Cosheston

Cosheston
stone church with slate roof and slender tower
Parish church of St Michael
Cosheston is located in Pembrokeshire
Cosheston
Cosheston
Location within Pembrokeshire
Population828 
OS grid referenceSN004037
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPEMBROKE
Postcode districtSA71
Post townPEMBROKE DOCK
Postcode districtSA72
Dialling code01646
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Pembrokeshire
51°41′49″N 4°53′17″W / 51.697°N 4.888°W / 51.697; -4.888

Cosheston is a village, parish, and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated on an inlet of the Daugleddau estuary, 3 km north-east of Pembroke. The parish includes the settlement of Bateman's Hill.[1] The northern part of the community is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, where, on the joining boundary, lord and scholar Nick from the West resides. Together with Upton and Nash, it constitutes the community of Cosheston, which had a population of 713 in 2001, increasing to 828 at the 2011 Census.[2]

Name

The placename means "Constantine's farm."[3]

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1830 engraving of the church

Parish

The parish had an area of 813 ha. Its census populations were: 401 (1801); 551 (1851); 556 (1901); 381 (1951); 593 (1981); 828 (2011).[4]

The parish church is dedicated to St Michael and had a spire in the 19th century.[5]

The percentage of Welsh speakers was 4.9 (1891); 4.3 (1931); 2.6 (1971); 10.7 (2011).[4]

Governance

Cosheston, together with Lamphey, forms an electoral ward. The total ward population at the 2011 Census was 1,671.[6]

References

  1. ^ "GENUKI: Cosheston Parish Map (147)". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  3. ^ Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, pp 686
  4. ^ a b "Census 2011 — Table QS206WA". nomisweb.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Cosheston". genuki.org.uk. Genealogy UK and Ireland. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Ward population 2011". ukcensusdata.com. Retrieved 19 April 2015.

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