{{Short description|Community in Denbighshire, Wales}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{distinguish|Llandysilio|Llandissilio}} {{Infobox UK place | country = Wales | welsh_name = Llandysilio-yn-Iâl | official_name = Llantysilio | community_wales = Llantysilio | unitary_wales = Denbighshire | lieutenancy_wales = Clwyd | constituency_welsh_assembly = Clwyd South | constituency_westminster = Clwyd East | population = 421 | population_ref = ''(2011)'' | post_town = LLANGOLLEN | postcode_district = LL20 | postcode_area = LL | dial_code = 01978 | os_grid_reference = SJ1943 | coordinates = {{coord|52.983|-3.203|display=inline,title}} | static_image = Llantysilio - Valle Crucis Abbey.jpg | static_image_width = 240px | static_image_caption = Valle Crucis Abbey | module= 240px<br />Map of the community }}
'''Llantysilio''' ({{langx|cy|Llandysilio-yn-Iâl}}) is a community in Denbighshire, Wales, near Llangollen. It had a population of 472 in 2001,<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790562 Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Denbighshire''] Retrieved 2009-12-14</ref> falling to 421 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125988&c=LL20+7BJ&d=16&e=62&g=6489785&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=0&s=1432465627338&enc=1|title=Community population 2015|accessdate=24 May 2015}}</ref>
The community includes the site of Valle Crucis Abbey, the Horseshoe Pass, and Llantysilio Hall; it also includes the villages of '''Pentredwr''' and '''Rhewl''', as well as the areas of Eglwyseg, '''Llandynan''', and '''Llidiart Annie'''.<ref>[http://www.pentredwr.co.uk/lcc/lccarea.htm Llantysilio Community Council] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305144730/http://www.pentredwr.co.uk/lcc/lccarea.htm |date=2012-03-05 }}, pentredwr.co.uk</ref>
==History== ''A Topographical Dictionary of Wales'' (1849) described it as follows: {{bquote|'''Llantysillio''' or '''Llandysillio''' is a parish, in the union of Corwen, hundred of Yale, county of Denbigh, North Wales, 2 miles (N. W. by W.) from Llangollen, on the road to Ruthin; containing 921 inhabitants. This parish derives its name from the dedication of its church to St. Tysilio, a canonized Prince of Powys, who was descended from St. Pabo, called Post Prydain, "the pillar of Britain", and who was also a writer of the mid-7th century.<...><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47857 "Llansilin - Llanvabon"], in: Samuel Lewis, "A Topographical Dictionary of Wales" (1849), pp. 98-111 - a detailed 19th century description (public domain). Date accessed: July 25 2005</ref>}}
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==External links== {{Commons category|Llantysilio|position=left}} * http://www.llantysiliocc.co.uk – Llantysilio Community Council website
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Category:Communities in Denbighshire Category:Former civil parishes of Wales
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