Mancot
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Mancot | |
Flintshire | |
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Location | |
Grid reference: | SJ325665 |
Location: | 53°11’28"N, 3°-0’40"W |
Data | |
Population: | 3,462 (2001) |
Post town: | Deeside |
Postcode: | CH5 |
Dialling code: | 01244 |
Local Government | |
Council: | Flintshire |
Parliamentary constituency: |
Alyn and Deeside |
Mancot is a village in south-eastern Flintshire, found a mile and a half from Queensferry, a mile from Hawarden and 5 miles from Chester. According to the 2001, Mancot had a population of 3,462. In 1849 the population of the village was 282.[1]
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Name
The name "Mancot" is believed to mean 'humble dwelling', with the earliest recorded reference to the village being in the late 13th century.[2]
Mancot was earlier spelled with a double "tt" ending - Mancott. [1]
The village
The village's one church is of the Presbyterian Church of Wales.
Mancot has a village hall, and a post office, park and playing fields, bowling green, library, a newsagent, a veterinary]] clinic, a primary school and the White Bear public house.