Cosheston
Coordinates: 51°41′49″N 4°53′17″W / 51.697°N 4.888°W
Cosheston is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated on an inlet of the Daugleddau estuary, 3 km north-east of Pembroke. The northern part of the parish is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Together with the parishes of Upton and Nash, it constitutes the community of Cosheston, which had a population of 713 in 2001, increasing to 828 at the 2011 Census.[1] With the community of Lamphey, it makes up the Pembrokeshire ward of Lamphey.
Name
The placename means "Constantine's farm".[2] Constantine might have been English or Welsh.
History
Part of Little England beyond Wales, the area has been essentially English-speaking for 900 years.
Parish
The parish had an area of 813 Ha. Its census populations were: 401 (1801): 551 (1851): 556 (1901): 381 (1951): 593 (1981): 828 (2011).[3]
The percentage of Welsh speakers was 4.9 (1891): 4.3 (1931): 2.6 (1971): 10.7 (2011).[4]
References
- ↑ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, pp 686
- ↑ Census 2011 http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs206wa Table QS206WA
- ↑ Census 2011 http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs206wa Table QS206WA
