| Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog | |
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  Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog Location withinWrexham | |
| Language | Welsh British English |
| OS grid reference | SJ159328 |
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| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LLANGOLLEN |
| Postcode district | LL20 |
| Dialling code | 01691 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
| 52°53′10″N3°14′56″W / 52.886°N 3.249°W /52.886; -3.249 | |
Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog (Welsh pronunciationⓘ; often referred to asLlanarmon DC or locally simply asLlanarmon) is a village inWrexham County Borough, Wales. It lies on theRiver Ceiriog and is at the end of the B4500 road, five miles (8.0 km) south-west ofGlyn Ceiriog and ten miles (16 km) north-west ofOswestry. It is within theCeiriog Valley ward,Clwyd South Senedd constituency andMontgomeryshire and Glyndŵr UK parliamentary constituency. It is in thecommunity ofCeiriog Ucha ("Upper Ceiriog").
ThenameLlanarmon 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 namedLlanarmon, such asLlanarmon-yn-Iâl, which was also inDenbighshire, and the remote rural parish ofLlanarmon Mynydd Mawr, around 5 miles to the south on the high slopes of theTanat Valley.[1]
The village grew up at the intersection of severaldrovers' roads which forded theRiver Ceiriog. It still has two inns, theHand and theWest 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 ofChirk Castle and the Wests ofRuthin Castle. It also has an ancienttithe barn, now converted into a dwelling house.
The village church of St Garmon was possibly named afterGermanus of Auxerre, though there have been suggestions of an alternativeSt 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.[2] A hoard of coins of the reign ofEdward IV was found during the demolition.
The churchyard contains a mound, theTomen Garmon, which may be ofBronze Age origin, accompanied by ancientyew trees.
Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog is situated in the upperCeiriog Valley, which is known both for its high landscape value, being extremely scenic and dominated by traditional agricultural use, and as a strong centre ofWelsh culture.[3] 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.[4]
From the mid-16th century until 1974, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog was governed by the thenadministrative county ofDenbighshire, which was divided into variousrural districts. From 1895 to 1935, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog was in theLlansillin Rural District, which merged in 1935 withChirk Rural District to form theCeiriog Rural District. Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog was in the Ceiriog Rural District from 1935 to 1974.
In 1974, Denbighshire was abolished as anadministrative county, and Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog was incorporated into theGlyndŵr District of the new county ofClwyd.Clwyd andGlyndŵr District were dissolved in 1996, and Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog became a part of the newunitary authority ofWrexham County Borough, in which it remains to the present day.
Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog is in theCeiriog Valleyward of Wrexham County Borough Council, and has an Independent councillor.
Since 2011, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog has been represented at theSenedd byKen Skates, theLabour PartyMember of the Senedd forClwyd South. Since 2024, it has been represented at theUK Parliament bySteve Witherden, the Labour PartyMP forMontgomeryshire and Glyndŵr.
The Welsh poetJohn Ceiriog Hughes was born at Pen-y-Bryn Farm at Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog in 1832, and spent his childhood there.
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