Cyffylliog

 ( Villages In Denbighshire ) 

Cyffylliog (sometimes ) is a village and community in Denbighshire, Wales. It is situated to the west of Ruthin on the banks of the River Clywedog. The community covers an area of and includes the hamlet of Bontuchel and a section of Clocaenog Forest.Davies, John; Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines & Peredur I. Lynch (2008) The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales, University of Wales Press, Cardiff. It had a population of 495 at the time of the 2011 census, a slight increase from 484 during the 2001 census.Office for National Statistics: Cyffylliog (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics. Accessed 15 April 2013.Office for National Statistics: Cyffylliog (Parish), Key Figures for 2001 Census: Key Statistics . Accessed 15 April 2013. The name of the village means "place of pollarding trees/stumps" and comes from the Welsh word cyffyll meaning stumps.Owen, Hywel Wyn & Richard Morgan (2007) Dictionary of the Place-names of Wales, Gomer Press, Llandysul, Ceredigion.

The village has a small, bilingual primary school, Ysgol Cyffylliog, which had 25 pupils in 2011.Estyn (2011) A report on Ysgol Cyffylliog . Accessed 15 April 2013.

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Church of St Mary The village church, St. Mary's, dates from the late 12th century but has been extensively renewed since that time including an almost complete rebuilding in 1876. Although the church has been arduously restored, it retains its late medieval ceiling and an unusual Georgian ‘hearse house’. The church is open for private prayer at all times.

The village also has a Presbyterian chapel, Salem Chapel.The Presbyterian Church of Wales: Salem, Cyffylliog. Accessed 15 April 2013.

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