Penley

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Penley
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The Dymock Arms public house in Penley
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Penley
Location within Wrexham
Population606 
OS grid reference SJ414399
Community
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WREXHAM
Postcode district LL13
Dialling code 01948
Police North Wales
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Ambulance Welsh
UK Parliament
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Wrexham
52°57′11″N2°52′16″W / 52.953°N 2.871°W / 52.953; -2.871 Coordinates: 52°57′11″N2°52′16″W / 52.953°N 2.871°W / 52.953; -2.871

Penley (Welsh : Llannerch Banna) is a village in the County Borough of Wrexham, in Wales close to the border with Shropshire, England, and had a population of 606 as of the 2011 census. [1]

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The village was, until 1974, in an exclave of the ancient county of Flintshire known as Maelor Saesneg . [2] (English: "English-speaking Maelor"), sometimes called "Flintshire Detached", which was administered from Overton-on-Dee. Between 1974 and 1996, Penley was in the short-lived county of Clwyd.

Penley lies on the path of the long-distance walk, the Maelor Way . [3]

Church and parish history

Penley Church was originally built in 1538. The timber structure was replaced by a brick one in 1793. This was demolished in 1893, and the current church was completed in 1899; it was consecrated in 1902, and dedicated to Mary Magdalene.

Penley was originally part of the parish of Ellesmere in neighbouring Shropshire, but it became a separate parish towards the end of the Commonwealth period. In early 1661, it reverted to being part of the parish of Ellesmere, after the Restoration of Charles II. In 1860, it again became a separate parish.

It was then in the English Diocese of Lichfield until 1920, when following the disestablishment and disendowment of the Church in Wales, it was transferred to the Welsh Diocese of St Asaph, where it remains. [4]

Penley is home to the Penley Community Hospital, which is still in operation and cares for Polish ex-servicemen who settled in the area. [5]

Schools

Penley has one primary school and one secondary school. The primary school, known as the Madras School, [6] was built in 1811 by George Kenyon II, Baron Kenyon of Gredington. Penley's secondary school, The Maelor School, was built in 1957 and serves the rural communities on both sides of the border. It has had excellent GCSE results over the last few years with a high percentage of pupils getting A*s; it was awarded the title of the "most improved secondary school in North Wales" from the Curriculum Authority for Wales in 2006. [7]

Notes

  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Penley population (1119885324)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  2. "Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust - Projects - Historic Landscapes - Maelor Saesneg -". www.cpat.org.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. Gordon Emery - Guide to the Maelor Way (1991) ISBN   1-872265-98-7
  4. GENUKI. "Genuki: Penley, Flintshire". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  5. "Penley Poles". BBC. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  6. "Wrexham". www.madras-pri.wrexham.sch.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  7. "Comprehensive School in Wrexham for 11 - 18 Year Olds". www.maelorschool.org.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

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