Graianrhyd, also spelt ''Graeanrhyd'', is a small, scattered village in the

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Llanarmon-yn-Iâl Llanarmon-yn-Iâl is a village, and local government community, in Denbighshire, Wales, lying in limestone country in the valley of the River Alyn. The community is part of an electoral ward called Llanarmon-yn-Iâl/Llandegla. The population ...

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 ...

, Wales. It lies in hilly

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country around to the east of Llanarmon-yn-Iâl village, and just to the south of Eryrys. The name is likely derived from the Welsh ''graean'', "gravel", and ''rhyd'', " ford"; there is still a ford across the River Terrig on a minor road east of the village. There are several limestone and

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quarries in the immediate area, which is on the borders of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley

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; the Clwydian Way footpath runs nearby. The area is predominantly agricultural with a landscape of woods and pastureland. There was no church in the village, though there was a nonconformist ( Congregationalist) chapel, built in 1843 and rebuilt in 1859 in a simple

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style. In 1905 it was recorded as having a congregation of 192. The chapel is now closed. The former Graianrhyd

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ceased to operate in 2002, after its intake for the year fell to only 3 pupils.Disposal of the former C.P. School at Graianrhyd
Denbighshire County Council The village has a pub, the Rose & Crown.

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{{authority control Villages in Denbighshire Llanarmon-yn-Iâl