Ceiriog Valley
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The Ceiriog Valley or Dyffryn Ceiriog is part of the County Borough of Wrexham in north-east Wales.
It was formerly in the traditional county of Denbighshire until 1974 when it became part of the short-lived county of Clwyd until 1996. However, parts of the Ceiriog Valley extend into Shropshire, England.
The Ceiriog Valley runs West to East, south of the Vale of Llangollen. The valley receives relatively few tourists despite being only a few miles from the A5 road, which is used by many visitors to North Wales.
Lloyd George, former British Prime Minister, described the Ceiriog Valley as being A little bit of heaven on Earth. It has also been described as Little Switzerland [citation needed]. The valley was the birthplace of poet John Ceiriog Hughes.
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[edit] Threatened in 1923
In London in 1923, a proposal was put before the British Parliament to flood 13,600 acres of the upper Ceiriog valley, to form a reservoir to provide water to the growing nearby English cities of Liverpool and Manchester, and evicting the local population. However, the proposal was defeated, and the reservoir was built further west in what is now Lake Vyrnwy.
[edit] Villages/hamlets in the Valley
- Pontfadog
- Dolywern
- Glyn Ceiriog
- Nantyr
- Pandy
- Tregeiriog
- Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog
[edit] Bibliography
- Dewi Parry Jones & Robert Owen Jones, "100 Years in the Valley - Y Glyn a Fu" (1998)
- Dewi Parry Jones & Robert Owen Jones, "100 Years in the Valley Volume II - Y Glyn a Fu" (1999)
[edit] Further reading
- Gordon Emery - Guide to the Maelor Way (1991) ISBN 1-872265-98-7
