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    Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun) is a town and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, 10 miles (16 kilometres) south of Wrexham, between it and Oswestry. At...
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    Chirk Castle (Welsh: Castell y Waun) is a Grade I listed castle located in Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales, 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Chirk railway station...
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    Chirk Aqueduct is a 70-foot (21 m) high and 710-foot (220 m) long navigable aqueduct that carries what is now the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog...
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    Chirk Tunnel is a canal tunnel near Chirk, Wales. It lies on the Llangollen Canal, immediately northwards of the Chirk Aqueduct. It is 421 metres (460 yd)...
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    Chirk War Memorial is a war memorial in the Welsh town of Chirk, now in Wrexham County Borough (until 1974, Chirk was in the historic county of Denbighshire...
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    known as Afon Bradley, that flows northwards for about 2 miles from near Chirk and discharges into the river Dee). The company admitted six offences between...
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    probably all belonged to juvenile branches of that family. The Mortimers of Chirk had another marcher lordship, which was given to a younger brother of the...
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  • The Black Book of Chirk (Welsh: Llyfr Du o'r Waun) is a 13th-century Welsh-language manuscript, known also as the Chirk Codex. It is Peniarth 29 of the...
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  • covering North and Central Wales. Airbus UK Bangor 1876 Buckley Caersws Chirk AAA Denbigh Flint Gresford Guilsfield Holywell Llandudno Llanidloes Mold...
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    Chirk Bank is a small village in Shropshire, England. The industrial town of Chirk is to the north, over the border in Wales, with the B5070 road connecting...
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  • database 1872 to 2013". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 April 2016. "Football joy and heartbreak for actor Ralf Little as Chirk family tales revealed". v t e...
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  • Chirk AAA F.C. is a Welsh football team based in Chirk, Wales. They compete in the Ardal NE. They were previously in the Premier division of the Welsh...
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    Cefn Mawr are the main urban villages. Further south again is the town of Chirk, near the border with Shropshire, while the Ceiriog Valley to the south-east...
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    Chirk railway station (Welsh: Y Waun) serves the town of Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The station is on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line 21 miles...
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    railway that ran through the Ceiriog Valley in north-east Wales, connecting Chirk with Glyn Ceiriog in Denbighshire (now Wrexham County Borough). The gauge...
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    Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Chirk (c.1256 – 3 August 1326) was a 14th-century Marcher lord, notable for his opposition to Edward II of England...
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    Sir Thomas Myddelton (1586–1666) of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, was an English-born Welsh landowner, politician, and military officer. He became a Member...
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    From Wrexham County Borough: Cefn, Dyffryn Ceiriog/Ceiriog Valley, Chirk North, Chirk South, Esclusham, Johnstown, Pant, Penycae, Penycae and Ruabon South...
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  • This is a list of seasons played by Chirk AAA FC from the 1877–78 season, when the club began playing in competitive fixtures following the founding of...
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  • Chirk Community Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Cymuned Y Waun) is a community hospital in Chirk, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health...
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    civil parish in Shropshire, England, just north of Oswestry and east of Chirk, Wales on the England–Wales border. The ancient Parish of St Martin's was...
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  • Chirk was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 to 1935. The rural district was formed from parts of Oswestry and Corwen...
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    Welsh town of Chirk in historic Denbighshire from the north to the English village of Chirk Bank in Weston Rhyn, Shropshire to the south. Chirk Aqueduct lies...
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    great-grandfather, Albert Lockley, was a Welsh international footballer who played for Chirk. He has been engaged to American playwright and screenwriter Lindsey Ferrentino...
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    This is a list of the 90 Grade II listed buildings in the community of Chirk, in Wrexham County Borough. Wales portal Grade II listed buildings in Wrexham...
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  • Holywell Town were refused a promotion licence). The bottom three teams (Chirk AAA, Llanidloes Town, and Porthmadog) were relegated to either the 2024–25...
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    Billy Meredith (category People from Chirk)
    player), he scored 194 goals in 740 league and cup appearances. He played for Chirk before joining Northwich Victoria in 1892. His career took off when he signed...
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    Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust focused on nine samples of the Dyke near Chirk. Radiocarbon dating of redeposited turf resulted in a series of dates. In...
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  • Chirk Town Football Club were a football team based in Weston Rhyn, Shropshire. The team last played in the North East Wales Football League Premier Division...
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    aqueduct at Longdon-on-Tern on the Shrewsbury Canal. It was followed by the Chirk Aqueduct and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, both of which remain in use following...
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