Population 828 Country Wales Postcode district SA62 Dialling code 01646 Principal area Pembrokeshire | OS grid reference SN004037 Sovereign state United Kingdom Police Dyfed-Powys Post town Haverfordwest | |
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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.
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Map of Cosheston, Pembroke Dock, UK
Name
The placename means "Constantine's farm". and being 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).
The parish church is dedicated to St Michael and had a spire in the 19th century.
The percentage of Welsh speakers was 4.9 (1891): 4.3 (1931): 2.6 (1971): 10.7 (2011).
Governance
Cosheston, together with Lamphey, forms an electoral ward. The total ward population taken at the 2011 Census was 1,671.