Tremeirchion

infobox UK place
country= Wales
welsh_name= Dymeirchion
constituency_welsh_assembly= Vale of Clwyd
constituency_westminster= Vale of Clwyd
official_name= Tremeirchion
population= 636 (Parish) 1,589 (Ward) (2001 Census)
unitary_wales= Denbighshire
lieutenancy_wales= Clwyd
post_town= ST. ASAPH
postcode_district= LL17
postcode_area= LL
dial_code= 01745
os_grid_reference= SJ081729
latitude= 53.24554
longitude= -3.37737
map_type= Tremeirchion (Welsh: "Dymeirchion" previously known as "Lleweni") is a small residential community in Denbighshire, Wales. It is located on the B5429 road, to the north east of Denbigh and to the west of St Asaph.

The town was part of the traditional lands of the Salusbury family and the Cotton Baronets. It was dominated by these two families until the early part of the twentieth century. It briefly became well known during the fin de siècle after a series of dinosaur bones were found in the area. The town does not possess a shop or any other commercial activity although one pub, the "Salusbury Arms", operates daily with the exception of Sunday.

Demographics

In the 2001 Census, Tremeirchion Ward had a population of 1,589 people,citeweb|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=5939447&c=Tremeirchion&d=14&e=16&g=414316&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1214102847501&enc=1|title=2001 Census: Tremeirchion (Ward)|work=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=22 June|accessyear=2008] although the civil parish figure for the community was 636.citeweb|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=801643&c=Tremeirchion&d=16&e=15&g=414318&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1214103021967&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779|title=2001 Census: Tremeirchion (Parish)|work=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=22 June|accessyear=2008] Residents in this community had a median household income of £32,400 as of 2006, and 8.9% of residents claimed some sort of disability payment from the government. As of 2001, 2.64% of residents were immigrants.

Education

The community is served by a small primary school, Ysgol Tremeirchion. The majority of secondary school students attend classes in larger regional schools located in St Asaph or Denbigh.

Tremeirchion is also home to St Beuno's College, a Jesuit college at which the Victorian era poet and Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins studied. It now runs spiritual retreats of varying durations. [http://www.beunos.com/]

History

The local church is the Church of Corpus Christi. The first recorded vicar, in 1350, was Dafydd Ddu Hiraddug. [ "The Church of Corpus Christi, Tremeirchion", p. 33 (19th edition, 1951)] Cyril Williams was appointed vicar in 1951.

References

External links

* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3481796 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Tremeirchion and surrounding area]