Trevor, Wrexham

Trevor
Welsh: Trefor
Junction on the Llangollen Canal in the village of Trevor
Trevor Trevor shown within Wrexham
OS grid reference	SJ268425
Community	Llangollen Rural
Principal area	Wrexham
Ceremonial county	Clwyd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LLANGOLLEN
Postcode district	LL20
Dialling code	01978
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
EU Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Clwyd South
Welsh Assembly	Clwyd South
List of places UK Wales Wrexham

Coordinates: 52°58′30″N 3°05′20″W / 52.975°N 3.089°W / 52.975; -3.089

Trevor (Welsh: Trefor) is a village in the county borough of Wrexham (until 1974 in Denbighshire) in Wales. It is situated in the scenic Vale of Llangollen, on the A539 between Llangollen and Wrexham in the community of Llangollen Rural.

Its name is an anglicised version of the Welsh place-name Trefor, meaning "large village". This was one of the old townships of the parish of Llangollen, giving its name to both a powerful landowning family whose ancestral home was in the township, and to the later industrial settlement represented by the modern village. In common with neighbouring Froncysyllte, Trevor is largely made up of nineteenth- and twentieth-century cottages for workers in the area's traditional industries of limestone quarrying and brick-making.^[1] Although these industries have now disappeared the area has a rich industrial archeology.

Trevor lies on the Llangollen Canal at the northern end of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct; the Trevor Basin is at the north end of the aqueduct. Until 1965 the village once had a railway station on the now long closed/disused Ruabon to Barmouth line,

However the nearby Heritage Llangollen Railway aims (once work on the extension to Corwen is completed) to extend eastwards to Ruabon passing the village of Trevor itself (whom may include rebuilding and full restoration of the old train station itself as part of the extension).

The Offa's Dyke Path passes through the village.

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↑ Dee Valley, Froncysyllte to Newbridge, Wrexham County Borough Council Planning

Wrexham County Borough

Principal settlements	Chirk Holt Wrexham

Communities	Abenbury Acton Bangor-on-Dee Bronington Broughton Brymbo Caia Park Cefn Ceiriog Ucha Chirk Coedpoeth Erbistock Esclusham Glyntraian Gresford Gwersyllt Hanmer Holt Isycoed Llangollen Rural Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog Llay Maelor South Marchwiel Minera Offa Overton-on-Dee Penycae Rhosddu Rhosllannerchrugog Rossett Ruabon Sesswick Willington Worthenbury

Other villages and areas	Acrefair Arowry Bersham Bettisfield Borras Park Bradley Bryn Offa Brynteg Burton Bwlchgwyn Caego Cefn Mawr Cross Lanes Froncysyllte Garden Village Glyn Ceiriog Gwynfryn Hightown Horseman's Green Johnstown Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog Marford Moss Penley Pentre Broughton Pentre Bychan Pentre Maelor Ponciau Pontfadog Rhosrobin Rhostyllen Rhosymedre Southsea Stansty Summerhill Sydallt Tanyfron Tregeiriog Trevor

Castles	Chirk Castle Holt Castle

Buildings and structures	Bersham Ironworks Erddig Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Rossett Hall Wynn Hall

Rivers	Alyn Cegidog Ceiriog Clywedog Dee Eitha Gwenfro Wych Brook

Geographical features	Esclusham Mountain Fenn's Moss Ruabon Moors

Topics	Parliamentary constituencies Schools SSSIs Country houses Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings History Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs Museums

Denbighshire

Principal settlements	Corwen Denbigh Llangollen Prestatyn Rhuddlan Rhyl Ruthin St Asaph

Community councils	Aberwheeler Betws Gwerfil Goch Bodelwyddan Bodfari Bryneglwys Cefn Meiriadog Clocaenog Corwen Cwm Cyffylliog Cynwyd Denbigh Derwen Dyserth Efenechtyd Gwyddelwern Henllan Llanarmon-yn-Iâl Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd Llandegla Llandrillo Llandyrnog Llanelidan Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Llanferres Llangollen Llangynhafal Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch Llantysilio Llanynys Nantglyn Prestatyn Rhuddlan Rhyl Ruthin St Asaph Trefnant Tremeirchion Waen

Villages	Aberwheeler Berwyn Betws Gwerfil Goch Bodelwyddan Bodfari Bontuchel Bryneglwys Carrog Castell Cefnmeriadog Cerrigydrudion Clocaenog Clawddnewydd Crogen Cwm Cyffylliog Cynwyd Derwen Druid Dyserth Efenechtyd Gellifor Gellioedd Glasfryn Glyndyfrdwy Gronant Gwaenysgor Gwyddelwern Henllan Hirwaen Llanarmon-yn-Iâl Llanbedr-Dyffryn-Clwyd Llandegla Llandrillo Llandyrnog Llanefydd Llanelidan Llanferres Llanfwrog Llangar Llangwyfan Llangyhafal Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy Llantysilio Llanychan Llanynys Llwynmawr Loggerheads Maerdy Meliden Nantglyn Prion Pwllglas Pentrecelyn Rhewl Rhuallt Saron Tafarn Y Gelyn Trefnant Tremeirchion

Oldest inhabited location	Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site

Moors	Berwyn range Mynydd Hiraethog

Topics	List of Parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd Schools Country houses SSSIs Scheduled Monuments Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings The historic county Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs

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Trevor, Wrexham

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