Cosheston

Cosheston

Parish church of St Michael
Cosheston
 Cosheston shown within Pembrokeshire
Population 828 
OS grid referenceSN004037
Principal areaPembrokeshire
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Haverfordwest
Postcode district SA62
Dialling code 01646
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK ParliamentCarmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Welsh AssemblyCarmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
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Coordinates: 51°41′49″N 4°53′17″W / 51.697°N 4.888°W / 51.697; -4.888

Cosheston is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated on an inlet of the Daugleddau estuary, 3 km north-east of Pembroke. The northern part of the parish is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Together with the parishes of Upton and Nash, it constitutes the community of Cosheston, which had a population of 713 in 2001, increasing to 828 at the 2011 Census.[1]

Name

The placename means "Constantine's farm".[2] and being part of Little England beyond Wales, the area has been essentially English-speaking for 900 years.

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).[3]

The parish church is dedicated to St Michael and had a spire in the 19th century.[4]

The percentage of Welsh speakers was 4.9 (1891): 4.3 (1931): 2.6 (1971): 10.7 (2011).[5]

Governance

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

References

  1. ↑ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, pp 686
  3. ↑ Census 2011 http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs206wa Table QS206WA
  4. ↑ "GENUKI: Cosheston". Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Census 2011 http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs206wa Table QS206WA
  6. ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 19 April 2015.

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