Cwm (Denbighshire)

Cwm Welsh Cwm
The Church of SS Mael and Sulien in Cwm
Coordinates	53 ° 17 ′  N , 3 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 53 ° 17 ′  N , 3 ° 24 ′  W
OS National Grid	SJ 06296 77390
Cwm
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 ( pronunciation ^{? / I} ) is a place and community in the Welsh Principal Area Denbighshire near the coast of the Irish Sea . According to the 2011 census, the community had 378 inhabitants.

geography

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
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

Commons : Cwm  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Cwm Parish - Local Area Report. In: nomisweb.co.uk. University of Durham , accessed May 31, 2020 .  
2. ↑ ^{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).  
3. ^ Cwm, Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych). In: getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey , accessed May 31, 2020 .  
4. ^ History of Cwm. In: A Vison of Britian through time. University of Portsmouth and others, accessed May 31, 2020 .  
5. ↑ Cwm CP / AP through time. In: A Vison of Britian through time. University of Portsmouth and others, accessed May 31, 2020 .  
6. ^ Cwm Crossroads. bustimes.org, accessed May 31, 2020 .  
7. ↑ Rhedyn Coch Farm Airstrip Airport. AirportGuide, accessed on May 31, 2020 (English).  
8. ↑ ^{a b} Listed Buildings in Cwm, Denbighshire. British Listed Buildings, accessed May 31, 2020 .  
9. ↑ Marian Mawr. In: coflein.gov.uk. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, accessed May 31, 2020 .  
10. ^ Cwm Parish Church. In: www.clwydfhs.org.uk. Clwyd Family History Society, 2012, accessed May 31, 2020 .  
11. ^ St Mael & St Sulien. Explore Churches, accessed May 31, 2020 .