DENBIGHSHIRE, a county of Wales, bounded on the south by Merioneth and Montgomery shires, on the north by Flintshire and the Irish sea, on the west by Caernarvon. It is about 40 miles long and 23 broad. It contains 410,000 acres, a considerable part of which is rugged and mountainous. It contained 66,400 inhabitants in 1811. The soil in general is barren; but the vale of Clwyd, so called from its being watered by that river, is a very fertile pleasant spot of great extent. The chief commodities are black-cattle, sheep, and goats, rye, called here amelcorn; and lead-ore. The county sends two members to parliament, viz. a knight for the shire, and a burgess for Denbigh the capital. See DENBIGHSHIRE, Supplement.