Willington Worthenbury ( cy, Willington Wrddymbre) is a

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, and is situated near the

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. It has an area of 2,146

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s and a population of 730 ( 2001 census), increasing to 827 at the 2011 census. It contains the villages of Worthenbury and Tallarn Green. It is located on the eastern side of the River Dee in the

English Maelor English Maelor ( cy, Maelor Saesneg) comprises one half of the Maelor region on the Welsh side of the Wales-England border, being the area of the Maelor east of the River Dee. The region has changed counties several times, previously being par ...

area which was formerly part of the historic county of

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. It has the lowest proportion of

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speakers of all the communities in Wrexham county borough, with 88.81% having no knowledge of Welsh according to the 2001 census.

Worthenbury

Settlement at Worthenbury may have begun as early as the tenth century. The name Worthenbury may stem from the Saxon name for a stronghold 'burgh', indicating that a fortification may have been situated there. In 1086, when the

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was compiled, Worthenbury was listed as a relatively small settlement and it was within the hundred of Duddeston and the county of Cheshire. There has been a

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in the village since at least 1388. The current building was built in 1739; it is dedicated to Saint

Deiniol Saint Deiniol (died 572) was traditionally the first Bishop of Bangor in the Kingdom of Gwynedd, Wales. The present Bangor Cathedral, dedicated to Deiniol, is said to be on the site where his monastery stood. He is venerated in Brittany as Sai ...

and has many

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features. South of the village lay Emral Hall, home to the influential Puleston family until 1936 when it was demolished.

Tallarn Green

Tallarn Green also has a small church, completed in 1873 and dedicated to Mary Magdalene. The famous poet R. S. Thomas was curate here in the 1940s. The churchyard contains the

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of a

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soldier of

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.
CWGC Casualty record. The word "green" in the name of the village indicates an area of grassy

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References

*Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.
Maelor Saesneg: The Settlement Landscape
'. Accessed 5 June 2008. *Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Baines, Menna & Lynch, Peredur I. (2008) ''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales'', University of Wales Press, Cardiff. *Roberts, Vic (2004)
Worthenbury
', Genuki. Accessed 5 June 2008. *Wrexham County Borough Council.

'. Accessed 5 June 2008. History of Flintshire Communities in Wrexham County Borough {{Wrexham-geo-stub