Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog

Coordinates: 52°53′10″N 3°14′56″W / 52.886°N 3.249°W / 52.886; -3.249
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Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog
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Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog is located in Wrexham
Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog
Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog
Location within Wrexham
LanguageWelsh
British English
OS grid referenceSJ159328
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Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLLANGOLLEN
Postcode districtLL20
Dialling code01691
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52°53′10″N 3°14′56″W / 52.886°N 3.249°W / 52.886; -3.249

Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog (Welsh pronunciation

Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It lies on the River Ceiriog and is at the end of the B4500 road, five miles (8 km) south-west of Glyn Ceiriog and ten miles (16 km) north-west of Oswestry. It is within the Ceiriog Valley ward, Clwyd South Senedd constituency and Clwyd South UK parliamentary constituency. It is in the community of Ceiriog Ucha
("Upper Ceiriog").

Name

The

name
Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog roughly translates into English as "the church of St Garmon in the valley of the river Ceiriog".

Although known locally simply as 'Llanarmon', the addition of 'Dyffryn Ceiriog' or 'DC' is necessary to distinguish it from other villages named

Tanat Valley.[1]

History and landscape

The village grew up at the intersection of several

tithe barn
, now converted into a dwelling house.

The village church of St Garmon was possibly named after

Edward IV
was found during the demolition.

The churchyard contains a mound, the Tomen Garmon, which may be of Bronze Age origin, accompanied by ancient yew trees.

Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog is situated in the upper

Welsh culture.[3] In the 2001 census of neighbourhood Wrexham 019B, containing the village, 55.1% of residents were found to have knowledge of the Welsh language, against 28.4% in Wales as a whole.[4]

Administration

Civic history

From the mid-16th century until 1974, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog was governed by the then

rural districts. From 1895 to 1935, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog was in the Llansillin Rural District, which merged in 1935 with Chirk Rural District to form the Ceiriog Rural District
. Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog was in the Ceiriog Rural District from 1935 to 1974.

In 1974, Denbighshire was abolished as an administrative county, and Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog was incorporated into the Glyndŵr District of the new county of Clwyd. Clwyd and Glyndŵr District were dissolved in 1996, and Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog became a part of the new unitary authority of Wrexham County Borough, in which it remains to the present day.

Political representation

Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog is in the

ward
of Wrexham County Borough Council, and has an Independent councillor.

Since 2011, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog has been represented at the

MP for Clwyd South
.

Notable residents

The Welsh poet John Ceiriog Hughes was born at Pen-y-Bryn Farm at Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog in 1832, and spent his childhood there.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog.
  1. ^ St Garmon, Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr
  2. ^ Church of St Garmon, Clwyd-Powys Archeological Trust
  3. ^ Ceiriog Valley Landscape Character, Wrexham County Borough Council]
  4. ^ Neighbourhood Statistics Wrexham 019B, Office for National Statistics
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