Axton, Flintshire

Historical Description

Axton, a township in Llanasa parish, Flintshire, 6½ miles ENE of Rhnddlan.

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Flintshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Axton are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online:

• Western Mail
• Baner ac Amserau Cymru
• The Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser
• The North Wales Chronicle