NANT, a township, with PRESTATYN, in the parish of MELIDEN, union of ST-ASAPH, hundred of PRESTATYN, county of FLINT, NORTH WALES, 8 miles (N. N. E.) from St. Asaph: the population is included in the return for the parish. It is situated on the coast of the Irish Sea, where the beach is formed of firm sand, and there are about two fathoms of water half a mile from the shore.