Northop Hall is a large village near Mold, in Flintshire, Wales.
Located to the east of Northop, near the A55 North Wales
Expressway, the village is largely residential in character. At the
2001 Census, the village of Northop Hall had a population of
1,665.[1] The village has two pubs, the Boar's Head and the Black
Lion. There are active cricket and hockey clubs.
The hall that gives the village its name is a 13th century manor
house which is located in close proximity to Smithy Lane and the
Mold to Connah's Quay road. It was the most important house in
Northop parish. It was occupied by local aristocracy including the
Evans family, ancestors of author George Eliot. The original
Northop Hall is now a private house and not to be confused with
Northop Hall Country House Hotel which is Victorian and located
elsewhere in the village.
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