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]
| Cosheston | |
|---|---|
 Parish church of St Michael | |
  Cosheston Location within Pembrokeshire | |
| Population | 828 |
| OS grid reference | SN004037 |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PEMBROKE |
| Postcode district | SA71 |
| Post town | PEMBROKE DOCK |
| Postcode district | SA72 |
| Dialling code | 01646 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Name
editThe placename means "Constantine's farm."[3]
Parish
editThe 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
editCosheston, together with Lamphey, forms an electoral ward. The total ward population at the 2011 Census was 1,671.[6]
References
edit- ^ "GENUKI: Cosheston Parish Map (147)". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, pp 686
- ^ a b "Census 2011 — Table QS206WA". nomisweb.co.uk.
- ^ "Cosheston". genuki.org.uk. Genealogy UK and Ireland. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". ukcensusdata.com. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
Further reading
edit- Hughes, Basil H.J. (2014). "Pembrokeshire Parishes, Places & People. Castlemartin Hundred". archive.org. pp. 108–129.