Llanwern
{{Short description|Village and community in Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Llanwern
| country = Wales
| static_image_name = Church of St Mary, Llanwern - geograph.org.uk - 1449730.jpg
| static_image_width = 250
| static_image_caption = St Mary's Church
| population = 2,961
| population_ref = (2011 census){{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13696936&c=NP18+2AY&d=14&e=62&g=6497089&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1428176862856&enc=1|title=Newport ward 2011|access-date= 4 April 2015}}
| constituency_westminster = Newport East
| constituency_welsh_assembly = Newport East
| post_town = NEWPORT
| unitary_wales = Newport
| os_grid_reference = ST368863
| coordinates = {{coord|51.57201|-2.91331|display=inline,title}}
| postcode_area = NP
| postcode_district = NP18, NP19
| dial_code = 01633
| module= 240px
Map of the community
}}
File:Llanwern Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 4863186.jpg
Llanwern is a village and community in the eastern part of the city of Newport, South East Wales. The name may be translated as "the church among the grove of the alders".
Location and populace
Llanwern is bounded by the M4 and Langstone to the north, by Ringland and Lliswerry to the west, by Nash, Goldcliff and Whitson to the south and by the city boundary to the east. The population of the Llanwern community in 2011 was 333,[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=801798&c=llanwern&d=16&e=15&g=421553&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Office for National Statistics Parish Headcounts: Llanwern]{{fv|date=May 2022}} which contains Llanwern village and the western half of the site of Llanwern steelworks.{{cite web |url=https://www.newport.gov.uk/documents/One-Newport/Llanwern-Profile-Final-2017.pdf |title=Community Well-being Profile: Llanwern Final |date=May 2017 |publisher=Newport City Council |access-date=7 May 2022|page=5}} The community population dropped to 289 in 2011.{{what|date=November 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W04000821 |title = Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics}} The community also includes the area of Glan Llyn.
Notable features
=Church of St Mary=
The church is dedicated to St Mary and is a Grade II* listed building and dates from the 14th century.{{Cadw|num=2926|desc=Parish Church of St Mary|grade=II*|access-date=27 March 2024}}
The church has a particularly good collection of stained glass. The west tower, stylistically more elaborate than most local churches, contains five bells of various dates. The bells were restored in the 1990s.
=Llanwern House=
Llanwern House was the home of David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda (1856–1918), who was Minister of Food during the First World War. In 1887, a year before his election to Parliament, Thomas took the lease of the house, where he lived the life of a country squire, riding to hounds and breeding prize Hereford cattle. He bought the house in 1900 and acquired the neighbouring Pencoed estate shortly before his death, the purchase making Thomas the largest landowner in Monmouthshire after Lord Tredegar. Despite his fortune Thomas was content to retain the mansion at Llanwern, a large square house on a hilltop overlooking the village. The house, dating to 1760, was old-fashioned in its appearance but that appearance concealed a "delicate and beautiful interior" with Chinoiserie influences.Lloyd, T. (1989), The Lost Houses of Wales: A Survey if Country Houses in Wales Demolished since c.1900, London: SAVE Britain's Heritage, {{ISBN|9780905978277}}, p.103 The house was demolished in the 1950s, although the site is still visible,{{Cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/148334|title=Geograph:: St Mary's Church, Llanwern © Adrian and Janet Quantock cc-by-sa/2.0|website=www.geograph.org.uk}} and the parkland intact. Thomas's ashes are interred in the family graveyard in the church.{{cite web | url=https://netherwent.church/llanwern/ | title=St Mary's Church, Llanwern }}
Governance
Llanwern has a community council, represented by up to seven community councillors.{{cite web|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/20050141.community-council-election-nominees-newport-revealed/ |title=Community council election nominees for Newport revealed |work=South Wales Argus |date=6 April 2022 |access-date=1 September 2022 }}
Llanwern is covered by a Newport City Council electoral ward, also called Llanwern, though also including Goldcliff, Nash, Whitson and Redwick, as well as the community of Llanwern. It elects one city councillor. Since 2008 this has been Conservative Martyn Kellway.{{Cite web|url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Newport-1995-2012.pdf|title = Newport City Council Election Result 1995-2012|publisher = Plymouth University |website=The Elections Centre|access-date=1 September 2022}}
Regeneration
{{main|Glan Llyn}}
A £115m renewal project called Glan Llyn, led by St. Modwen Properties Limited, is transforming the former steel-producing part of the Llanwern steelworks site. Started in 2004, the masterplan envisages {{convert|34|acre}} of employment-generating accommodation hosting 6,000 jobs, 4,000 new dwellings, community facilities and open space including three new lakes. Completion is anticipated by 2026–2028.
See also
References
External links
{{commons category|Llanwern}}
- [https://heritage.churchinwales.org.uk/church-heritage-record-st-mary-llanwern-5206 Church Heritage Records]
- [https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2753626 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llanwern and surrounding area]
- [http://www.llanwernvillage.org.uk www.llanwernvillage.org.uk : Information relating to Llanwern Village and Llanwern Community Council]
{{City of Newport}}