| Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch | |
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 Almshouses in Llanrhaeadr. The inscription reads that Lord Bagot, great great nephew of the foundress, repaired and improved the houses in 1820. | |
  Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch Location withinDenbighshire | |
| Population | 1,038 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SJ080634 |
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| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DENBIGH |
| Postcode district | LL16 |
| Dialling code | 01745 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
53°09′36″N3°22′30″W / 53.160°N 3.375°W /53.160; -3.375  Map of the community | |
Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch is a village and local governmentcommunity inDenbighshire, Wales, including the villages ofPrion,Llanrhaeadr andPentre Llanrhaeadr and several hamlets, includingSaron,Pant Pastynog,Prion,Peniel and part ofMynydd Hiraethog. It lies in theVale of Clwyd near theA525 road betweenDenbigh andRuthin. It was also known under the anglicised spellings ofLlanrhaiadr in Kinmerch in the nineteenth century,[1] andLlanrhaiadr yn Cinmerch, officially until 6 September 1968.[2] The Community population taken at the2011 census was 1,038.[3]
The medieval parish church ofSt Dyfnog contains aTree of Jesse window, dating from 1533, described as "the finest glass window in all Wales, exceeded by few in England",[4] which was originally part ofBasingwerk Abbey nearHolywell. Nearby is St Dyfnog's Well, once a destination for pilgrims.[5]
There is a primary school in a comparatively modern building, and the 16th-centuryKing's Head public house in the village centre.
Llanrhaiadr railway station served the village between 1862 and 1953.[6]
Anelectoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south with a total population at the 2011 census of 1,856.[7]
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