Llanelidan
Llanelidan is a small village in the county of Denbighshire in north-east Wales.
Location
It is located just off the A494 road between Ruthin and Corwen in the Vale of Clwyd.
Also accessible from the A5104 road when driving between Llandegla towards Carrog.
History and amenities
It has a 15th-century parish church dedicated to St. Elidan, with services held on a fortnightly basis. the village also has a pub, called The Leyland Arms.
The village holds regular quizzes during the winter months in the pub, and a village fair during the summer.
The church, village hall and pub all lie within 200 yards of each other overlooking the village cricket ground and quaint pavilion.
In December 1873, Major Walter Clopton Wingfield designed an early version of lawn tennis — which he called sphairistike (Greek: σφάίρίστική, meaning "skill at playing at ball"), and was soon known simply as "sticky" — for the amusement of his guests at a garden party on his estate of Nantclwyd, in Llanelidan.
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Coordinates: 53°02′35″N 3°20′04″W / 53.04306°N 3.33444°W