Trefnant is a village and
community
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in
Denbighshire, Wales. It is located on the
A525 road in the
Vale of Clwyd (''Dyffryn Clwyd''), about halfway between
St Asaph (''Llanelwy'') to the north and
Denbigh to the south. At the
2001 Census, the community had a population of 1,409,
increasing to 1,581 at the 2011 Census.
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, designed by
George Gilbert Scott, is a
Grade II* listed building in the village. It was erected to commemorate the life of John Lloyd Salusbury, of
Galltfaenan Hall. It forms part of a significant group of listed Scott-designed structures in the village, which include a school and parsonage.
Nearby is
Llannerch Hall
Llanerch Hall, Trefnant, Clwyd, Wales, is a country house with medieval origins. It was rebuilt twice at the beginning and at the end of the 17th century, was again rebuilt in the 19th century, and further modified in the 20th. The hall is now di ...
.
Trefnant railway station
Trefnant railway station served the village of Trefnant
Trefnant is a village and community in Denbighshire, Wales. It is located on the A525 road in the Vale of Clwyd (''Dyffryn Clwyd''), about halfway between St Asaph (''Llanelwy'') to th ...
served the village. It closed in the 1960s. Also
Llannerch railway station was located nearby at Llannerch Hall. It closed in 1871.
Welsh language
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author and polemicist
Emrys ap Iwan was a minister at Trefnant at the end of the 19th century.
Green Methodist Chapel
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was built in 1824. Built in the simple Gothic style, gable entry type.
Trefnant used to have a
football team called Trefnant Village FC. They dropped out of the Clwyd League due to a cash crisis. They have a Summer league team which won the first summer title in 1927 and they last won a trophy in 2004, the shield, beating
Henllan in the final.
Governance
An
electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches beyond the boundaries of the Community and the total population taken at the 2011 Census was 1,970.
References
External links
www.geograph.co.uk: photos of Trefnant and surrounding area
Communities in Denbighshire
Villages in Denbighshire
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