Rossett

Rossett (Welsh: yr Orsedd, yr Orsedd Goch) is a village and a local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. Rossett is served by the A483 road.

This article is about the village in north Wales. For the place near Harrogate, Yorkshire, see Pannal. For the school in Harrogate, see Rossett School.

Rossett

16th century mill in Rossett
Rossett
Location within Wrexham
Population3,231 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ368573
Community
  • Rossett
Principal area
  • Wrexham
Ceremonial county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWREXHAM
Postcode districtLL12
Dialling code01978
01244
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
  • Wrexham

At the time of the 2001 Census, Rossett community (including Rossett itself and the villages of Burton, Burton Green, Trevalyn and Lavister) had a total population of 3,336 people,[2] the population falling to 3,231 at the 2011 Census.

Geography

Rossett is geographically located near to the Welsh and English border towns of Wrexham (6.5 miles (10.5 km) distant) and Chester (7.5 miles (12.1 km). The village sits close to the Wales-England border and is built on the banks of the River Alyn which is a tributary of the River Dee one-and-a-half miles downstream.

Rossett's neighbouring villages are Marford, Burton and Holt and Pulford in England.

Community

The village has two hotels: Llyndir Hall Hotel and Rossett Hall Hotel, a converted mid eighteenth century house. Public houses the Golden Lion and the Alyn, in central Rossett. A short walk out of the village centre are two more pubs the Griffin Inn and the Nags Head.

Christ Church, completed in 1892 replacing an earlier church on the same site, is of Gothic Revival design.[3] The village's war memorial is sited in its churchyard. Other places of worship include the Old Church, the Catholic Church of Christ the King, a Baptist church and a Presbyterian Chapel.

Landmarks

Trevalyn Hall is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor house built in 1576. The house and its grounds were owned by the Trevor family for several generations. During the 1980s the building was converted into apartments.[4]

Rossett Mill, is a Grade II* listed watermill built in 1588. Of timber framed construction on a stone base, the mill was extended in 1661 and during the 1820s. The mill is occasionally opened to the public for visiting. The landscape artist J. M. W. Turner sketched the building in 1795.[5]

Marford Mill, opposite Rossett Mill, was first built around 1086 and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Until the building of Rossett Mill it was the only mill in the area. Marford Mill has an unusual double wheel. The Mill has been the home, since the 1980s, to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, the UK's largest shooting association.[6]

Cook's Bridge crosses the River Alyn and is Grade II listed. It is a single span stone bridge constructed in the early nineteenth century.[7]

A sacred well, St. Peter's well, rises 450 yards from the site of an old chapel which was demolished in the 17th century. The well had a reputation for the cure of sore eyes and sprained limbs.[8]

References
  1. "Community population 2011". Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  2. 2001 Census: Rossett, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 11 November 2008
  3. Listed buildings: Christ Church, Rossett Online, retrieved 5 February 2009
  4. Listed buildings: Trevalyn Hall, Rossett Online, retrieved 5 February 2009
  5. Listed buildings: Rossett Mill, Rossett Online, retrieved 5 February 2009
  6. http://basc.org.uk/about-basc/history-of-marford-mill/
  7. Listed buildings: Cook's Bridge, Rossett Online, retrieved 5 February 2009
  8. http://wellhopper.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/st-peters-well-rossett/
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