Cosheston

Cosheston
stone church with slate roof and slender tower
Parish church of St Michael
Cosheston
Cosheston shown within Pembrokeshire
Population 828 
OS grid reference SN004037
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Haverfordwest
Postcode district SA62
Dialling code 01646
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly

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. 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).[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. ↑ "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. ↑ Census 2011 http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs206wa Table QS206WA
  5. ↑ "GENUKI: Cosheston". Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Census 2011 http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs206wa Table QS206WA
  7. ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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