Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch is a village and local government community in Denbighshire, Wales, including the villages of Prion, Llanrhaeadr and Pentre Llanrhaeadr and several hamlets, including Saron, Pant Pastynog, Prion, Peniel and part of Mynydd Hiraethog. It lies in the Vale of Clwyd near the A525 road between Denbigh and Ruthin. It was also known under the anglicised spellings of Llanrhaiadr in Kinmerch in the nineteenth century, and Llanrhaiadr yn Cinmerch, officially until 6 September 1968., Vision of Britain, accessed 23 July 2009 The Community population taken at the 2011 census was 1,038.
The medieval parish church of St Dyfnog contains a Tree of Jesse window, dating from 1533, described as "the finest glass window in all Wales, exceeded by few in England","Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch", accessed 13 June 2009 which was originally part of Basingwerk Abbey near Holywell. Nearby is St Dyfnog's Well, once a destination for pilgrims."the Parish of Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch" , The Church in Wales website, accessed 13 June 2009
There is a primary school in a comparatively modern building, and the 16th-century King's Head public house in the village centre.
Llanrhaiadr railway station served the village between 1862 and 1953.
Governance An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south with a total population at the 2011 census of 1,856.
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External links
St Dyfnog's Church, Llanrhaeadr, accessed 13 June 2009 Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch community website accessed 2 November 2020
St Dyfnog's Well and Church