MERFORD-with-HOSELEY, a lordship and hamlet, in the parish of GRESFORD, partly in the hundred of BROMFIELD, county of
DENBIGH, and partly in the hundred of MOLD, county of Flint, NORTH WALES, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Wrexham;
containing 285 inhabitants. These places anciently constituted two lordships: that of Merfard extends to the south bank
of the river Alyn, and the road from Chester to Wrexham passes through it. The lands included in Flintshire were made part
of that county by act of parliament in the reign of Henry VIII., and are surrounded on every side by portions of Denbigh.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. In the lordship is the " Raft," an ancient British camp, forming the
most elevated point of an eminence commanding extensive prospects over the Vale Royal of Cheshire, the city.of Chester,
the forest of Demere,.and the hills of Lancashire, Derby, Salop, &c. The encampment is rendered nearly inaccessible., on
the north and west, by the almost perpendicular steepness of the hill: on the east its inclosed area was protected by
three ditches, now 'nearly filled up; but its defences on the south, consisting of three deep fosses, are still visible.
In the north-eastern corner is a very elevated mount, or exploratory camp, from which is obtained a view into nine
different counties.