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"In 1740, the uninclosed lands on the North side of the River, denominated Sealand, amounted to 4,818 acres." [From A Memoir of Hawarden Parish, Richard Willett, 1822]
During the eighteenth century, in an attempt to assist navigation to Chester, the River Dee to the west of Chester was diverted into a man-made channel, some distance south of its former course. The Flintshire/Cheshire border still follows the former line of the river. An extensive area of marshland, within the parish of Hawarden, but to the north of the new channel, was reclaimed as a result of this diversion. This reclaimed area became known as Sealand.
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Ordnance Survey reference SJ 352688.
The district church of St. Bartholomew, at Sealand, in the parish of Hawarden, was consecrated on the 15th of October 1867.
"The church is designed in the Early Gothic style. It is constructed of stone from the Helsby quarries, the interior being finished with ashlar. The plan consists of a nave, 62 feet by 26 feet; chancel, 24 feet by 17 feet; a small transept on the north side is to contain the organ, and the vestry is under the tower on the south side of the chancel. The tower is 65 feet high, surmounted by a metal cross, but at present only contains one bell. The whole of the roof timbers and doors are of oak ....."
[From The Chester Chronicle of 21 October 1867.]
The Clwyd FHS website has a photograph of the church.
St. Bartholomew's is a constituent church of the modern Rectorial Benefice of Hawarden - it is not a separate parish.
Nonconformist Churches
"Welsh Church Commission - County of Flint - The Statistics of the Nonconformist Churches for 1905" does not list any nonconformist places of worship for the Civil parish of Sealand.
- The following nonconformist registers for the Sealand area are held at the Flintshire Record Office, Hawarden.
They have not been filmed; and they have not been incorporated into the I.G.I. :
| Name of Chapel | Denomination | Type of Record | Years Covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden City | Congregational | Baptisms | 1912 - 1920 1950 - 1986 |
| Garden City | Congregational | Marriages | 1972 - 1986 |
| Garden City | Congregational | Burials | 1950 - 1986 |
See Hawarden.
The transcription of the section for this place from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Sealand to another place.
"North-East Wales Churches and Ancient Parish Boundaries" produced by Clwyd Record Office in 1994, published by Genuki with the permission of Flintshire Record Office and Denbighshire Archives
View a map of the boundaries of this town/parish.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ353688 (Lat/Lon: 53.212305, -2.970284), Sealand which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
See Hawarden.
See Hawarden.