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Cefn-y-bedd
Village in Flintshire, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cefn-y-bedd (Welsh pronunciationⓘ) is a village in Flintshire, north-east Wales.
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Cefn-y-bedd | |
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![]() The Hollybush public house, Cefn-y-Bedd | |
Location within Flintshire | |
OS grid reference | SJ310563 |
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Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WREXHAM |
Postcode district | LL12 |
Dialling code | 01978 |
Police | North Wales |
Fire | North Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
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The name translates into English as "the ridge of the grave", in reference to an old tumulus which a local tale said was the burial place of Gwrle Gawr, the legendary figure after whom Caergwrle was said to be named.[1][2]
Cefn-y-bedd is on the A541 road to the south of its junction with the A550 road at Abermorddu. The village is served by Cefn-y-Bedd railway station on the Borderlands Line, linking Wrexham and Bidston on the Wirral Peninsula.
It is in the community of Llanfynydd, Flintshire.
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