Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog

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Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog
Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog shown within the United Kingdom
Language	British English
	Welsh
OS grid reference	SJ159328
Parish	Ceiriog Ucha Community
Principal area	Wrexham
Ceremonial county	Clwyd
Constituent country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LLANGOLLEN
Postcode district	LL20
Dialling code	01691
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
European Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Clwyd South
Welsh Assembly	Clwyd South (National Assembly for Wales constituency)
List of places: UK • Wales • Wrexham

Coordinates: 52°53′10″N 3°14′57″W / 52.886209, -3.24928

Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It lies on the Ceiriog River and is at the end of the B4500 road, five miles (8km) south-west of Glyn Ceiriog and ten miles (16km) north-west of Oswestry in the Ceiriog Valley ward, Clwyd South National Assembly for Wales constituency and Clwyd South parliamentary constituency.

The name Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog roughly translates into English as "the church of St Garmon in the valley of the river Ceiriog"

Contents 1 Geography and administration 1.1 Civic history 1.2 Political representation 2 Notable residents

[edit] Geography and administration

[edit] Civic history

From the mid-16th century until 1974, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog was governed by the then administrative county of Denbighshire, which was divided into various rural districts. From 1895 to 1935, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog was in the Llansillin Rural District, which merged in 1935 with Chirk Rural District to form the Ceiriog Rural District. Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog was in the Ceiriog Rural District from 1935 to 1974.

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

[edit] Political representation

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

Since 1999, Llanarmon Dyffryn 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 1987, Llanarmon Dyffryn 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.

[edit] Notable residents

The Welsh poet John Ceiriog Hughes was born at Pen-y-Bryn Farm, at Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog in 1832, and spent his childhood there.