Aberwheeler () is a village and

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in the Welsh county of

Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, Flintshire to the east, Wrexham to the southeast, Powys to the south, and Gwynedd and Conwy to the west. Rhyl is the largest town, and Ruthi ...

, located on the south bank of the River Wheeler (), north east of

Denbigh Denbigh ( ; ) is a market town and a community (Wales), community in Denbighshire, Wales. It was the original county town of the Denbighshire (historic), historic county of Denbighshire created in 1536. Denbigh's Welsh name () translates to ...

, north west of

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and north of Ruthin. At the 2001 census the community had a population of 327, reducing to 298 at the 2011 census. The name has been

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from the Welsh.

History

Historically, Aberwheeler formed a township of the ancient parish of Bodfari, which also comprised Maesmynan and Blorant. At one point the manor was owned by Gwenllian. A mill was situated in Aberwheeler from medieval times. Aberwheeler mill was burnt in 1403, though it was later leased to Thomas Londisdale and Henry Billiger in November 1408 on the grounds that they rebuild it. Today, further north, on the banks of the river, stands Candy Mill, a clover mill built to extract

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seed. The mill is

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, while Aberwheeler House and Castell Bach are

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Geography

In the east of the community, the land climbs steeply to the high summit of Moel y Parc on the boundary with

Flintshire Flintshire () is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, the Dee Estuary to the north-east, the English county of Cheshire to the east, Wrexham County Borough to the south, and Denbighshire to the west. ...

, where there is a

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and

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. The

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, long, which runs from Sedbury, in

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, to Prestatyn, descends through the community from the heights of the Clwydian Range to cross the River Wheeler into Bodfari.

Notable people

*Reverend Edward Williams, clergyman, known as 'the divine', born in Glan Clwyd, Aberwheeler in 1750.

References

External links

A Vision of Britain Through Time

British Listed Buildings
{{authority control Villages in Denbighshire