Ceiriog Ucha, also spelled as Ceiriog Uchaf (meaning "Upper
Ceiriog"), is a
community in
Wrexham County Borough,
Wales. The community lies in the
Ceiriog Valley and comprises the villages of
Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog
Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog (; often referred to as Llanarmon DC or locally simply as Llanarmon) is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It lies on the River Ceiriog and is at the end of the B4500 road, five miles (8 km) south-west of ...
and
Tregeiriog as well as surrounding farmland and grouse and pheasant moors. It is a rural district set in low hills. The area is governed by Ceiriog Uchaf
Community Council,
and had a total population of 346, in 129 households, at the 2001 census.
[Ceiriog Ucha]
Office for National Statistics reducing to 317 in 2011.
Civil administration
The area was originally part of the
Llansillin Rural District of
Denbighshire and was made up of the
civil parishes of Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog and
Llangadwaladr. In 1935, these parishes were transferred to the new
Ceiriog Rural District. The
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...
abolished all of these administrative structures, replacing them with the new Community of Ceiriog Ucha, part of the
Glyndŵr district of
Clwyd
Clwyd () is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east corner of the country; it is named after the River Clwyd, which runs through the area. To the north lies the Irish Sea, with the English ceremonial counties of Cheshire to th ...
.
A further reorganisation in 1996 saw Clwyd itself abolished, Ceiriog Ucha becoming part of Wrexham County Borough.
Warrington Corporation Bill, 1923
In 1923 a proposal was put before the British Parliament to flood of the area, to form a reservoir to provide water to the Corporation of
Warrington, evicting the local farming and working population and completely obliterating the village of Tregeiriog. The water would, in part, have been used for Warrington's brewing industry. Opposers of the proposal, who were backed by a fund organised by the ''
Western Mail'' newspaper, used the slogan "They want to take the "W" out of WALES and turn it into ALES".
The proposal was opposed by many Welsh MPs, including
David Lloyd George,
[Hansard 13 March 1923 vol 161 cc1405-47]
/ref> and was ultimately defeated.
References
{{Wrexham
Communities in Wrexham County Borough