SOUGHTON (SYCH-DIN), a hamlet, in the parish of NORTHOP, Northop division of the hundred of COLESHILL, county of FLINT,
NORTH WALES, 1 mile (S.) from Northop; containing 530 inhabitants, Soughton Hall is a chaste and unique mansion, erected
in 1714, by Dr. John Wynne, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and there are one or two other respectable seats in the vicinity.
There is an extensive colliery, giving employment to several of the inhabitants. The Calvinistic Methodists have a place
of worship here. An estate in the township was bequeathed by Owen Jones, in 1658, for the instruction and apprenticing of
poor boys at Northop. Wat's Dyke enters the parish in this township, and crosses the Mold road at the Soughton toll-gate,
taking a course nearly westward for some distance.