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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2018}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2009}}
{{infobox UK place
|country                 = England
|static_image_name       = The White Lion, Llynclys in 2006.jpg
|static_image_caption    = The ''White Lion'' at Llynclys
|coordinates             = {{coord|52.808|-3.065|region:GB-SHR_type:city}}
|official_name           = Llynclys
|population              = 
|population_ref          = 
|civil_parish            = [[Llanyblodwel]]
|london_distance_mi      = 155
|london_direction        = SE
|unitary_england         = [[Shropshire (district)|Shropshire]]
|lieutenancy_england     = [[Shropshire]]
|region                  = West Midlands
|constituency_westminster= [[North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Shropshire]]
|post_town               = OSWESTRY
|postcode_district       = SY10
|postcode_area           = SY
|dial_code               = 01691
|os_grid_reference       = SJ284239
}}

'''Llynclys''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|l|ʌ|ŋ|k|l|ɪ|s}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phonetic-blog.blogspot.com/2010/01/ruyton-how-many.html|title=Ruyton how many?|last=Wells|first=John|authorlink=John C. Wells|date=15 January 2010|work=John Wells's phonetic blog|access-date=5 March 2010}}</ref> {{IPA|cy|ˈɬɨːnklɨːs}})) is a small village in [[Shropshire]], England, in the [[civil parish]] of [[Llanyblodwel]]. It lies north of [[Pant, Shropshire|Pant]] at the crossroads of the [[A483 road|A483]] and B4396, where there are several houses and a [[pub]], the ''White Lion''.

==Etymology==
The name Llynclys is based on the [[Welsh language|Welsh]] word for lake, ''{{lang|cy|llyn}}'', and Llynclys Pool still lies near to the village. The -{{lang|cy|clys}} element was in the past thought to be derived from ''{{lang|cy|llys}}'', "palace" or "court", and the lake, supposed to be of extraordinary depth, was said to contain a drowned city or palace with various legends attached to it.<ref name=simpson23>{{cite book |last=Simpson |first=Jacqueline |authorlink=Jacqueline Simpson |title=The Folklore of the Welsh Border |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mykkAQAAIAAJ |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |location=[[Lanham, Maryland|Lanham]] |year=1976 |page=23 |isbn=0874718376}}</ref><ref name=raven116>{{cite book |last=Raven |first=Michael |authorlink=Michael Raven (author) |title=A Guide to Shropshire |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jz90swEACAAJ |year=2005 |page=116 |isbn=0906114349}}</ref>

==Countryside==
Much of the area around Llynclys Hill to the west is [[common land]]; there are a number of cottages and smallholdings probably built by workers in the area's lead mines and limestone quarries.<ref name="raven116"/> Llynclys Common, from which there are fine views, is home to eight varieties of [[orchid]] and the [[brown argus]] butterfly.<ref name="raven116"/>

==Railways==
Llynclys was formerly on the [[Cambrian Railways]] line from {{stnlnk|Oswestry}} to {{stnlnk|Welshpool}}. The [[Cambrian Heritage Railways]] are now re-building sections of the line as a [[heritage railway]]. {{stnlnk|Llynclys South}} railway station is in operation, whilst the original {{stnlnk|Llynclys}} station remains unused of 2010.

==Plane Crash==
On the 30 October 1941 a [[Royal Air Force]], [[Handley Page Hampden|Handley Page Hampden Mk I]] (P1294) crashed near the White Lion pub while on a training flight in bad weather, all four crew died<ref>{{cite web | url=http://aircrewremembered.com/kerr-george-donald.html | title=Aircrew Remembered Aviation Personal Histories and Databases }}</ref>

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==External links==
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