Sesswick
Sesswickis acommunityinWrexham County Borough,Wales.It lies south-east ofWrexhamnearMarchwiel.The population of the community at the2011 Censuswas 609.[1]
The area was historically part ofDenbighshire,where it was one of thetownshipsof the parish of Bangor Monachorum (Bangor-on-Dee). The neighbouring township of Royton was incorporated in it in 1935.
The name Sesswick, recorded asSesewykein 1286, is one of the names indicating an early English presence in this part of north-east Wales; it is possibly derived from theOld Englishpersonal name "Seassa", along with-wic,meaning "settlement".[2]However, the Wrexham historianAlfred Neobard Palmer,noting that the name was recorded asChespric(actuallyChespuic) in theDomesdayof Cheshire, speculated that it may have come from "Chadswick" in reference to land in the township being owned bySt. Chad,the first bishop ofMercia.[3]
The community's only village isCross Lanes:it also includes several small hamlets (though no settlement itself having the name of Sesswick). In the 2001 census Sesswick had a total population of 591 in 236 households.[4]
The area gave its name to a rural station,Sesswick Halt railway station,on the formerCambrian Railways'Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway;the line and station closed in 1962.
References[edit]
- ^"Community population 2011".Retrieved19 November2015.
- ^Charles, B. G.Non-Celtic place-names in Wales,University College London, 1938, p.206
- ^Palmer, A. N.A history of ancient tenures of land in North Wales,1910, p.241
- ^Sesswick Community,Office for National Statistics
