Northop (Welsh: Llaneurgain) is a village, community and electoral ward situated in Flintshire, Wales, approximately 12 miles west of the city of Chester, midway between Mold and Flint, and situated just off junction 33 of the A55 North Wales Expressway.

[3] Another source claims the name originates from North and Thorpe, the latter word meaning village or town in the Saxon language.

Written in ancient records as Northorpe, the name Northop was in use after the surrender of Chester to Egbert of Wessex, circa AD 828, when Flintshire was brought under Saxon rule.

It is said that Eurgain, a niece of Saint Asaph,[5] passed through Northop and founded the church here on a Celtic mound, upon which it still stands.

There are two pubs, one at either end of the High Street: the Red Lion, and The Boot, the last remaining coaching inn in the village that served the Chester-Holyhead stagecoach route.

[7] In 1892 a group of young men met at Soughton (Sychdyn) and committed themselves to playing for a year with the newly formed silver band.