Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog
| Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog | |
 View into Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog from the north, with St. Garmon's church at far left |
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  Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog |
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| Language | Welsh |
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| British English | |
| OS grid reference | SJ159328 |
| Civil parish | Ceiriog Ucha Community |
| Principal area | Wrexham |
| Ceremonial county | Clwyd |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LLANGOLLEN |
| Postcode district | LL20 |
| Dialling code | 01691 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Clwyd South |
| Welsh Assembly | Clwyd South (National Assembly for Wales constituency) |
Coordinates: 52°53′10″N 3°14′57″W / 52.886209°N 3.24928°W
Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It lies on the Ceiriog River 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 National Assembly for Wales constituency and Clwyd South parliamentary constituency.
Name
The name Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog roughly translates into English as "the church of St Garmon in the valley of the river Ceiriog".
The name distinguishes the village and parish from the remote rural parish of Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr, around 5 miles to the south on the high slopes of the Tanat Valley.[1]
History and landscape
The village grew up at the intersection of several drovers' roads which forded the Ceiriog. It still has two inns, the Hand and the West Arms, which originally served drovers taking their flocks to market: the inns' names are a reference to the armorial bearings of two prominent landowning families, the Myddletons of Chirk Castle and the Wests of Ruthin Castle.
The village church of St. Garmon (St. Germanus of Auxerre) was reputedly founded in the 5th century, and rebuilt in the medieval period. It was, however, largely demolished and rebuilt in 1846, and nothing remains of its earlier fabric.[2] A hoard of coins of the reign of Edward IV was found during the demolition.
The churchyard contains a mound, the Tomen Garmon, which may be of Bronze Age origin.
Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog is situated in the upper Ceiriog Valley, which is known both for its high landscape value, being extremely scenic and dominated by traditional agricultural use, and as a strong centre of 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 administrative county of Denbighshire, which was divided into various 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
Today, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog is administered within Wrexham County Borough Council, a unitary authority created in 1998. Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog is in the Ceiriog Valley ward, and has an Independent councillor.
Since 1999, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog has been represented at the National Assembly for Wales by Karen Sinclair, the Labour Party Assembly Member for Clwyd South National Assembly for Wales constituency. Since 1987, it has been represented at the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Martyn Jones, the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Clwyd South parliamentary constituency.
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
- ↑ St Garmon, Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr
- ↑ Church of St Garmon, Clwyd-Powys Archeological Trust
- ↑ Ceiriog Valley Landscape Character, Wrexham County Borough Council]
- ↑ Neighbourhood Statistics Wrexham 019B, Office for National Statistics