Horseman's Green

Horseman's Green
The former Mission Room at Horseman's Green.
Horseman's Green  Horseman's Green shown within Wrexham
OS grid reference	SJ445411
Community	Hanmer
Principal area	Wrexham
Ceremonial county	Clwyd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WHITCHURCH
Postcode district	SY13
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
EU Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Clwyd South
Welsh Assembly	Clwyd South
List of places UK Wales Wrexham

Horseman's Green is a village in the County Borough of Wrexham, Wales. The village, also simply called "the Green" by locals, is situated in the rural south-east of the borough in the community of Hanmer, close to the border with Shropshire.

A small hamlet outside the village is known as Little Arowry (to distinguish it from the nearby village of Arowry).

History

Horseman's Green is one of a number of villages in the Maelor Saesneg containing the element "Green" in their names, indicating that they came into existence in relatively modern times with the enclosure of former common land. The name Horseman's Green is first recorded at the very end of the 17th century in the form "Horse Math's Green", likely derived from the obsolete dialect word "math", meaning "a mowing" (i.e. meadow land).^[1]

Most notable for its proximity to Hanmer (the birthplace of Lorna Sage and the setting for the autobiography Bad Blood), the village was also an evacuation area in the Second World War. The neighbouring village of Penley is well known for its Polish residents and hospital, which still housed Polish war evacuees until very recent years. Horseman's Green was used less commonly by those looking to avoid Nazi German Luftwaffe bombing raids from the Crosby area of Liverpool.^[2]

Important buildings

• Hanmer First Scout Group
• Newhaven House
• Ferncliffe House (Built 1890)
• Oak Villa

References

External links

• Photographs of Horseman's Green and surrounding area on Geograph

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