River Cegidog

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.

River Cegidog
Ford across the Cegidog, near Ffrith.
EtymologyFrom Welsh cegidog, "abounding with hemlock" (cegid), "hemlock place"
Native nameAfon Cegidog
Location
CountryWales
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationnear Rhydtalog, Flintshire
  coordinates53°4′33.185″N 3°8′52.202″W
  elevation320 m (1,050 ft)
Mouthconfluence with River Alyn
  location
Sydallt, Wrexham County Borough
  coordinates
53°5′35.402″N 3°1′38.403″W
  elevation
60 m (200 ft)

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

  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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