River Cegidog

River Cegidog
River Cegidog
	Ford across the Cegidog, near Ffrith.
Etymology	From Welsh cegidog, "abounding with hemlock" (cegid), "hemlock place"
Native name	Afon Cegidog (Welsh)
Location
Country	Wales
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	near Rhydtalog, Flintshire
• coordinates	53°4′33.185″N 3°8′52.202″W / 53.07588472°N 3.14783389°W
• elevation	320 m (1,050 ft)
Mouth	confluence with River Alyn
• location	Sydallt, Wrexham County Borough
• coordinates	53°5′35.402″N 3°1′38.403″W / 53.09316722°N 3.02733417°W
• elevation	60 m (200 ft)

The River Cegidog (Welsh: Afon Cegidog) is a river in north-east Wales. It flows mainly through Flintshire but towards the end of its course it forms the border between Flintshire and Wrexham County Borough.

Its source lies in the hills of southernmost Flintshire to the east of Rhydtalog village. It flows in a roughly north-easterly direction before turning south-east through the villages of Llanfynydd and Ffrith where the Nant-y-Ffrith stream flows into it. It then heads north-east again through a wooded valley before joining the River Alyn at Cefn-y-bedd.

The name of the river indicates a place where hemlock grows.^[1]

References

^ Place names on maps of Scotland and Wales: a glossary of the most common Gaelic and Scandinavian elements [...], The Ordnance Survey, 1973, p.18

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[os-1] Place names on maps of Scotland and Wales: a glossary of the most common Gaelic and Scandinavian elements [...], The Ordnance Survey, 1973, p.18

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