PENTRE-HOBYN, or PENTROBIN, a township, in the parish of HAWARDEN, hundred of MOLD, county of FLINT, NORTH WALES, 1+ mile
(S.) from Hawarden; containing 987 inhabitants. It comprises what may be considered the southern suburbs of the town of
Hawarden, and is chiefly noted for its manufacture of fire-bricks, tiles, coarse earthenware, &c., of which large
quantities are exported; the clay for the purpose being procured in the immediate neighbourhood. A part of the Warren
mountain, in the hamlet, was inclosed by an act of parliament in 1798. Pentre Hobyn House is a fine mansion, erected in
the year 1540.