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481: 802: 136: 463: 152: 1104: 810: 525: 25: 1770: 159: 1758: 482: 321: 986: 464: 821:, "St Tecla's disease", washed themselves in the well after sunset and walked round it three times, leaving an offering of fourpence, afterwards spending the night in the church. 1702: 1514: 735:. The boundaries of the community include both the village of Llandegla itself and the neighbouring village of Pen-y-stryt. Notably the village boundary includes 1554: 361: 997: 1594: 1569: 387: 198: 839:
The village has an annual Summer Fate festival, which involves vegetable growing, and artwork competitions, as well sports races for the local children.
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As the droving trade tailed off in the later 19th century, due to the construction of the railways, many of Llandegla's residents worked in quarrying.
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Pennant recorded an odd tradition connected with St Tecla's Well, a spring in a field close to the church. Sufferers of what were known as
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recorded a tale about a "wicked Ghost" which haunted the rectory at Llandegla and was eventually exorcised by a man named Griffiths from
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St Tecla's church is likely to have been an early-mediaeval foundation, and by the 13th century was recorded as a chapelry of
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The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain
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from the north-west coast of Wales to the markets of England, and the cattle trade was central to its economy.
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has been held on the feast of the foreign saint since at least the early 20th century.
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St Tecla's well. Its use was discouraged by the church after the 19th century
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long-distance walking routes pass through the village. Llandegla also has a
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Welsh folk-lore: a collection of the folk-tales and legends of North Wales
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taking a large herd of pigs across the mountain from "Llandeglo" towards
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Notable people who have lived in the village include the author
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Llandegla-yn-Iâl distinguishes the community as "St Tegla's in
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Llandegla is located 253 m (830 ft) above
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Llandegla is located in Denbighshire
Denbighshire
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SJ196524
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Denbighshire
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Clwyd
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Wrexham
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LL11
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