History

Trelawnyd is one of Flintshire

Flintshire

Flintshire is a county in north-east Wales. It borders Denbighshire, Wrexham and the English county of Cheshire. It is named after the historic county of Flintshire, which had notably different borders...

's ancient parishes, originally part of Dyserth

Dyserth

Dyserth is a village in Denbighshire, Wales. Population : 2,566 . Its main features are the extensive quarrying remains, its waterfalls, railway line , and mountain ....

 parish. It became a separate parish between 1254 and 1291, and included the township

Township

The word township is used to refer to different kinds of settlements in different countries. Township is generally associated with an urban area. However there are many exceptions to this rule. In Australia, the United States, and Canada, they may be settlements too small to be considered urban...

s of Gop, Graig

Graig

Graig is an electoral ward and coterminous community of the city of Newport, South Wales.The ward is bounded by the Ebbw River and M4 motorway to the east, the city boundary to the north and west. The southern boundary is formed by a line from the M4/A467 intersection in a roughly westerly...

, Pentreffyddion and Rhydlyfnwyd.

The village was renamed Newmarket in 1710 by John Wynne

John Wynne (industrialist)

John Wynne was a Welsh industrialist, who tried but failed to turn the place where he was born into a centre of the lead industry.-Life:Wynne was born in Trelawnyd in Flintshire, north Wales...

 who obtained a faculty from the Bishops Registry. Wynne had by then redeveloped much of the village, established several industries, a weekly market, and an annual fair, in an attempt to turn Newmarket into the area's market town. The plan failed as nearby Rhyl

Rhyl

Rhyl is a seaside resort town and community situated on the north east coast of Wales, in the county of Denbighshire , at the mouth of the River Clwyd . To the west is the suburb of Kinmel Bay, with the resort of Towyn further west, Prestatyn to the east and Rhuddlan to the south...

 developed into the larger market town. The village was officially renamed Trelawnyd, meaning "Town full of wheat" in Welsh

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

, in 1954.

Trelawnyd Male Voice Choir

In March 1933, 35 villagers formed a choir (Côr Meibion Trelawnyd) to compete at the village Eisteddfod. Within a few months, it grew to 50 members, and has progressed to world renown with circa 100 members in 2010.

In 1957, under conductor Neville Owen, a local schoolmaster, they won the National championships which were held at Bala

Bala

- Places :* Balâ, Ankara, a town and district of Ankara Province in Turkey* Bala , another name for Segor or Zoara, one of the Old Testament "Cities of the Plain"* Bala, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom** Bala Lake, the largest natural lake in Wales...

.

In 1973, under conductor Dr. Goronwy Wynne, they again won the National choir championship at Ruthin

Ruthin

Ruthin is a community and the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales. Located around a hill in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd - the older part of the town, the castle and Saint Peter's Square are located on top of the hill, while many newer parts of the town are on the floodplain of...

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External links

• Trelawnyd Male Voice Choir