Dyserth
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| Dyserth shown within Denbighshire | |
| Population | 2,269 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SJ056789 |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | RHYL |
| Postcode district | LL18 |
| Dialling code | 01745 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
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Dyserth (Welsh: Diserth) is a village and electoral ward in Denbighshire, Wales. Population: 2,566 (United Kingdom Census 2001), falling to 2,269 at the 2011 census. Its main features are the extensive quarrying remains, its waterfalls, railway line (former London and North Western Railway, closed in 1930, and now footpath), and mountain (Moel Hiraddug).
It has a long history and is mentioned in the Domesday book of 1086 as follows, it being at the time listed under Cheshire:
Ad hoc manerium ROELENT jacent hae berewiches, DISSAREN BODUGAN CHILVEN et MAENEVAL. In his est terra i carrucata tantum et silva i leuva longa et dimidia lata. Ibi est francigena et ii villani habent i caracutas.
To this manor of Rhuddlan belong these berewicks, DYSERTH BODEGAN (1.5 m ENE of St Asaph) CHILVAN (?) and MAENEFA (?). In these the land is 1 carucate only, and there is a wood 1 league long and a half wide. One foreign woman and 2 villeins have 1 carucate there.
Dyserth also had a nearby castle, which suffered at the hands of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd; destroyed after a six-week siege in 1263. The remains of the castle were quarried away during World War I.
The oldest industry in the village and surrounding area is mining, with lead, copper and limestone just some of the minerals being mined locally in the past. These quarries are still visible and form a major part of the village's geography, though mining ceased when Dyserth Quarry closed in 1981.
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