Talk:Prestatyn

Train station
I have added a note in the second paragraph about the railway station. I will restructure the article into sections like those of other towns for easy reading in the near future. Silver Nemesis 18:55, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Famous People Section - Sean Hughes
The Famous People Section reads

"Sean Hughes was born here in 1965, he has therefore outlived Kwik Save."

Both IMDB[|IMDB] and Sean Hughes' Wikipedia entry list his birthplace as London. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tkeator (talk • contribs).

Has anyone noticed
That Prestatyn is perhaps the most lifeless, dreary and depressing place on Earth, I went there once for the day and the town was absolutely black with soot and is perhaps the most miserable town on earth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.17.219.182 (talk) 17:05, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I lived there from one year old to 18 years old. I haven't yet visited the whole of Planet Earth but the bits I've seen lead to believe that you might be right. But then I think of Borth in mid-Wales and I do wonder. And there is Stoke On Trent of course, and Mogadishu. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.32.225.122 (talk) 15:29, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Tony Drago
I've cut the whole "Tony Drago" section from this article. I don't know if it was supposed to be humorous but it was pointless trivia. It just said: "Tony Drago hates Prestatyn. " Silverwood (talk) 09:16, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Domesday book
How does it happen that Prestatyn is mentioned in the Domesday book when the Domesday book only extended to England (and not even all of that ). Can anybody explain before I delete the passage? Velela (talk) 12:29, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm no expert on the Domesday Book, but presumably from the references I've just added for verification this part of Wales might have been historically part of Cheshire.Snowy 1973 (talk) 17:07, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * As I understand it (though it's quite hard to track down suitable references) most of what became Flintshire was known in Welsh as Tegeingl, and was then conquered by Mercia around the 8th century. It was then fought over between the Welsh and English for several centuries, and at the time of Domesday it was in English hands and known as Englefield.  Later - by about the 13th century? - it became Welsh again.  There's a big need for an article or two about Tegeingl / Englefield.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 23:07, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Prestatyn Castle
Does anyone have any more info on the Castle as I have traced back that the Banistre Family where evicted from their family seat at Prestatyn Castle in Wales in 1240 and moved to Lancashire and Cheshire. Their Lancashire family seat later becoming Bank Hall. I was just wondering if anyone can help me out on this one a bit and possibly any information on the family? Many thanks. Bankhallbretherton (talk) 22:04, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * This and this? Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:20, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * PS...and this? Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:44, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Thats Fantastic thank you very much! Bankhallbretherton (talk) 20:37, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

pronunciation
Isn't the stress on the second syllable? That's certainly implied by this sentence:

"...this village's name developed a typically Welsh emphasis on the penultimate syllable and a modification of "ton" to "tyn", as also happened at Mostyn." Lfh (talk) 16:07, 30 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes. I've changed the IPA, but don't know if the stress should come before or after the 's'. Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:13, 30 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Probably before - if it were between 's' and 't' then the 't' would be aspirated, which I don't think it is (although that's just a guess). But isn't the 'a' pronounced /æ/ like "tat"? Lfh (talk) 16:39, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

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