Isycoed ( cy, Is-y-coed) is a

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. It lies around 5 miles to the east of

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, close to the River Dee on the

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with

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. There is a primary school in Bowling Bank, and a late-Georgian church, dedicated to

St. Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

, in Isycoed village, which was designated as a

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on 20 June 1996.

Governance

The area was traditionally considered part of the parish of

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, but was made a separate parish in 1827, incorporating the

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of Cacca Dutton, Dutton Diffaeth, Dutton y Bran, Ridley, and Sutton.Isycoed, St Paul

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The

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, established in 1935, was replaced by the Community of Isycoed under the

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. The community today contains the villages or hamlets of Isycoed, Bowling Bank, and Ridleywood; part of the

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occupies the western side of the community area. At the time of the 2001 census, the population was 348,Isycoed Community
Office for National Statistics. increasing to 388 at the 2011 Census.

St Paul's Church

The first church on this site was built in 1718 and it was replaced by another building in 1742. The present church was built in 1829 and is dedicated to St Paul. It is built of brown brick with light headers to give a chequer-board effect. The side door and the adjacent windows have been blocked up. The medium-height tower is at the west end, the top stage is octagonal with a leaded roof and it is surmounted by a

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. The church was designated as a

on 20 June 1996, assessed as being "a good example of an earlier C19 church".

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