Mostyn

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Mostyn
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Mostyn
Location within Flintshire
Population1,844 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference SJ155805
Principal area
Preserved county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HOLYWELL
Postcode district CH8
Dialling code 01745
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Website mostyn-council.wales
List of places
UK
Wales
Flintshire
53°18′50″N3°16′08″W / 53.314°N 3.269°W / 53.314; -3.269

Mostyn is a village and community in Flintshire, Wales, and electoral ward lying on the estuary of the River Dee, located near the town of Holywell. It has a privately owned port that has in the past had a colliery and ironworks and was involved in the export of commodities, and in present times services the offshore wind industry and ships the wings for the Airbus A380 which are manufactured at Broughton.

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History

Mostyn was mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086. Henry Bolingbroke (later Henry IV) landed here in 1399 before attacking Richard II at Flint Castle. Coal was mined at Mostyn Colliery and iron production started in the mid nineteenth century. The combination of a colliery, iron works and the docks made this a profitable enterprise. Nineteen hundred people were employed at one time. The coal eventually became exhausted and the ironworks closed in 1965. Between 1848 and 1966 there was a railway station in the village on the Chester to Holyhead line. Mostyn once served as a port from which ferries used to sail (until 2004) to Dublin on the Liverpool-Dublin route. Today, manufactured wings for the Airbus A380 aircraft leave Mostyn on the ship Ville de Bordeaux , after travelling down the River Dee by barge from the Airbus wing factory at Broughton, Flintshire. See Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit for more details of the transportation. Mostyn's port area is home to the headquarters of Warwick International Group Limited, manufacturers of bleach activators for detergent applications. [2]

Port of Mostyn

The Port of Mostyn is privately owned and is one of the oldest ports in the country; in the past, it handled cargoes including steel, coal, timber, woodpulp, animal feedstuffs and fertilizers. Nowadays, it specialises in the assembly and installation of wind turbines. It has been involved in the construction of North Hoyle (constructed 2003–2004), Burbo Bank (2006–2007), Rhyl Flats (2008–2009) and Gwynt y Môr (2012–2015); it was involved in part of the work building Robin Rigg and Walney windfarms. [3]

In early 2023, the Port of Mostyn applied to Natural Resources Wales (NRW) for a marine licence. This was to build a new 350 metre-long quay wall and reclaim 4.5 hectares of land behind it to create new berths for ships, as well as deepening existing berths and re-dredging the approach channel. [4]

Mostyn Hall

Mostyn Hall is a large Grade I listed country house, set in extensive gardens; it lies around half a mile to the north-west of the village. It is surrounded by gardens and parkland, and is approached from the south driveway. The former gatehouse, Porth Mawr, lies to the south-west and a complex of farm buildings to the west. [5]

The village

Just down the A548 road from Mostyn at Llanerch-y-Mor is the now closed Mostyn Fun Ship. The ship started life as the Duke of Lancaster , a car ferry and cruise ship. After it was permanently dry-docked in Mostyn, it earned its later name from its new operation as an arcade and bar. [6]

Governance

Mostyn is also an electoral ward, coterminous with the community. It elects one county councillor to Flintshire County Council. [7] A by-election was held on 31 July 2014 after the disqualification of the longstanding Independent councillor, Patrick Heesom, [8]

On the 5th May 2022, as part of the most recent 2022 Welsh local elections, Mostyn elected Pamela Banks who was represented as an Independent, by a 26% majority as former councillor Patrick Heesom saw defeat. [9]

Demographics

Languages

According to the United Kingdom Census 2021, 14.9 per cent of all usual residents aged 3+ in Mostyn can speak Welsh. [10] 22.5 per cent of the population noted that they could speak, read, write or understand Welsh. [11] The 2011 census noted 18.2 per cent of all usual residents aged 3 years and older in the village could speak Welsh. [10]

Country of Birth

The 2011 Census noted that 98.0 per cent of the population was born in the United Kingdom; 64.0 per cent of the population was born in Wales and 33.1 per cent of the population was born in England. [12]

Notable people

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Community/Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "History". The Port of Mostyn Ltd. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Overview of the port". The Port of Mostyn Ltd. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "North Wales port reveals major expansion plans". February 2023.
  5. ↑ Cadw. "Mostyn Hall (Grade I) (21517)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Mostyn's Fun Ship, BBC Wales, retrieved 13 November 2007
  7. ↑ The County of Flintshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998. Statutory Instruments. 1998. Retrieved 20 December 2018.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ Rory Sheehan (17 July 2014). "Mostyn by-election: Four running for county council seat". Daily Post. North Wales. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "Election results for Mostyn / Mostyn". Flintshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  10. 1 2 "Welsh Language Change in the percentage of people aged three years or older able to speak Welsh by LSOA 2011 to 2021 | DataMapWales". datamap.gov.wales. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  11. ↑ "Welsh language skills (detailed) - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "KS204EW (Country of birth) - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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