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___MASK93___ is a preserved county ___MASK59___ Wales , situated in the north - east corner ___MASK59___ the country ; it is named after the River ___MASK93___ , which runs through the county . To the north lies the Irish Sea , Cheshire is to the east and Shropshire to the south - east , both in England . The Welsh counties ___MASK59___ Powys and Gwynedd lie to the south and west respectively . ___MASK93___ additionally shares a maritime border with the metropolitan county ___MASK59___ Merseyside along the River Dee . Between 1974 and 1996 , it was a county with a county council , one ___MASK59___ the eight counties into which Wales was divided , and was subdivided into six districts . In 1996 , the county ___MASK59___ ___MASK93___ was abolished , and the new unitary authorities ___MASK59___ ___MASK8___ County Borough , Denbighshire , and Flintshire were created ; under this reorganisation , " ___MASK93___ " became a preserved county , with the name being retained for certain ceremonial functions . Slate is a fine - grained , foliated , homogeneous metamorphic ___MASK6___ derived from an original shale - type sedimentary ___MASK6___ composed ___MASK59___ clay or volcanic ash through low - grade regional metamorphism . It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic ___MASK6___ . Foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering , but instead is in planes perpendicular to the direction ___MASK59___ metamorphic compression . Pontfadog is a village in the Ceiriog Valley ___MASK86___ ___MASK59___ Chirk in the county borough ___MASK59___ Wrexham , Wales ; it is part ___MASK59___ the community ___MASK59___ Glyntraian . Like the neighbouring village ___MASK59___ Glyn Ceiriog , the growth ___MASK59___ Pontfadog is connected to the area ' s former quarrying industry . The village ' s name translates as `` Bridge ___MASK59___ Madoc '' , taking its name from a bridge over the River Ceiriog . Until April 2013 an oak tree stood near the village , the Pontfadog Oak , reputed to be the oldest in the United Kingdom at the time , but strong winds on the 17 April 2013 caused the tree to topple overnight . The Glyn Valley Tramway had a station in the village , which has now been preserved by the Glyn Valley Tramway Group . In addition to the Swan Inn , the village ' s pub , there is also a village shop with a post office counter . ___MASK47___ (; ) is a large town in ___MASK42___ Wales , between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley alongside the border with England . In ___MASK48___ , it is the largest town in ___MASK42___ Wales and an administrative , commercial , retail and educational centre . ___MASK51___ is a country that is part ___MASK59___ the United Kingdom and the island ___MASK59___ Great Britain . It is bordered by England to the east , the Irish Sea to the north and west , and the Bristol Channel to the south . It had a population in 2011 ___MASK59___ 3 , 063 , 456 and has a total area ___MASK59___ . ___MASK51___ has over ___MASK59___ coastline and is largely mountainous , with its higher peaks in the north and central areas , including Snowdon , its highest summit . The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable , maritime climate . ___MASK26___ ( or ; Welsh : ) is a principal area , local - government county and preserved county in Mid Wales . It is named after the successor Kingdom ___MASK59___ ___MASK26___ , which formed after the Romans withdrew from Britain . " Y Waun may also refer to Gwauncaegurwen in ___MASK90___ " ___MASK22___ is a county in ___MASK42___ - east Wales . It is named after the historic county ___MASK59___ ___MASK22___ , but has substantially different borders . ___MASK22___ has the distinction ___MASK59___ being the longest known inhabited part ___MASK59___ Wales . Pontnewydd ( Bontnewydd - Llanelwy ) Palaeolithic site has Neanderthal remains from 225 , 000 years ago . There are several castles in the region : Denbigh Castle , Rhuddlan Castle , Ruthin Castle , Castell Dinas Bran and Bodelwyddan Castle . One ___MASK59___ Britain ' s smallest cathedrals is at ___MASK11___ , itself one ___MASK59___ the smallest cities . Llangollen is a small town and community in ___MASK22___ , ___MASK42___ - east Wales , situated on the River Dee and on the edge ___MASK59___ the Berwyn mountains . It had a population ___MASK59___ 3 , 658 at the 2011 census . ___MASK4___ is a country that is part ___MASK59___ the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest ___MASK59___ ___MASK4___ and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . ___MASK4___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths ___MASK59___ the island ___MASK59___ Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles ___MASK59___ Scilly , and the Isle ___MASK59___ Wight . ___MASK48___ is a local government principal area centred on the town of Wrexham in north - east Wales . The county borough has a population of nearly 135 , 000 inhabitants . Just under half of the population live either within the town of Wrexham or its surrounding conurbation of urban villages which has a population of around 63 , 000 people . The remainder live to the south and east of the town in more rural areas . The area has strong links with coal - mining . Glyntraian ( Welsh , more correctly Glyntraean ) is a local government community , the lowest tier ___MASK59___ local government , part ___MASK59___ ___MASK48___ in Wales . Glyn Ceiriog is the principal settlement ___MASK59___ the Ceiriog Valley . Confusingly , Glyn Ceiriog translates simply as Ceiriog Valley , though there are other villages in the valley . The village is technically known , in traditional Welsh naming style , as Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog or sometimes Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog , which means church ___MASK59___ St Fraid ( the Welsh name ___MASK59___ St Bridget ) in the Ceiriog Valley , but it has come to be known simply as Glyn Ceiriog , or even Glyn for short . The name Llansanffraid is now more associated with other villages ___MASK59___ the same name . ___MASK30___ ( or ; alternatively Salop ; abbreviated , in print only , Shrops ; demonym Salopian ) is a county located between ___MASK63___ in England and ___MASK51___ . It borders ___MASK26___ and Wrexham in ___MASK51___ to the west and north - west , Cheshire to the north , Staffordshire to the east , Worcestershire to the south - east and Herefordshire to the south . ___MASK30___ Council was created in 2009 , a unitary authority taking over from the previous county council and five district councils . The borough ___MASK59___ Telford and Wrekin has been a separate unitary authority since 1998 but continues to be included in the ceremonial county . Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog ( often referred to as Llanarmon DC or locally simply as Llanarmon ) is a village in ___MASK48___ , Wales . It lies on the River Ceiriog and is at the end of the B4500 road , five miles ( 8 km ) south - west of Glyn Ceiriog and ten miles ( 16 km ) north - west of Oswestry . It is within the Ceiriog Valley ward , Clwyd South National Assembly for Wales constituency and Clwyd South parliamentary constituency . David Lloyd George , 1st Earl Lloyd - George ___MASK59___ Dwyfor , ( 17 January 1863  26 March 1945 ) was a British Liberal politician and statesman . The Ceiriog Valley ( Welsh : Dyffryn Ceiriog ) is ___MASK33___ ___MASK59___ the River Ceiriog in north - east Wales . It is also the name ___MASK59___ a ward ___MASK59___ the County Borough ___MASK59___ Wrexham . The ward is the largest ward ___MASK59___ the county borough by area and forms a strikingly - shaped salient ___MASK59___ the county borough between Powys and Denbighshire . Until 1974 ___MASK33___ was part ___MASK59___ the traditional county ___MASK59___ Denbighshire ; then it became part ___MASK59___ the short - lived county ___MASK59___ Clwyd , which was abolished in 1996 . Part ___MASK59___ the lower end ___MASK59___ ___MASK33___ extends into Shropshire , England . The Ceiriog Valley is some 20 km long and runs generally west to east , south ___MASK59___ the Vale ___MASK59___ Llangollen . The valley receives relatively few tourists despite being only a few miles from the A5 road and being described by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George as " a little bit ___MASK59___ heaven on earth ". It is something ___MASK59___ a dead end , with the B4500 road terminating at Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog , a village near the head ___MASK59___ ___MASK33___ .