Ysceifiog, also written Ysgeifiog, is a small village,
community
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and parish in
Flintshire
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Wales
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. It lies on a back road just north of the A541 highway between
Nannerch
Nannerch is a village and community in Flintshire, Wales, located within the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. At the 2001 Census the population of Nannerch was 531, reducing to 496 in 2011.
History
Nannerch (pr ...
and
Caerwys
Caerwys is a town in Flintshire, Wales. It is just under two miles from the A55 North Wales Expressway and one mile from the A541 Mold-Denbigh road. At the 2001 Census, the population of Caerwys community was 1,315, with a total ward populati ...
. The name translates roughly as "a place where
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Ordnance Survey
The parish includes the villages of
Lixwm
Licswm is a small village in Flintshire, Wales. It is part of the community of Ysceifiog.
Licswm was formerly a mining village, and one explanation of its unusual name was that it was given to it by miners who moved to the area from Derbyshire: ...
, to the east of Ysceifiog village, and
Babell, to the north.
Notable residents
The antiquarian and copyist of Welsh manuscripts
John Jones (c.1585-1657/8) was born and brought up in the small mansion of Gellilyfdy in Ysceifiog parish.