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Llay (Welsh: ''Llai'' meaning meadow) is a village and local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It borders several other villages including Gwersyllt and Gresford. At the 2001 Census, the total population of the community of Llay, including Llay village, was 4,905,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2001 Census: Llay (Parish) )〕 reducing to 4,814 at the 2011 Census. Prior to the 1960s, Llay was a coal mining village. Llay Main Colliery, at one time the largest colliery in Wales and after 1952 the deepest pit in the UK, was a major employer for the area before its coal reserves were exhausted in 1966.〔(Llay Main Colliery ), BBC North East Wales〕 ==History== Llay first appears in mediaeval records as a hamlet - a small settlement without a church - of the township and manor of Burton.〔Palmer, A. N. ''A History of Ancient Tenures of Land in North Wales and the Marches'', 1910, p.232〕 It later formed an outlying part of the parish of Gresford, but the relatively late growth of the village is shown by the fact that the first church service was not held there until 1916, and its church was not completed until 1925.〔(Llay, St Martin ), GENUKI〕 Llay was eventually made a separate parish in its own right in 1944.〔 Much of the growth of the village is connected with the development of coal mines, particularly the Llay Main Colliery. It was first established by the industrialist Sir Arthur Markham in 1913, but sinking of the shafts was interrupted by the First World War and by Markham's death in 1916.〔 The shafts were eventually completed in 1921, and coal production started in 1923. The colliery had a reputation as a well-run, modern pit with a relatively satisfied workforce, and by the 1930s was employing more than 3,000 men, 450 families being installed in new housing schemes in Llay.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Llay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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