Abenbury
{{Short description|Community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| welsh_name =
| constituency_welsh_assembly = Wrexham
| coordinates = {{coord|53|01|59|N|2|56|12|W|type:city(5000)_region:GB|display=title}}
| official_name = Abenbury
| unitary_wales = Wrexham
| population = 1,678
| population_ref = (2011 Census){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11119775&c=LL13+8JA&d=16&e=62&g=6490900&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1447858508422&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|accessdate=18 November 2015}}
| lieutenancy_wales = Clwyd
| constituency_westminster = Wrexham
| post_town = WREXHAM
| postcode_district = LL13
| postcode_area = LL
| dial_code =
| os_grid_reference = SJ3719448863
| static_image_name = File:Tin - Tabernacle - geograph.org.uk - 676416.jpg
| static_image_caption = A disused "tin tabernacle" near the village of Pentre Maelor.
| module= 240px
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Abenbury is a community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is situated south-east of Wrexham city and includes the village of Pentre Maelor and part of the Wrexham Industrial Estate.
The ancient parish of Wrexham included the townships of Abenbury Fawr (or "Big Abenbury") and Abenbury Fechan (or "Little Abenbury"). The township of Abenbury Fechan was one of several exclaves of Flintshire and was only transferred to Denbighshire in 1884. The historian A. N. Palmer argued that the name Abenbury probably had a compound Welsh and English origin, noting there was a farm called "Coed Aben" in the township.Palmer, A. N. A History of Ancient Tenures of Land in North Wales and the Marches, 1910, p.242
The civil parish of Abenbury was created in 1935 from parts of the old townships of Abenbury Fawr and Erlas: it was the basis of the community of Abenbury when this was created under the Local Government Act 1972.[http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/wrexham.html Wrexham Registration District], GENUKI
At the 2001 census, the community had a population of 718 in 277 households,[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=801006&c=abenbury&d=16&e=15&g=415026&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1273218157360&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Abenbury], Office for National Statistics the population increasing to 1,678 at the 2011 Census. The majority of residents live in the village of Pentre Maelor, which was originally built in 1947 to house workers from nearby factories.[http://www.north-wales.police.uk/portal/blogs/wrexhamnorthdistrictblog/archive/2010/03/09/introduction-wrexham-industrial-estate-policing-team.aspx Wrexham Industrial Estate Policing Team]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, North Wales Police The community also includes a large rural area and the Llwyn Onn estate on the outskirts of Wrexham, all of which are governed by Abenbury Community Council ({{langx|cy|Cyngor Cymuned Abenbury}}).