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Rhydtalog

Village in Flintshire, Wales

Village in Flintshire, Wales

FieldValue
coordinates
official_nameRhydtalog
label_positiontop
unitary_walesFlintshire
lieutenancy_walesClwyd
countryWales
constituency_welsh_assemblyAlyn and Deeside
constituency_westminsterAlyn and Deeside
post_townMOLD
postcode_districtCH7
postcode_areaCH
dial_code01824
os_grid_referenceSJ233549
static_imageLiver Inn, Rhydtalog - geograph.org.uk - 662579.jpg
static_image_captionRoad junction at the centre of Rhydtalog

Rhydtalog is a small, isolated village in Flintshire, Wales. It lies in hilly country on the border with Denbighshire in the community of Treuddyn.

The current name translates as "Talog's ford", but it was given as "Rhydhalawg" in 1699, and it seems likely that it was originally Rhydhalog, "dirty ford", and later changed due to the old name's negative associations. There is no ford in the village now, but there is a bridge over a tributary of the River Terrig immediately to the north-west. The River Cegidog also rises in the area.

The surrounding countryside is high pasture and moorland; the nearest villages are Graianrhyd, to the north-west, and Treuddyn, to the north-east. Rhydtalog is at the junction of the A5104 and B5430 roads. There used to be a pub, the Liver Inn (pronounced as in Liver bird) but it closed in 2007.

There was formerly an isolation hospital nearby in the hamlet of Blaenau; this was converted into a hostel in the 1970s.

References

References

  1. Davies, E. ''Flintshire place-names'', University of Wales Press, 1959, p.147; see also Wmffre, I. ''Language and place-names in Wales'', UWP, 2003
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