Derwen

Village in Denbighshire, Wales

Human settlement in Wales

Derwen

St Mary's church, Derwen

Derwen

Location within Denbighshire

Population| 426 (2011)
OS grid reference| SJ069506
Community|

* Derwen

Principal area|

* Denbighshire

Country| Wales
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| RUTHIN
Postcode district| LL15
Post town| CORWEN
Postcode district| LL21
Dialling code| 01824
Police| North Wales
Fire| North Wales
Ambulance| Welsh
UK Parliament|

* Bangor Aberconwy

Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament|

* Clwyd West

List of places

Wales
Denbighshire

53°02′42″N 3°23′17″W﻿ / ﻿53.045°N 3.388°W﻿ / 53.045; -3.388

Map of the community
Derwen's Celtic Cross

Derwen (historically, Derwen-dêg-fawr)[1] is a rural village in the south of Denbighshire, Wales. It lies approximately halfway between Corwen and Ruthin, in the upper part of Dyffryn Clwyd on the north side of the River Clwyd, opposite the village of Bryn Saith Marchog. The population of the community as taken at the 2011 census was 426.[2]

The community includes the village of Clawddnewydd.

An old Celtic Cross stands in the village, near the church, dating from the Early Middle Ages. There is also the Grade II Ffynnon Sara.

## Notable residents

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* William Jones (Ehedydd Iâl) (1815–1899), poet and hymnist.
* Charles Evans (mountaineer) (1918–1995)

## See also

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* St Mary's Church, Derwen

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Derwen.

1. ^ James, Major-General Sir Henry (1874). Book of Reference to the Plan of the Parish of Llanarmon (part of), Hundred of Yale, in the County of Denbigh; Ordnance Survey, Great Britain. p. 18.
2. ^ "community population 2011". Retrieved 23 May 2015.

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Denbighshire

Principal settlements|

* Corwen
* Denbigh
* Llangollen
* Prestatyn
* Rhuddlan
* Rhyl
* Ruthin
* St Asaph

Communities|

* Aberwheeler
* Betws Gwerfil Goch
* Bodelwyddan
* Bodfari
* Bryneglwys
* Cefn Meiriadog
* Clocaenog
* Corwen
* Cwm
* Cyffylliog
* Cynwyd
* Denbigh
* Derwen
* Dyserth
* Efenechtyd
* Gwyddelwern
* Henllan
* Llanarmon-yn-Iâl
* Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
* Llandegla
* Llandrillo
* Llandyrnog
* Llanelidan
* Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
* Llanferres
* Llangollen
* Llangynhafal
* Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch
* Llantysilio
* Llanynys
* Nantglyn
* Prestatyn
* Rhuddlan
* Rhyl
* Ruthin
* St Asaph
* Trefnant
* Tremeirchion
* Waen

Villages|

* Aberwheeler
* Berwyn
* Betws Gwerfil Goch
* Bodelwyddan
* Bodfari
* Bontuchel
* Bryneglwys
* Carrog
* Castell
* Cefnmeriadog
* Clawdd Poncen
* Clocaenog
* Clawddnewydd
* Crogen
* Cwm
* Cyffylliog
* Cynwyd
* Derwen
* Druid
* Dyserth
* Efenechtyd
* Gellifor
* Gellioedd
* Glasfryn
* Glyndyfrdwy
* Gronant
* Gwyddelwern
* Henllan
* Hirwaen
* Llanarmon-yn-Iâl
* Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
* Llandegla
* Llandrillo
* Llandyrnog
* Llanelidan
* Llanferres
* Llanfwrog
* Llangar
* Llangwyfan
* Llangynhafal
* Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch
* Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy
* Llantysilio
* Llanychan
* Llanynys
* Loggerheads
* Maerdy
* Meliden
* Nantglyn
* Prion
* Pwllglas
* Pentrecelyn
* Rhewl
* Rhuallt
* Saron
* Tafarn Y Gelyn
* Trefnant
* Tremeirchion

Oldest inhabited location|

* Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site

Geography|

* Berwyn range
* Clwydian Range
* Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB
* Denbigh Moors
* Eglwyseg
* Vale of Clwyd
* World's End

Topics|

* List of parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd
* Schools
* Country houses
* SSSIs
* Scheduled Monuments
* Listed buildings
* Grade I
* Grade II*
* The historic county
* Lord Lieutenants
* High Sheriffs
* Public art

* Geography
* Wales

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