User:Cholomondely

it is possible that the name rhyl derives from the welsh words yr hwyl which in medieval times would equate to the english the chase.then the area would have been marsh and sanddunes through which the river clwyd flowed to the sea.The Normans took control of the area by consructing a castle at Rhuddlan the lowest fording point of the river Clwyd in the 11th century.The Normans took great delight in hunting and often reserved good hunting areas to themselves.There is a place between Rhyl and Prestatyn still called Penyrwhwylfa i.e. end of the chase or hunting area