Bagillt
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  Bagillt shown within the United Kingdom |
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| Shire county | Flintshire |
| Constituent country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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| Ambulance | Welsh |
| European Parliament | Wales |
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Bagillt (pronounced [bagɪɬt] in Welsh, IPA: /ˈbægɪlt/ in English) is a town in Flintshire, North Wales, 14 miles from Chester, near Holywell. Its importance was due to its zinc, lead, iron, alkali and kindred works, and its collieries. A pub and a few small shops exist there.
Above Bagillt is Bryn Dychwelwch, "Hill of Retreat", so called from the retreat effected by Owen Gwynedd, when pursued by Henry II, with superior numbers. Near is Mostyn Hall, dating from the time of Henry VI, the seat of one of the oldest Welsh families. Here are antiquities and manuscripts (old British history and Welsh, brought from Gloddaeth), a harp dated 1568, torques (torchau), etc. Henry VII, then Earl of Richmond, is said to have been concealed here in the reign of Richard III, when the lord of Mostyn was Richard ap Howel.
