Hawarden

Hawarden (pronounced Harden), a small market-town of Flintshire, North Wales, 7 miles W. of Chester. There are some manufactures of tiles, pottery, &c. Lady Hamilton passed her girlhood here. The church, almost destroyed by fire in 1857, was restored from designs by Sir G. G. Scott. Hawarden Castle, Mr Gladstone's seat, dates from 1752. The park contains the ruined keep of a 13th-century castle commanding a fine view of the Dee. Pop. of parish, 7057.