Rhydtalog is a small, isolated village in
Flintshire
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, Wales. It lies in hilly country on the border with
Denbighshire
Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnew ...
in the community of
Treuddyn
Treuddyn is a village, community and electoral ward in Flintshire, Wales, located just off the A5104 road, around 4 miles south-east of Mold and 3 miles north-west of Caergwrle. The community includes the nearby village of Coed Talon, to the ...
.
The current name translates as "Talog's ford", but it was given as "Rhydhalawg" in 1699, and it seems likely that it was originally ''Rhydhalog'', "dirty ford", and later changed due to the old name's negative associations.
[Davies, E. ''Flintshire place-names'', University of Wales Press, 1959, p.147; see also Wmffre, I. ''Language and place-names in Wales'', UWP, 2003] There is no ford in the village now, but there is a bridge over a tributary of the
River Terrig
The River Terrig ( cy, Afon Terrig) is a small river in north-east Wales.
The river rises at Llyn Cyfynwy near Graianrhyd village in the community of Llanarmon-yn-Ial, Denbighshire, about three miles from the source of the River Alyn.'' Ca ...
immediately to the north-west. The
River Cegidog
The River Cegidog () is a river in north-east Wales. It flows mainly through Flintshire but towards the end of its course it forms the border between Flintshire and Wrexham County Borough.
Its source lies in the hills of southernmost Flintshire ...
also rises in the area.
The surrounding countryside is high pasture and moorland; the nearest villages are
Graianrhyd
Graianrhyd, also spelt ''Graeanrhyd'', is a small, scattered village in the community of Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire, Wales, lying in hilly limestone country around to the east of Llanarmon-yn-Iâl village, and just to the south of Eryrys ...
, to the north-west, and Treuddyn, to the north-east. Rhydtalog is at the junction of the
A5104 and B5430 roads. There used to be a pub, the ''Liver Inn'' (pronounced as in
Liver bird
The liver bird is a mythical creature which is the symbol of the English city of Liverpool. It is normally represented as a cormorant, and appears as such on the city's arms, in which it bears a branch of laver seaweed in its beak as a furth ...
) but it closed in 2007.
There was formerly an isolation hospital nearby in the hamlet of Blaenau; this was converted into a hostel in the 1970s.
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Villages in Flintshire