Cosheston

Human settlement in Wales

Pembrokeshire

CountryWalesSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townPEMBROKEPostcode districtSA71Post townPEMBROKE DOCKPostcode districtSA72Dialling code01646Police Dyfed-Powys Fire Mid and West Wales AmbulanceWelsh UK Parliament

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

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Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

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51°41′49″N 4°53′17″W / 51.697°N 4.888°W / 51.697; -4.888

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

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