Glyn Ceiriog

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(Llansantffraid) Glyn Ceiriog
  • Welsh: (Llansanffraid) Glynceiriog
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Centre of Glyn Ceiriog, view from the Glyn Valley Hotel
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(Llansantffraid) Glyn Ceiriog
Location within Wrexham
Population1,040 (2011) [1]
Language English
Welsh (48.3% of population) [2]
OS grid reference SJ205384
Community
  • Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog
Principal area
Preserved county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LLANGOLLEN
Postcode district LL20
Dialling code 01691
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Website glynceiriog.org.uk
List of places
UK
Wales
Wrexham

52°56′13″N3°10′59″W / 52.937°N 3.183°W / 52.937; -3.183

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Map of the community

Glyn Ceiriog (Welsh : Glynceiriog [3] ) is the principal settlement of the Ceiriog Valley and a community in Wrexham County Borough, north-east Wales. Glyn Ceiriog translates simply as Ceiriog Valley, though there are other villages in the valley. The village and community is technically known, in traditional Welsh naming style, as Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog or sometimes Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog, which means church of St Ffraid (the Welsh name of Saint Brigid of Kildare) in the Ceiriog Valley, but it has come to be known simply as Glyn Ceiriog, or even Glyn for short. The name Llansanffraid is now more associated with other villages of the same name.

It is in the Clwyd South Senedd constituency and Clwyd South UK parliamentary constituency.

A former slate mining village, it lies on the River Ceiriog and on the B4500 road, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Chirk. It is south of Llangollen.

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Glyn Ceiriog Village

Geography and administration

Civic history

Glyn Ceiriog was historically administered as the civil parish of Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, ("St Ffraid's in the Ceiriog Valley"). From 1889 until 1974, Glyn Ceiriog was part of the administrative county of Denbighshire, which was divided into various rural districts. From 1895 to 1935, Glyn Ceiriog was in the Chirk Rural District, which merged in 1935 with Llansilin Rural District to form the Ceiriog Rural District. Glyn Ceiriog was in the Ceiriog Rural District from 1935 to 1974.

In 1974, Denbighshire was abolished as an administrative county, and Glyn Ceiriog was incorporated into the Glyndŵr district of the new county of Clwyd. Both of those were dissolved in 1996, and Glyn Ceiriog became a part of the new unitary authority of Wrexham County Borough, in which it currently remains.

Political representation

Today, Glyn Ceiriog is administered by Wrexham County Borough Council, is in the Ceiriog Valley electoral ward, and has an independent councillor.

The Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog Community Council meets every fourth Thursday in the month. Ten councillors represent the villages of Glyn Ceiriog, Garth, Pandy and Nantyr. [4]

Since 2011, Glyn Ceiriog has been represented in the Senedd by Ken Skates, the Welsh Labour Member of the Senedd for Clwyd South.

From 2010 to 2019, Glyn Ceiriog was represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Susan Jones, the Labour Party member of parliament for Clwyd South. Since the 2019 general election, it has been represented by Simon Baynes of the Conservative Party.

Physical geography/Geology

Glyn Ceiriog is located in the Ceiriog Valley, a valley created by the River Ceiriog. Geologically, the area has Ordovician and Silurian strata. The soil is thin and peaty.

Village Resources

Glyn Ceiriog, being the principal village for the Ceiriog Valley, is home to many of the Valley’s resources:

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Canolfan Ceiriog Centre

• Village Post Office
• Cross Stores Village Shop
• Glyn Valley Hotel
• The Oak / Y Dderwen
• Valley Doctors Surgery
• Valley Pharmacy
• Christian Centre
• Ceiriog Memorial Hall
• Llansanffraid Church

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Glyn Valley Hotel

Industry

Glyn Ceiriog was once the home of extensive slate quarries. The Glyn Valley Tramway was built to take the slate to a wharf on the Shropshire Union Canal and later to sidings on the Great Western Railway line from Chester to Shrewsbury.

Although the valley does not have a primary industry any longer, there are a few recent and long standing manufacturing businesses supplying the valley and beyond.

Transport

Bus services are provided by Bryn Melyn, a subsidiary of GHA Coaches. Services operate to Llangollen via Chirk and to Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog on service 64. Infrequent services on route 65 connect the village to Wrexham via Ruabon.

Rail services are available from Chirk, 5 mi (8.0 km) away.

Notable residents

A number of Welsh literary figures have lived in or near Glyn Ceiriog.

Bibliography

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References

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  2. 48.3% of persons aged 3 years or over living in Wrexham 019B (Super Output Area Lower Layer) said they understood Welsh in the 2001 Census http://nationalstatistics.gov.uk Archived 2006-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Standardised Welsh Place names". www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  4. "Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog – Cyngor Cymuned – Community Council". Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog Community Council. Retrieved 10 July 2021.