Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog
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Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog (; often referred to as Llanarmon DC or locally simply as Llanarmon) is a village in
Wrexham County Borough Wrexham County Borough () is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough, with city status in the United Kingdom, city status, in the North East Wales, north-east of Wales. It borders the English ceremonial counties of Cheshire and Shropshire to ...
, Wales. It lies on the River Ceiriog and is at the end of the B4500 road, south-west of Glyn Ceiriog and north-west of
Oswestry Oswestry ( ; ) is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the England–Wales border, Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5 road (Great Britain), A5, A483 road, A483 and A495 road, A495 ro ...
. It is within the Ceiriog Valley ward, Clwyd South Senedd constituency and Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr UK parliamentary constituency. It is in the
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of Ceiriog Ucha ("Upper Ceiriog").


Name

The
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''Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog'' roughly translates into English as ''"the church of St Garmon in the valley of the river Ceiriog"''. Although known locally simply as 'Llanarmon', the addition of 'Dyffryn Ceiriog' or 'DC' is necessary to distinguish it from other villages named Llanarmon, such as
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 ...
, which was also in
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, and the remote rural parish of Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr, around 5 miles to the south on the high slopes of the Tanat Valley.St Garmon, Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr
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History and landscape

The village grew up at the intersection of several
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s which forded the River 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
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and the Wests of Ruthin Castle. It also has an ancient
tithe barn A tithe barn was a type of barn used in much of northern Europe in the Middle Ages for storing rents and tithes. Farmers were required to give one-tenth of their produce to the established church. Tithe barns were usually associated with the ...
, now converted into a dwelling house. The village church of St Garmon was possibly named after Germanus of Auxerre, though there have been suggestions of an alternative St Garmon. The original church 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.Church of St Garmon
Clwyd-Powys Archeological Trust
A hoard of coins of the reign of
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was found during the demolition. The churchyard contains a mound, the ''Tomen Garmon'', which may be of
Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
origin, accompanied by ancient yew trees. 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
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.Ceiriog Valley Landscape Character
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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.Neighbourhood Statistics Wrexham 019B
Office for National Statistics


Administration


Civic history

From the mid-16th century until 1974, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog was governed by the then
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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 ...
, 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
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, and Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog was incorporated into the Glyndŵr District of the new county of
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.
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and Glyndŵr District were dissolved in 1996, and Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog became a part of the new
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of
Wrexham County Borough Wrexham County Borough () is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough, with city status in the United Kingdom, city status, in the North East Wales, north-east of Wales. It borders the English ceremonial counties of Cheshire and Shropshire to ...
, in which it remains to the present day.


Political representation

Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog is in the Ceiriog Valley
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of Wrexham County Borough Council, and has an Independent councillor. Since 2011, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog has been represented at the
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by
Ken Skates Kenneth Christian Skates (born 2 April 1976) is a Welsh Labour politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales since March 2024. Skates has represented the constituency of Clwyd South in the Senedd since the elect ...
, the Labour Party
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for Clwyd South. Since 2024, it has been represented at the
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by Steve Witherden, the Labour Party MP for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr.


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. Eglwys Sant Garmon Church of St Garmon, Ceiriog Ucha Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog Wrecsam Wrexham Cymru Wales 33.JPG Eglwys Sant Garmon Church of St Garmon, Ceiriog Ucha Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog Wrecsam Wrexham Cymru Wales 18.JPG Eglwys Sant Garmon Church of St Garmon, Ceiriog Ucha Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog Wrecsam Wrexham Cymru Wales 29.JPG Eglwys Sant Garmon Church of St Garmon, Ceiriog Ucha Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog Wrecsam Wrexham Cymru Wales 21.JPG Eglwys Sant Garmon Church of St Garmon, Ceiriog Ucha Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog Wrecsam Wrexham Cymru Wales 03.JPG Eglwys Sant Garmon Church of St Garmon, Ceiriog Ucha Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog Wrecsam Wrexham Cymru Wales 09.JPG Eglwys Sant Garmon Church of St Garmon, Ceiriog Ucha Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog Wrecsam Wrexham Cymru Wales 12.JPG


References

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