Carmel, Flintshire
Carmel is a small village in Flintshire, Wales, just outside Holywell. Carmel has a primary school and a village hall. The village had two functioning chapels – Carmel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, from which the village gets its name, and Seion Congregationalist Chapel. Both are now closed. Carmel & District Cricket Club played their matches in the village until the 1990s when they moved to a new ground a short distance away. Carmel is in Whitford Community and west of Holway.[2]
Famous people
Actor[3] Sir Jonathan Pryce[4] hails[5] from Carmel. He once opened a school hall[6] in the village.
References
- ^ "Location of Clwyd East". parliament.uk. July 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Sir Jonathan Pryce revisits 'land of my fathers' in Under Salt Marsh". BBC News. 29 January 2026. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ^ "My Secret Life: Jonathan Pryce, actor, 62". The Independent. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ^ "Flintshire-born actor Sir Jonathan Pryce receives Knighthood". The Leader. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ^ "Film star opens school hall". BBC News. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
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- The geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey.