Tremeirchion
| Tremeirchion | |
| Flintshire | |
|---|---|
 The Salusbury Arms | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SJ081729 |
| Location: | 53°14’44"N, 3°22’39"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 636 (2001) |
| Post town: | St. Asaph |
| Postcode: | LL17 |
| Dialling code: | 01745 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Denbighshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Vale of Clwyd |
Tremeirchion (previously known as Lleweni) is a small residential parish in Flintshire. It is located on the B5429 road, to the north east of Denbigh and to the east of St Asaph.
The town was part of the traditional lands of the Salusbury family and the Cotton baronets. It was dominated by these two families until the early part of the twentieth century. It briefly became well known during the fin de siècle after a series of dinosaur bones were found in the area. The town does not possess a shop or any other commercial activity although one pub, the Salusbury Arms, operates daily with the exception of Monday.
Demographics
In the 2001 Census the parish population was 636.[1] Residents had a median household income of £32,400 as of 2006, and 8.9% of residents claimed some sort of disability payment from the government. As of 2001, 2.64% of residents were immigrants.
Education
The parish is served by a small Welsh-medium primary school, Ysgol Tremeirchion. The majority of secondary school students attend classes in larger regional schools located in St Asaph or Denbigh.
Tremeirchion is also home to St Beuno's College, a Jesuit college at which the Victorian era poet and Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins studied. It now runs spiritual retreats of varying durations.[1]
History
The local church is the Church of Corpus Christi. The first recorded vicar, in 1350, was Dafydd Ddu Hiraddug.[2] Cyril Williams was appointed vicar in 1951. The celebrated Mrs Thrale is buried there.
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Church of Corpus Christi -
14th century Celtic Cross -
800 year old yew tree -
Dafydd ap Hywel ap Madog, Welsh-language poet.
References
- ↑ "2001 Census: Tremeirchion (Parish)". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=801643&c=Tremeirchion&d=16&e=15&g=414318&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1214103021967&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
- ↑ The Church of Corpus Christi, Tremeirchion, p. 33 (19th edition, 1951)
Outside links
- www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Tremeirchion and surrounding area
- Corpus Christi church (and history of performance of St.Matthew Passion)