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Meliden

Meliden is a former mining village, and in the 19th century several hundred miners worked in the local mines. Just to the south of Meliden lies Craig Fawr, a limestone hill that supports a wide variety of flowers and butterflies, including the Brown Argus, a rare sight in North Wales, whose larvae feed on the Common Rockrose. Nature trails have been laid around the site that not only take in the myriad of wildlife and plants, but also an old quarry where the exposed limestone reveals a wealth of fossils left deposited here over 300 million years ago. The short walk to the summit is well worth the effort as there are panoramic views from the top over the Vale of Clwyd, the coastline and beyond to Snowdonia.

The Parish Church of St Melyd is mentioned in the Domesday Book, though the present church largely dates from the 13th century and later. It is the only church in Wales dedicated to that particular saint. The half-timbered south porch, which seems out of place tacked on to a stone building, was added in 1884. It also has a Devil’s Door (now bricked up), which allowed the devil to leave the church when summoned to do so by the priest. When the churchyard wall was rebuilt some time ago, a surprising number of skeletons were unearthed. It is thought that these may have been people who were thought at the time to be in league with the devil, and who were not allowed to be buried in consecrated ground. The relatives got round this ecclesiastical edict by burying them half in and half out of the churchyard.