Waen Goleugoed
| Waen | |
| Flintshire | |
|---|---|
 Pont Dafydd | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SJ0673 |
| Location: | 53°15’0"N, 3°24’11"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 245 (2001) |
| Post town: | St Asaph |
| Postcode: | LL17 |
| Dialling code: | 01745 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Denbighshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Vale of Clwyd |
Waen is a sparsely populated parish to the east of St Asaph in Flintshire. It includes and is named after the hamlet of Waen Goleugoed. It lies on the eastern bank of the River Clwyd, roughly three miles east of St Asaph, 15½ miles north-west of Mold, five miles north of Denbigh and 12 miles north of Ruthin. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 245.[1] The A55 North Wales Expressway crosses the parish from east to west, on its route from Chester to Bangor.
The farmhouse at Bodeugan, in the north of the parish, dates from the 17th century, and is Grade II* listed.[2][3] The Flintshire county archives at Hawarden contain a letter dated Christmas 1812, in which the then tenant, Robert Roberts, complained that the house was bewitched, recounting a series of poltergeist activity in which stones, coals, dung and water were thrown at the inhabitants, windows were broken and milk churns smashed. On Christmas Eve, the spirit was claimed to have thrown the servants out of their beds.[4] Pont Dafydd, built in 1630 across the River Clwyd, but now standing in a field since the river was diverted, is an ancient monument and is Grade II listed.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Denbighshire". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790562. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "Bodeugan Farmhouse, Waen". British Listed Buildings. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-1376-bodeugan-farmhouse-waen. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "Bodeugan Farmhouse and Outbuildings, Waen". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/35666/details/BODEUGAN+FARMHOUSE+AND+OUTBUILDINGS%2C+WAEN/. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "The Poltergeist that Ruined Christmas". Ghosts and Folklore from Britain. Uncanny UK. http://www.uncannyuk.com/93/the-poltergeist-that-ruined-christmas/. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "Pont Dafydd, Waen". British Listed Buildings. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-1419-pont-dafydd-waen. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "Pont Dafydd (Old)". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/24111/details/PONT+DAFYDD+%28OLD%29/. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
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