Caerwys

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Caerwys
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Town Square
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Caerwys
Location within Flintshire
Population1,243 (2021) [1] [2]
OS grid reference SJ128729
Community
  • Caerwys
Principal area
Preserved county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Settlements [1] Afonwen, Caerwys, Croes-wian, Pant, Pen-y-cefn
Post town MOLD
Postcode district CH7
Dialling code 01352
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Website caerwys-town.wales
List of places
UK
Wales
Flintshire
53°14′46″N3°18′25″W / 53.246°N 3.307°W / 53.246; -3.307

Caerwys is a town in Flintshire, Wales. It is just under two miles from the A55 North Wales Expressway and one mile from the A541 Mold-Denbigh road. At the 2001 Census, the population of Caerwys community was 1,315, [3] with a total ward population of 2,496. [4] Following reorganisation the community population fell at the 2011 Census to 1,283 [5] with the ward raising to 2,569. [6] The community includes Afonwen.

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History

Caerwys is mentioned in the Domesday Book as a small market town. The well-maintained church is dedicated to St. Michael. It has two parallel naves. Within the church is the cover slab of a tomb reputed to have been that of Elizabeth Ferrers, the wife of Dafydd ap Gruffudd, prince of Wales (d. 1283). A short, informative booklet about the church was written in 1936 and updated in 1995. As well as being surrounded by areas of outstanding natural beauty and views across mountains and valleys, the centre of Caerwys has been designated a conservation area. [7]

In 1377 income from the Farm of Cayrouse was listed as part of the Principality issued to the Earl of Chester under the County Palatine of Chester, Caerwys being part of the Aticross Unhidated hundred. [8] [9]

In 1568 Queen Elizabeth I of England appointed a commission to control the activities of "minstrels, rhymers and bards", in Wales. Simwnt Fychan was summoned to meet at Caerwys and was appointed "pencerdd", i.e. the senior bard. [10]

Caerwys and Philadelphia have important historical connections. Local doctor, Thomas Wynne, sailed to America on the ship Welcome in 1682 with William Penn. Wynne was one of the founding fathers of Philadelphia and became the first speaker of the Provisional Assembly, as well as a provincial judge. The original street plan of Philadelphia was designed on the street pattern of Caerwys. [11] Many Welsh names crop up in the city, and several buildings built in Philadelphia resemble buildings in the Caerwys area, some of which still stand today. [12]

Caerwys hosted two of the most important eisteddfodau of the early modern era – one in 1523, during the reign of Henry VIII of England at which Tudur Aled was present [13] and the other, sanctioned by Elizabeth I, in 1567. [14]

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Church of St Michael

Governance

Caerwys Town Council consists of eleven councillors, and is not divided into wards. [15]

The Caerwys and Ysceifiog communities make up the Caerwys electoral ward on Flintshire County Council, [16] which elects one councillor. [17]

Caerwys is part of the Delyn constituency and North Wales region for the Senedd, and of the Delyn constituency for parliament.

Notable people

Sport

The local football team Caerwys F.C. play in the Clwyd League. In the 2009/2010 season, they finished 3rd. They have a rivalry with many clubs including Holywell Town, Denbigh Town, and Ruthin Town. They also have a Summer League team and have a rivalry with Ysceifiog.

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References

  1. 1 2 in the Caerwys Community
  2. ↑ "Caerwys". UK Census Data 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  3. ↑ 2001 Census: Caerwys (Parish), Office for National Statistics, retrieved 15 June 2008
  4. ↑ 2001 Census: Caerwys (Ward), Office for National Statistics, retrieved 15 June 2008
  5. ↑ "Community population 2011" . Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Flintshire Conservation Areas, Flintshire County Council, retrieved 3 August 2009
  8. ↑ Powell-Smith, Anna. "Caerwys | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  9. ↑ Doddridge, Sir John (1714). An Historical Account of the Ancient and Modern State of the Principality of Wales, Dutchy of Cornwall, and Earldom of Chester. J. Roberts. p.  134.
  10. ↑ Adam Fox & Daniel Woolf - The Spoken Word: Oral Culture in Britain, 1500-1850
  11. ↑ Caerwys: Thomas Wynne, Caerwys Town Council, archived from the original on 8 July 2011, retrieved 13 February 2009
  12. ↑ Following footsteps, Vale Advertiser / icNorthWales, 12 May 2006, retrieved 13 February 2009
  13. ↑ Williams, D., 1961, A Short History of Modern Wales, London: John Murray, p.28
  14. ↑ Leathart, William Davies (1831). The Origin and Progress of the Gwyneddigion Society of London, Instituted 1770. H. P. Hughes. p. 28.
  15. ↑ "Councillors & Clerk". caerwys-town.wales. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  16. ↑ "Caerwys". UK Census Data 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  17. ↑ "Electoral Arrangements for Flintshire". Flintshire County Council. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  18. ↑ British Listed Buildings
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