:Halkyn
{{Short description|Village and community in Flintshire, Wales}}
{{confused|Halkin (disambiguation){{!}}Halkin}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| type = Village and community
| welsh_name = Helygain
| constituency_welsh_assembly = Delyn
| official_name = Halkyn
| population = 2,879
| population_ref = (2011 Census)
| unitary_wales = Flintshire
| lieutenancy_wales = Clwyd
| constituency_westminster = Clwyd East{{cite web|title=Location of Clwyd East|url= https://streetguide.co.uk/maps/parliament/2023/Clwyd-East |website=streetguide.co.uk |date=2024 |access-date=4 May 2025}}
| post_town = MOLD
| postcode_district = CH7
| post_town1 = HOLYWELL
| postcode_district1 = CH8
| postcode_area = CH
| postcode_area1 = CH
| dial_code = 01352
| os_grid_reference = SJ211714
| coordinates = {{coord|53.233|-3.183|display=inline,title}}
| static_image = Halkynchurch.jpg
| static_image_width = 200px
| static_image_caption = Church of St Mary the Virgin, Halkyn, from the west
| website = [http://halkyn.org.uk/ halkyn.org.uk]
| module= 240px
Map of the community
}}
Halkyn ({{langx|cy|Helygain}} {{IPA|cy|heˈləgain|}}; locally: {{lang|cy|Lygian}} {{IPA|cy|ˈləgjan|}}) is a village and community in Flintshire, north-east Wales and situated between Pentre Halkyn, Northop and Rhosesmor. At the 2001 Census the population of the community was 2,876,{{citation|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=801655&c=halkyn&d=16&e=15&g=414376&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1237292781656&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=2001 Census: Halkyn (community)|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=17 March 2009}} increasing slightly to 2,879 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124133&c=CH8+8AN&d=16&e=62&g=6490056&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1432550423106&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|access-date=25 May 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095643/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124133&c=CH8+8AN&d=16&e=62&g=6490056&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1432550423106&enc=1|url-status=dead}} Pentre Halkyn is in the community.
History
Halkyn is one of the ancient parishes of Flintshire, originally comprising the townships of Hendrefigillt, Lygan y Llan and Lygan y Wern. The area was notable during the Roman occupation for the mining of lead. The village was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Alchene, when it was then part of Cheshire, in England.
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 1,785.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/halkyn-w05000208#sthash.rFdG0Z6z.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|access-date=26 May 2015}} The Halkyn ward includes the villages of Halkyn, Rhes-y-cae and Rhosesmor and elects one county councillor to Flintshire County Council.{{cite web|title=The County of Flintshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 |date=1998 |publisher=Statutory Instruments|website=legislation.gov.uk |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3140/made |access-date=24 December 2018}}
Amenities
The village has a football club Halkyn United F.C., a cricket club, a post office (run as part of the Blue Bell Inn), a parish church, a library, and two public houses, the Britannia and the award-winning Blue Bell Inn.
Notable people
- Dan Jones, translator of the Book of Mormon into Welsh.
References
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External links
- [http://halkyn.org Halkyn Community Website]
- [https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2741918 Geograph.co.uk], photos of Halkyn and surrounding area
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Category:Communities in Flintshire