Cwm (Denbighshire)
Cwm Welsh Cwm |
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The Church of SS Mael and Sulien in Cwm | ||
Coordinates | 53 ° 17 ′ N , 3 ° 24 ′ W | |
OS National Grid | SJ 06296 77390 | |
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Residents | 378 (as of: 2011 census) | |
surface | 15.009 km² (5.8 mi² ) | |
Population density: | 25 inhabitants per km² | |
administration | ||
Post town | RHYL | |
ZIP code section | LL18 | |
Part of the country | Wales | |
Preserved County | Flintshire | |
Unitary authority | Denbighshire | |
ONS code | W04000148 | |
British Parliament | Vale of Clwyd | |
Welsh Parliament | Vale of Clwyd | |
Cwm ( community in the Welsh Principal Area Denbighshire near the coast of the Irish Sea . According to the 2011 census, the community had 378 inhabitants.
) is a place andgeography
The community of Cwm is in the north of Denbighshire south of the seaside resort Prestatyn and northeast of St Asaph . The A55 road runs in the south of the community . In the community area is the 302 meter high mountain Mynydd y Cwm and the 238 meter high mountain Marian Ffrith . In addition to the main town of Cwm, there are several other settlements such as Marian Cwm . The main town is about 101.1 meters above sea level.
The community is on the border between Denbighshire and Flintshire . In the north it borders on both the Dyserth community, which belongs to the former, and the Trelawnnyd and Gwaenysgor community, which belongs to the latter , in the east on the Whitford community which belongs to Flintshire , to the south on the Denbighshire communities Tremeirchion and Waen and in the west Rhuddlan .
history
Cwm is described in the book Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales published in the early 1870s , where the name Combe is mentioned as an alternative name .
Population development
year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1941 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
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Residents | 415 | 384 | 383 | 442 | 527 | 558 | ? | ? | 418 | 350 | 346 | 362 | 394 | 358 | ? | 316 | 348 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 378 |
Transport and infrastructure
Several major roads lead through the community, including the A55 road from Chester to Holyhead . Cwm also has a bus line that runs between Denbigh and Cwm itself. In addition, the Rhedyn Coch Farm Airstrip is a small airport on the community's territory.
Buildings
There are a total of 19 buildings on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest in the community area. A majority of thirteen buildings are Grade II buildings ( e.g. the 17th century Marian Mawr farmhouse ), the remaining buildings, e.g. the Church of SS Mael and Sulien or several farmhouses, are Grade II * buildings .
Personalities
- Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug († 1370), Welsh scholar and poet, was buried near Cwm
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Cwm Parish - Local Area Report. In: nomisweb.co.uk. University of Durham , accessed May 31, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Election Maps. Ordnance Survey, accessed on May 16, 2020 (English, To get to Community Cwm: Please check the Parishes tab in the Parishes section in front of Civil Parishes or Communities and then enter "Cwm Denbighshire" in the search field on the right).
- ^ Cwm, Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych). In: getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey , accessed May 31, 2020 .
- ^ History of Cwm. In: A Vison of Britian through time. University of Portsmouth and others, accessed May 31, 2020 .
- ↑ Cwm CP / AP through time. In: A Vison of Britian through time. University of Portsmouth and others, accessed May 31, 2020 .
- ^ Cwm Crossroads. bustimes.org, accessed May 31, 2020 .
- ↑ Rhedyn Coch Farm Airstrip Airport. AirportGuide, accessed on May 31, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b Listed Buildings in Cwm, Denbighshire. British Listed Buildings, accessed May 31, 2020 .
- ↑ Marian Mawr. In: coflein.gov.uk. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, accessed May 31, 2020 .
- ^ Cwm Parish Church. In: www.clwydfhs.org.uk. Clwyd Family History Society, 2012, accessed May 31, 2020 .
- ^ St Mael & St Sulien. Explore Churches, accessed May 31, 2020 .