Chirk Hundred

Chirk hundred in Denbighshire

Chirk Hundred is one of the hundreds of Denbighshire, named after the town of Chirk, which it contains. It is situated in the very south-east of the county, bounded to the east by Shropshire; to the north by Bromfield Hundred; to the south by Montgomeryshire; and to the west by Merionethshire. The hundred originates as the mediæval commotes of Chirk, Nanheudwy, Cynllaith and Lower Mochnant.

It comprises the ancient parishes of:

• Chirk
• Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog
• Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr
• Llangadwaladr
• Llangedwyn
• Llangollen (except Eglwyseg hamlet)^*
• Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (part)^†
• Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog
• Llansilin
• Llanymynech (Carreghofa township)^‡

^*: Eglwyseg hamlet is part of Bromfield Hundred.
^†: Remainder in Montgomeryshire.
^‡: Detached in Montgomeryshire. Remainder in Shropshire.

Chirk Hundred had a population of 14,089 in 2011.