They talk of a dying Lord with male twins as heirs and a question of inheritance. They state that the Hand refers to the red hand seen on the Myddeltons of Chirk Castle’s Coat of Arms. Many people offer the same explanation to the origin of the name, with just a little variation. There isn’t an abundance of pubs and hotels that are named the Hand Hotel, yet I’ve been to Llangollen and Chirk today and each one has a ‘Hand Hotel’. The pub sign depicts a red bloodied hand. Sitting outside the picturesque pub in Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, my gaze is taken by a large wooden carving of a hand.
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