Llanddulas
| Llanddulas | |
| Denbighshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SH9112077537 |
| Location: | 53°16’60"N, 3°37’60"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,572 (2001) |
| Post town: | Abergele |
| Postcode: | LL22 |
| Dialling code: | 01745 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Conwy |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Clwyd West |
Llanddulas is a village in Denbighshire midway between Old Colwyn and Abergele and next to the A55 North Wales Expressway. The village lies beneath the limestone hill of Cefn-yr-Ogof (669 ft). This hill has large caves, and quarrying of limestone was formerly the main industry of the village, with crushed stone being exported from the 200-yard-long jetty.
According to figures from the 2001 census, the parish of Llanddulas and Rhyd y Foel, had a population of 1,572.[1]
Llanddulas is notable as being the place where Richard II was betrayed in 1399.[2] and is also the birthplace of Lewis Valentine. Between 1889 and 1952 the village had its own railway station.
According to legend, a cave on the mountain of Pen y Cefn was once the abode of the Devil, until the people of Llandulas performed an exorcism at the cave to drive him away.[3]
References
- ↑ "Llanddulas and Rhyd y Foel 2001 Key Statistics". Conwy County Borough Council. http://www.conwy.gov.uk/upload/public/attachments/231/Llanddulas__Rhydyfoel.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ↑ Black, Adam and Black, Charles (1857) Black's Picturesque Guide to North Wales, Adam and Charles Black (Edinburgh, 1857) p.32
- ↑ Ash, Russell (1973). Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain. Reader's Digest Association Limited. p. 392. ISBN 9780340165973.
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