Cosheston

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Cosheston parish church

Cosheston is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire. It is situated on an inlet of the Daugleddau estuary, two miles north-east of Pembroke. The northern part of the parish is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. As well as Cosheston itself the parish also includes Upton and Nash, and had a population of 713 in 2001. The parish church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels, with a striking weather vane depicting an angel.

The placename means "Constantine's farm".[1] Part of Little England beyond Wales, the area has been essentially English-speaking for 900 years.

Its census populations were: 401 (1801): 551 (1851): 556 (1901): 381 (1951): 593 (1981): 828 (2011).[2]

References

  1. Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, pp 686
  2. Census 2011 http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs206wa Table QS206WA

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