Cilcain

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title: "Cilcain" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cilcain", "villages-in-flintshire", "communities-in-flintshire"] description: "Village and community in Flintshire, Wales" topic_path: "general/cilcain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilcain" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village and community in Flintshire, Wales ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	Wales
type	Village and community
coordinates
official_name	Cilcain
community_wales	Cilcain
unitary_wales	Flintshire
lieutenancy_wales	Clwyd
constituency_welsh_assembly	Delyn
constituency_westminster	Clwyd East
post_town	MOLD
postcode_district	CH7
postcode_area	CH
dial_code	01352
os_grid_reference	SJ1765
population	1340
population_ref	(2021)
static_image	White Horse Inn, Cilcain - DSC06082.JPG
static_image_width	250px
static_image_caption	The White Horse Inn, in the Village Centre
parts_style	para
parts_type	Settlements
p1	Cilcain
p2	Rhydymwyn
website
module	[[File:2024 Wales Flintshire Community Cilcain map.svg
Map of the community
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| country = Wales | type = Village and community | coordinates = | official_name = Cilcain | community_wales = Cilcain | unitary_wales = Flintshire | lieutenancy_wales = Clwyd | constituency_welsh_assembly = Delyn | constituency_westminster = Clwyd East | post_town = MOLD | postcode_district = CH7 | postcode_area = CH | dial_code = 01352 | os_grid_reference = SJ1765 | population = 1340 | population_ref = (2021) | static_image = White Horse Inn, Cilcain - DSC06082.JPG | static_image_width = 250px | static_image_caption = The White Horse Inn, in the Village Centre | parts_style = para | parts_type = Settlements | p1 = Cilcain | p2 = Rhydymwyn | website = | module= [[File:2024 Wales Flintshire Community Cilcain map.svg|240px]] Map of the community

Cilcain is a village and community, near Mold, in Flintshire, north-east Wales. The village has an industrial history and includes the Millennium Woods, a post office, a public house, a parish church, a primary school (Ysgol y Foel) and a village hall.

Cilcain borders the parishes of Rhosesmor, Rhes-y-cae and Rhydymwyn. The community includes the village of Rhydymwyn.

Cilcain has an annual Cilcain show at the village hall. There are usually fairs and a dog show. Also a junior and adults race either up Moel Famau or just up a part of the mountain.

Name

The Welsh placename Cilcain, which has also in the past been spelled as Kilken and Cilcen, and may derive from cil meaning 'retreat' and cain meaning 'fair' or 'pleasant' in the Welsh language.

Early Cilcain

In the early years of Cilcain's existence it was noted as a place of retreat and was also locally known for its regular village fairs and for cockfighting, which took place on Sundays after the local church service.

Church

Main article: St Mary's Church, Cilcain

The first recorded mention of the church at Cilcain dates from 1291. Cilcain is one of the "ancient parishes" of Flintshire. It originally comprised the seven townships of Cefn, Llan (or Tre'r Llan), Llystynhunydd (or Glust), Llys y Coed, Maes y Groes, Mechlas (or Dolfechlas), and Trellyniau. On 27 June 1848, the township of Trellyniau and part of the township of Llystynhunydd went to the new parish of Rhes-y-Cae. On 31 March 1865, the remainder of Llystynhunydd, and parts of the townships of Cefn and Mechlas, went to the new parish of Rhydymwyn.

Governance

Cilcain Community Council is divided into two wards, Cilcain and Rhydymwyn, each of which elects six councillors. The Cilcain and Nannerch communities make up the Cilcain electoral ward on Flintshire County Council, which elects one councillor. It had a population of 1,790 at the 2021 census. Caerwys is part of the Delyn constituency and North Wales region for the Senedd, and of the Clwyd East constituency for parliament.

Millennium Woods

The Millennium Woods were planted in 2000 through the 'Woods on your doorstep' scheme of the Woodland Trust. Many of the trees were planted by students attending the local school, Ysgol y Foel. The official name is Coed y Felin ('Mill Woods'), named after the disused mill that now lies in ruins by the stream below.

References

References

1. "Cilcain".
2. "cil". University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
3. "cain". University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
4. "Your Councillors and Clerk".
5. "Electoral Arrangements for Flintshire".
6. "Cilcain".
7. (July 2024). "Location of Clwyd East".

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