Bagillt

By the late 18th century, Bagillt had become a centre of mineral extraction and manufacturing. Hundreds of men laboured in eleven collieries that surrounded the village. There was also a factory and works that produced and refined zinc, lead and iron.
Bagillt already had several quays on the banks of the River Dee, where fishing boats had moored for centuries. But by the early 19th century, these had grown into docks where cargo destined for the factories and foundries of England were loaded.
In 1846, navvies laying track for the North Wales Coast Line reached Bagillt. The Chester and Holyhead Railway (now part of the North Wales Coast Line) officially opened on 1 May 1848. The local mines and works that had used these wharves now switched to haulage by steam train. Bagillt railway station had extensive sidings and goods yard. It was closed in 1966 as part of the Beeching cuts, although the station's footbridge still remains.