Cosheston Explained

Country:Wales
Static Image:Cosheston Church - geograph.org.uk - 218153.jpg
Static Image Caption:Parish church of St Michael
Static Image Alt:stone church with slate roof and slender tower
Coordinates:51.697°N -4.888°W
Official Name:Cosheston
Population:828
Unitary Wales:Pembrokeshire
Constituency Westminster:Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Post Town:PEMBROKE
Postcode District:SA71
Postcode Area:SA
Post Town1:PEMBROKE DOCK
Postcode District1:SA72
Postcode Area1:SA
Dial Code:01646
Os Grid Reference:SN004037

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]

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).[6]

Governance

Cosheston, together with Lamphey, forms an electoral ward. The total ward population taken at the 2011 Census was 1,671.[7]

References

  1. Web site: GENUKI: Cosheston Parish Map (147). 2 March 2018.
  2. Web site: Community population 2011. 19 April 2015.
  3. Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992,, pp 686
  4. Census 2011 http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs206wa Table QS206WA
  5. Web site: GENUKI: Cosheston. 5 March 2016.
  6. Census 2011 http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs206wa Table QS206WA
  7. Web site: Ward population 2011. 19 April 2015.

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