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Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych), or the County of Denbigh, was one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales, in the north of Wales.It was a maritime county, that was bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the east by Flintshire, Cheshire and Shropshire, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire, and to the west by Caernarfonshire.
Denbigh (/ ˈ d ɛ n b i / DEN-bee; Welsh: Dinbych [ˈdɪnbɨχ]) is a market town and a community in Denbighshire, Wales. Formerly the county town of the historic county of Denbighshire until 1888, [ 1 ] Denbigh's Welsh name ( Dinbych ) translates to "Little Fortress"; a reference to its historic castle .
Denbigh Castle remained ruined, although a new grammar school was built in the walled town in 1726 and a bowling green was established around 1769. [50] Castle House, [ 51 ] a large private dwelling, was also constructed there in either the second quarter or the middle of the century, using stone taken from the castle ruins and Leicester's ...
First Denbigh Parish Church Archeological Site is a historic archaeological site located at Newport News, Virginia. The site is located on the bluff overlooking the Warwick River at the mouth of Church Creek. It took its name from nearby Denbigh Plantation and was constructed in 1636.
The Lordship of Denbigh was a marcher lordship in North Wales created by Edward I in 1284 and granted to the Earl of Lincoln. It was centred on the borough of Denbigh and Denbigh Castle . The lordship was held successively by several of England's most prominent aristocratic families in the 14th and 15th centuries.
The Denbigh Moors (Mynydd Hiraethog) are in the west of the county and the Berwyn Range adjacent to the southern edge. The River Clwyd has a broad fertile Vale running from south–north in the centre of the county. There is a narrow coastal plain in the north which much residential and holiday-trade development. [9]
William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh (c. 1587 – 8 April 1643) was an English courtier and peer who served as the Custos Rotulorum of Warwickshire from 1628 to 1643. As the brother-in-law of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham , the royal favourite of James VI and I , he became involved in several major events during the Stuart period .
The Earl of Denbigh as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, August 1894Rudolph Robert Basil Aloysius Augustine Feilding, 9th Earl of Denbigh, 8th Earl of Desmond, GCVO, TD, DL, JP, ADC (26 May 1859 – 25 November 1939), styled Viscount Feilding from 1865 to 1892, was a British Army officer and peer.