:Cosheston
{{Short description|Village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| 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 = {{coord|51.697|-4.888|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Cosheston
| welsh_name =
| population = 828
| community_wales =
| unitary_wales = Pembrokeshire
| constituency_westminster = Mid 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
| module= 240px
Map of the community
}}
Cosheston is a village, parish, and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated on an inlet of the Daugleddau estuary, {{convert|2|mi|km}} north-east of Pembroke. The parish includes the settlement of Bateman's Hill.{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Cosheston Parish Map (147)|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Redberth/ParishMap|access-date=2 March 2018}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122338&c=SA72+4SF&d=16&e=62&g=6491705&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1429453245402&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|access-date=19 April 2015}}
Name
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).{{cite web |title= Census 2011 — Table QS206WA |website= nomisweb.co.uk |url= http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs206wa }}
The parish church is dedicated to St Michael and had a spire in the 19th century.{{cite web |title= Cosheston |website= genuki.org.uk |publisher= Genealogy UK and Ireland |url= http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Cosheston/ |access-date= 5 March 2016 }}
The percentage of Welsh speakers was 4.9 (1891); 4.3 (1931); 2.6 (1971); 10.7 (2011).
Governance
Cosheston, together with Lamphey, forms an electoral ward. The total ward population at the 2011 Census was 1,671.{{cite web |title= Ward population 2011 |website= ukcensusdata.com |url= http://www.ukcensusdata.com/lamphey-w05000418#sthash.L60cJfSg.dpbs |access-date= 19 April 2015 }}
References
Further reading
- {{cite web |last1= Hughes |first1= Basil H.J. |year= 2014 |title= Pembrokeshire Parishes, Places & People. Castlemartin Hundred |website= archive.org |pages= 108-129 |url= https://archive.org/details/PembrokeshireParishesPlacesPeopleCastlemartinHundred/mode/2up }}
External links
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Cosheston/index.html Historical information and links on GENUKI]
- [https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=6507383 Photos of Cosheston and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk]
- [https://www.cosheston.net/ Cosheston Community History Project]
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