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Chirk, the Glossary

Chirk (Y Waun) is a town and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, south of Wrexham, between it and Oswestry.^[1]

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Communities in Wrexham County Borough
Towns in Wrexham County Borough
Towns of the Welsh Marches

A483 road

The A483, officially described as the Swansea to Manchester Trunk Road, although now ending in Chester, is a major road in the United Kingdom.

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A5 road (Great Britain)

The A5, the London-Holyhead trunk road, is a major road in England and Wales.

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Baron Trevor

Baron Trevor is a title that has been created three times.

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BBC Cymru Wales

BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Wales.

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BBC Radio Cymru

BBC Radio Cymru is a Welsh language radio station owned and operated by BBC Cymru Wales, a division of the BBC.

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BBC Radio Wales

BBC Radio Wales is a Welsh national radio station owned and operated by BBC Cymru Wales, a division of the BBC.

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BBC Midlands (known as the Midland Region from 1927 until c. 1974) is the BBC English Region producing local radio and web content for the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and parts of Gloucestershire.

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Berwyn range

The Berwyn range (Welsh: Y Berwyn or Mynydd y Berwyn) is an isolated and sparsely populated area of moorland in the northeast of Wales, roughly bounded by Llangollen in the northeast, Corwen in the northwest, Bala in the southwest, and Oswestry in the southeast.

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Billy Meredith

William Henry Meredith (30 July 1874 – 19 April 1958) was a Welsh professional footballer.

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BP Portrait Award

The BP Portrait Award was an annual portraiture competition held at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England.

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Brynkinalt

Brynkinalt Hall (Neuadd Bryncunallt; or simply Brynkinalt) is a Grade-II* listed private property, built in 1612, near Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales.

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Calon FM

Calon FM is a community radio station serving Wrexham and surrounding areas.

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Capital North West & Wales

Capital North West and Wales is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Capital network.

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Cefn Mawr

Cefn Mawr (Cefn-mawr) is a village in the community of Cefn within Wrexham County Borough, Wales.

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Ceiriog Valley

The Ceiriog Valley (Dyffryn Ceiriog) is the valley of the River Ceiriog in north-east Wales.

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Chester

Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the England-Wales border. Chirk and Chester are towns of the Welsh Marches.

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Chirk AAA F.C.

Chirk AAA F.C. is a Welsh football team based in Chirk, Wales.

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Chirk Aqueduct

Chirk Aqueduct is a high and long navigable aqueduct that carries what is now the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog Valley near Chirk, on the England-Wales border, spanning the two countries.

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Chirk Bank

Chirk Bank is a small village in Shropshire, England.

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Chirk Castle

Chirk Castle (Castell y Waun) is a Grade I listed castle located in Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales, from Chirk railway station, now owned and run by the National Trust.

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Chirk railway station

Chirk railway station (Y Waun) serves the town of Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales.

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Chirk Viaduct

The Chirk Viaduct (Traphont y Waun) is a Grade II* listed railway viaduct over the River Ceiriog between England and Wales.

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Church in Wales

The Church in Wales (Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru) is an Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses.

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Clwyd

Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east corner of the country; it is named after the River Clwyd, which runs through the area.

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Clwyd South (Senedd constituency)

Clwyd South (De Clwyd) is a constituency of the Senedd.

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine.

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A community (cymuned) is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales.

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Denbigh Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)

Denbigh District of Boroughs (variously referred to as Denbigh District, Denbigh Boroughs or just Denbigh) was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Denbigh in Wales.

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Denbighshire (historic)

Until 1974, Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych), or the County of Denbigh, was an administrative county in the north of Wales, later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.

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Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Denbighshire was a county constituency in Denbighshire, in north Wales, from 1542 to 1885.

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Di Jones

David "Di" Jones (1867 – 27 August 1902) was a Welsh footballer who played as a full-back for Oswestry, Chirk, Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City in the late 19th century.

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Down (UK Parliament constituency)

County Down was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland and later Northern Ireland.

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Edward Trevor

Sir Edward Trevor (c. 1580–1642) was the founder of the fortunes of the Trevor dynasty, a major family of Denbighshire.

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Edwin Hill-Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor

Arthur Edwin Hill-Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor (4 November 1819 – 25 December 1894), styled as Lord Edwin Hill until 1862 and as Lord Edwin Hill-Trevor from 1862 to 1880, was a long-standing Anglo-Irish Conservative Member of Parliament.

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Ellesmere College

Ellesmere College is a fee-charging co-educational boarding and day school in the English public school tradition located in Shropshire, near the market town of Ellesmere.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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England–Wales border

The England–Wales border, sometimes referred to as the Wales–England border or the Anglo-Welsh border, runs for from the Dee estuary, in the north, to the Severn estuary in the south, separating England and Wales.

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Flint Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)

Flint Boroughs (sometimes known as Flint or the Flint District of Boroughs) was a parliamentary constituency in north-east Wales which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.

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Frederick West (1767–1852)

Frederick West (1767 – 22 March 1852) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1801 to 1806.

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Glyn Ceiriog

Glyn Ceiriog (Glynceiriog) is the principal settlement of the Ceiriog Valley and a community in Wrexham County Borough, north-east Wales.

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Glyn Valley Tramway

The Glyn Valley Tramway was a narrow-gauge railway that ran through the Ceiriog Valley in north-east Wales, connecting Chirk with Glyn Ceiriog in Denbighshire (now Wrexham County Borough).

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Harry Millership

Harold 'Harry' Millership (1889–1959) was a Welsh international footballer.

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Heart North and Mid Wales

Heart North and Mid Wales is a regional radio station owned by Communicorp UK and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network.

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Henry Robertson

Henry Robertson (11 June 1816 – 22 March 1888) was a Scottish mining engineer and prolific railway builder, industrialist and Liberal Party politician.

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Historic counties of Wales

The historic counties of Wales (siroedd hynafol) were the thirteen sub-divisions used in Wales from either 1282 and 1535, up to their abolishment in 1974, being replaced by eight counties.

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Holyhead

Holyhead (Caergybi, "Cybi's fort") is the largest town and a community in the county of Isle of Anglesey, Wales, with a population of 13,659 at the 2011 census.

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Hugh Morris (1872 – 20 September 1897) was a Welsh footballer who played as a forward for Manchester City, Sheffield United and Grimsby Town in the 19th century.

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Hughes of Gwerclas

Hughes of Gwerclas were a native Welsh royal family descended from prince Owain Brogyntyn the illegitimate but acknowledged son of prince Madog ap Maredudd (one of the last kings of Powys, of the House of Mathrafal) by a daughter of the "Maer du" or "black mayor" of Rûg in Edernion.

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Ian Hamilton (writer)

William Ian Hamilton (born May 24, 1946) is a Canadian mystery writer.

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ITV Central

ITV Central, previously known as Central Independent Television, Carlton Central, ITV1 for Central England and commonly referred to as simply Central, is the Independent Television franchisee for the Midlands.

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ITV Cymru Wales

ITV Cymru Wales is the ITV franchise for Wales.

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John Hulme (Shropshire cricketer)

John Arthan Hulme (born 13 November 1950) was a Welsh cricketer.

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Joseph Fletcher (statistician)

Joseph Fletcher (1813 – 1852) was an English statistical writer and barrister.

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Kronospan

Kronospan is an Austrian-founded, Cyprus-based, international company that manufactures and distributes wood-based panels which are used in applications including flooring, furniture and timber-framed houses.

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Llangollen Canal

The Llangollen Canal (Camlas Llangollen) is a navigable canal crossing the border between England and Wales.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Lot Jones

William Thomas Jones (baptised 28 June 1882Baptism Register, Chirk Parish Church, page 13 – 13 July 1941), also known as William "Lot" Jones and Billy Lot Jones, was a Welsh footballer who played as a forward.

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Mail coach

A mail coach is a stagecoach that is used to deliver mail.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Michael David Jones (born 15 August 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Chesterfield.

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Moel-y-Parc transmitting station

The Moel-y-Parc transmitting station is situated on Moel y Parc, a hill in north-east Wales at the northern end of the Clwydian range, close to the town of Caerwys and several miles (kilometres) north-east of Denbigh.

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Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr (UK Parliament constituency)

Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr (Maldwyn a Glyndŵr) is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.

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Moreton Hall School

Moreton Hall is a private boarding and day school for girls aged 6 months to 18 and boys aged 6 months to 13, situated in North Shropshire four miles from the market town of Oswestry.

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Myddelton baronets

The Myddelton Baronetcy, of Chirke in the County of Denbigh, was a title in the Baronetage of England.

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National Trust

The National Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol; Iontaobhas Náisiúnta) is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Neil Thomas (gymnast)

Neil Roderick Thomas MBE (6 April 1968-) is a retired English artistic gymnast who experienced most of his success in the floor exercises.

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Offa's Dyke

Offa's Dyke (Clawdd Offa) is a large linear earthwork that roughly follows the border between England and Wales.

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Oswestry

Oswestry is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. Chirk and Oswestry are towns of the Welsh Marches.

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Paul Steven Jones (born 18 April 1967) is a retired Welsh international football goalkeeper.

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Peter Edwards (artist)

Peter Edwards, (born 20 November 1955), is a British painter.

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Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (Traphont Ddŵr Pontcysyllte) is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen in northeast Wales.

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Powys Fadog

Powys Fadog (English: Lower Powys or literally Madog's Powys) was the northern portion of the former princely realm of Powys.

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R. S. Thomas

Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000), published as R. S. Thomas, was a Welsh poet and Anglican priest noted for nationalism, spirituality and dislike of the anglicisation of Wales.

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River Ceiriog

The River Ceiriog (Afon Ceiriog) is an long river in north east Wales, whose name may derive from a term meaning "favoured one".

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Robert Myddelton Biddulph (1805–1872)

Colonel Robert Myddelton Biddulph (20 June 1805 – 21 March 1872) was a British landowner and Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party.

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Robert Roberts (priest)

Robert Roberts (1680–1741) was a Welsh Anglican cleric and writer.

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Ruabon

Ruabon (Rhiwabon) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. Chirk and Ruabon are Communities in Wrexham County Borough.

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Shrewsbury

("May Shrewsbury Flourish") --> Shrewsbury is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Shropshire, England. Chirk and Shrewsbury are towns of the Welsh Marches.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (historically SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name. and abbreviated Shrops) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.

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Shropshire Union Canal

The Shropshire Union Canal, nicknamed the "Shroppie", is a navigable canal in England.

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Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet

Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet (23 March 1655 – 29 April 1716), of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, was a Welsh landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1685 to 1716.

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Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1st Baronet (2 November 1624 – 13 July 1663) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1646 and 1663.

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Sir Thomas Myddelton, 2nd Baronet

Sir Thomas Myddelton, 2nd Baronet (ca. 1651 – 5 February 1684) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1679 and 1681.

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Stagecoach

A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, diligence) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses.

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