37″N 3°16′54″W / 53.2935°N 3.2817°W / 53.2935; -3.2817

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