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Gwynfryn, Wrexham

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OS grid reference
  
SJ259526

Country
  
Wales

Post town
  
WREXHAM

Local time
  
Sunday 10:09 AM

Dialling code
  
01978

Welsh assembly
  
Clwyd South

Principal area
  
Wrexham

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
LL11

Community
  
Minera

Ceremonial county
  
Clwyd

Gwynfryn, Wrexham

Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 8 km/h, 77% Humidity

Gwynfryn is a small mountain village in the community of Minera in Wrexham county borough, Wales. Its name, originally that of the village chapel, is formed from the Welsh words bryn, "hill", and gwyn, "white": "white hill". At the time of the 2001 census, its population combined with that of the neighbouring, larger village of Bwlchgwyn was 1,148.

Map of Gwynfryn, UK

Like the neighbouring villages of Minera and Bwlchgwyn, Gwynfryn is associated with the development of lead mines and limestone quarries in the vicinity. It is situated at the head of the Clywedog Valley in a hilly limestone area. The area was originally known as Plas-Gwyn ("white hall") Mountain, its name on the 1879 and 1900 Ordnance Surveys of Denbighshire, or as Pentre-Bais ("petticoat village"). According to a local story the latter name was changed to Gwynfryn by the disapproving village postmaster (or schoolmaster, in some versions).

There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Gwynfryn, which in 1905 had a congregation of 194. There was also a small Church in Wales chapel, St David's, which as of 2010 has been closed.

The musician, composer and Eisteddfod adjudicator Thomas Carrington (1881–1961) was born in Gwynfryn.

References

Gwynfryn, Wrexham Wikipedia


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