SALTNEY, a township, in the parish of HAWARDEN, union of GREAT-HOUGHTON, hundred of MOLD, county of FLINT, NORTH WALES,
If mile (W.) from Chester; containing 554 inhabitants, the population having more than trebled since the census of 1831.
This township, formerly a marshy waste, borders on the upper part of the estuary of the Dee, on the confines of Cheshire;
and is bounded on the north by the new channel formed for that river, over which at this place are two ferries, supported
at the expense of the River Dee Company. The monks Basingwerk once possessed this marsh for pasturage, it having been
granted by Robert, Lord of Mold, who bestowed on them the like privilege in Hawarden, and also that of cutting rushes to
thatch their buildings. This tract extended into Cheshire, and a stone near the east end marked the boundary in that
county. It was here that Henry II. encamped with his army, in 1157, when he sent forward the division which was defeated
in the woods of Enloe Castle by the sons of Owain Gwynedd, who pursued the fugitives to Henry's camp. - Upwards of two
thousand acres, forming the greater part of the township, was inclosed pursuant to an act obtained in 1778, and is now
well cultivated. A manufactory for glauber salts, sal-ammoniac, ivory-black, &c., has been established since 1781. Morva
Caer-Lleon, or "the Marsh of Caer Lleon," now Chester, was the ancient name of this place.