() is a village in the county borough of

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

, North East Wales, in the community of Cefn. It was formerly part of the ancient parish of Ruabon, and is located between

and

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. It is close to the villages of

Trevor Trevor ( Trefor in the Welsh language) is a common given name or surname of Welsh origin. It is an habitational name, deriving from the Welsh ''tre(f)'', meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and ''fawr'', meaning "large, big". The Cornish la ...

, Cefn Mawr, Ruabon and Plas Madoc. The name originates from the Welsh word for acres—, or acre in the local Welsh dialect—and , the Welsh name for Mary. The English meaning of is Mary's Acres. Parts of have views across the River Dee and the Dee Valley. Acrefair, near Wynnstay on the River Dee

Acrefair, near Wynnstay on the River Dee

has a chemist, kebab shop and two Chinese take-aways and once had a petrol station and newsagents / post office. It boasts many buildings built from " Ruabon Red brick", including several chapels which are now closed and converted. Edward Lloyd Rowland established an ironworks in Acrefair in 1817. Following his bankruptcy in 1825, the works were bought by the British Iron Company. The company was re-formed in 1843 as the New British Iron Company and they continued to operate the works until its closure in 1887. The site was subsequently occupied by a succession of businesses, latterly Air Products, which produced air separation and cryogenic storage equipment. The site ceased commercial operations in late 2009. and were also home to the Monsanto Company chemical works, which had produced chemicals since before

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. The site was the American company's first venture in

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. Monsanto later operated the site as FlexSys, one of their subsidiaries, but production on this site ceased in 2010. Coal, clay and iron were also worked in the area during its industrial period. Acrefair railway station was formerly a station on the Ruabon–Barmouth line, it closed to passengers on 18 January 1965 as part of the Beeching Axe. The Ruabon Brook Tramway passed through the village at street level, serving the Monsanto works and other local industry.

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Villages in Wrexham County Borough {{Wrexham-geo-stub