Glyn Ceiriog is a former slate mining village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It lies on the Ceiriog River and B4500 road, five miles (8km) west of Chirk and three miles (6km) south of Llangollen in the Ceiriog Valley ward, Clwyd South National Assembly for Wales constituency and Clwyd South parliamentary constituency.
Its traditional full name is "Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog", which can be translated to the "Church of Saint Ffraid in the Ceiriog Valley". It 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.
Civic history
Glyn Ceiriog has historically been administered as the parish and civil parish of Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog. 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.
Notable residents
A number of Welsh literary figures have lived in or near Glyn Ceiriog in the past. The fifteenth century Welsh poet Guto'r Glyn (1435 - 1493) is associated with Glyn Ceiriog. The seventeenth century Welsh poet Huw Morus (Eos Ceiriog) (1622 - 1709) was born, and lived, near Glyn Ceiriog. The nineteenth century Eisteddfod-winning poet, Rev. Robert Elis (Cynddelw) (1812 - 1875) was a Baptist minister at Glyn Ceiriog Independent Welsh Baptist Chapel 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. |
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