The historic county has different boundaries than the one known today. It included a large exclave called Maelor Saesneg, as well as Prestatyn, Rhyl, and St Asaph, which are all now part of Denbighshire, Bangor-on-Dee, and Overton-on-Dee, which are part of Wrexham. In 1284 Flintshire was formed under the terms of the Statute of Rhuddlan. However, the region had been English since the 8th century and formed part of Cheshire until the Welsh captured it in the late 12th century.<\/span><\/span>","Dutch navigator Willem Jansz<\/strong> aboard the Duyfken was the first European to land in waht is now known as Australia<\/strong> in 1606. He charted much of the Gulf of Carpentaria, located on the northern coast of Australia. In 1616, another Dutch captain, Dirk Hartog, landed on the west coast of Australia near Shark Bay.","Wales,<\/strong> or Cymru<\/strong> a region of rugged mountains, Moors and forests, is noted for its large coal deposits. Its people are known for their strong Celtic heritage and renowned choral groups. This region was originally populated by an Iberian people, who were overrun by the Celts in the 6th century BC.","Most Welsh surnames<\/strong> are patronymic; that is, they are derived from a personal name of an ancestor. In the Middle Ages, the prefixes ap, ab (son of) and ferch (daughter of) were commonly found in Welsh surnames.","Archaically known as Somersetshire<\/strong>, its name is derived from old English Sumortūnsǣte, the first use of the name is in law code at the time of the Saxon King of Wessex King Ine (688 to 726 CE). That makes Somerset <\/strong>one of the oldest extant units of local government in the league of Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/bayeux1.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Lancashire England.webp?pos=floatRight","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/books.webp?pos=floatRight","","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/castle1.webp?pos=floatRight","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Cambridgeshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/first_fleet_ship.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/wales_flintshire.webp?pos=floatRight","","","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Somerset England.webp?pos=floatRight",null],"mode":"f","s":"Molyneux","sU":"MOLINIEU","oC":"EN","o":"English","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"\/dpreview\/MOLINIEU\/EN\/Molyneux\/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"\/dpreview\/ANDERSON\/SC\/Anderson\/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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