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An ancient market town,
Denbigh lies on a hillside overlooking the Vale of
Clwyd. Above it is the ruin of the town’s
limestone castle, created as a border stronghold
after Llywelyn The Last was defeated in battle in
1282 by Edward l. The remains include an
impressive gatehouse with no less than three
towers. So sturdy was this fortress that it later
took Cromwell’s troops four months to bring about
its fall during the English Civil War in 1646. The
layout of the town itself has hardly changed since
the Middle Ages.
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Denbigh Town Centre - Photo:
Dot Potter
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It once enjoyed fame as a glove-making centre and
was the birthplace of a certain John Rowlands who
changed his surname to Stanley and eventually
located the explorer David Livingstone in darkest
Africa, uttering those immortal words: "Dr
Livingstone, I presume".
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