Glyn Ceiriog

Infobox UK place
official_name=Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog
static_

static_image_caption=Glyn Ceiriog
country=Wales
population=1086 [Census, 2001 http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/]
os_grid_reference=SJ2038
latitude=52.937685
longitude=-3.18305
police=North Wales Police
fire=North Wales Fire and Rescue Service
post_town=LLANGOLLEN
postcode_area=LL
postcode_district=LL20
dial_code=01691
constituency_westminster=Clwyd South
civil_parish=Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog Community Parish
welsh_name=
unitary_wales=Wrexham
lieutenancy_wales=Clwyd
constituency_welsh_assembly=Clwyd South National Assembly for Wales constituency
language=British English
language1=Welsh (48.3% of population) [48.3% of persons aged 3 years or over living in Wrexham 019B (Super Output Area Lower Layer) said they understood Welsh in the 2001 Census http://nationalstatistics.gov.uk]
website=http://www.glynceiriog.org.uk

Glyn Ceiriog is a former slate mining village in Wrexham County Borough, in Wales. It lies on the River Ceiriog and B4500 road, five miles (8km) west of Chirk and three miles (6km) south of Llangollen in the Ceiriog Valley, Clwyd South National Assembly for Wales constituency and Clwyd South parliamentary constituency.

Geography and administration

Civic history

Glyn Ceiriog has historically been administered as the parish and civil parish of "Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog", which can be translated to the "Church of Saint Ffraid in the Ceiriog Valley". From the mid-16th century until 1974, Glyn Ceiriog was governed by the then administrative county of Denbighshire, which was divided into various rural districts. From 1895 to 1935, Glyn Ceiriog was in the Chirk Rural District, which merged in 1935 with Llansillin Rural District to form the Ceiriog Rural District. Glyn Ceiriog was in the Ceiriog Rural District from 1935 to 1974.

In 1974, Denbighshire was abolished as an administrative county, and Glyn Ceiriog was incorporated into the Glyndŵr District of the new county of Clwyd. Clwyd and Glyndŵr District were dissolved in 1996, and Glyn Ceiriog became a part of the new unitary authority of Wrexham County Borough, in which it remains to the present day.

Political representation

Today, Glyn Ceiriog is administered within Wrexham County Borough Council, a unitary authority created in 1998. Glyn Ceiriog is in the Ceiriog Valley ward, and has an Independent councillor.

Since 1999, Glyn Ceiriog has been represented at the National Assembly for Wales by Karen Sinclair, the Labour Party Assembly Member for Clwyd South National Assembly for Wales constituency

Since 1997, Glyn Ceiriog has been represented at the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Martyn Jones, the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Clwyd South parliamentary constituency.

Physical geography/Geology

Glyn Ceiriog is located in the Ceiriog Valley, a valley created by the River Ceiriog. Geologically, the area has Ordovician and Silurian strata. The soil is thin and peaty.

Industry and Transport

Glyn Ceiriog was once the home of extensive slate quarries and the Glyn Valley Tramway was built to take the slate to a wharf on the Shropshire Union Canal and later to interchange sidings with the Great Western Railway line from Chester to Shrewsbury.

Notable residents

A number of Welsh literary figures have lived in or near Glyn Ceiriog in the past. The 15th century Welsh poet Guto'r Glyn ("1435 - 1493") is associated with Glyn Ceiriog. The 17th century Welsh poet Huw Morus (Eos Ceiriog) ("1622 - 1709") was born, and lived, near Glyn Ceiriog. The 19th century Eisteddfod-winning poet and lexographer, Rev. Robert Elis (Cynddelw) ("1812 - 1875") was a Baptist minister at Glyn Ceiriog Independent Welsh Baptist Chapel, "Seion", from 1838-1840. The Welsh novelist Islwyn Ffowc Elis spent most of his childhood on a farm near Glyn Ceiriog, although he was born in Wrexham.

Bibliography

*Dewi Parry Jones & Robert Owen Jones, "100 Years in the Valley - Y Glyn a Fu" (1998)
*Dewi Parry Jones & Robert Owen Jones, "100 Years in the Valley Volume II - Y Glyn a Fu" (1999)

References

External links

* [http://www.glynceiriog.org.uk/ Glyn Ceiriog's Community Site]
* [http://www.ceiriog.co.uk/glynceiriog.html The Chirk and Ceiriog Valley Partnership ]
* [http://www.glynvalleytramway.co.uk/ The Glyn Valley Tramway]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3546696 photos of Glyn Ceiriog and surrounding area on geograph]