St George, Conwy

St George
Welsh: *Llansansiôr*
St George Welsh: Llansansiôr;
	St George
	St George Location within Conwy
Population	332
OS grid reference	SH9775
Community	Abergele;
Principal area	Conwy;
Preserved county	Clwyd;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ABERGELE
Postcode district	LL22
Dialling code	01745
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Clwyd West;
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Clwyd West;
	List of places UK Wales Conwy 53°16′01″N 3°32′17″W / 53.267°N 3.538°W

St George (Welsh: Llansansior, sometimes Llan San(t) Siôr or Llan Sain Siôr) is a small village in the county borough of Conwy, Wales and is close to the coastal town of Abergele, and in the community of. in 1873, the townships of Cegidog Isaf, Cegidog Uchaf, Meifod and Dinorben was annexed within a new parish known today as 'St George'.^[1]^[2] Nearby is the hamlet of Bodtegwel. The population of the area in 2011 was 332.^[3]

Historically part of Denbighshire, St George has been part of the County Borough of Conwy since local government reorganisation in 1996.

Amenities[edit]

Within the village are a parish church, the Kinmel Arms public house, and a primary school. The Kinmel Hall estate is also nearby, as is a private day nursery.

There was also an undocumented railway station at St George near Barrow Hill. It was on the now defunct Kinmel Park Railway and branched off near St George Quarry a terminus at Faenol Bach. It closed along with the railway in the 1960s. Nothing remains and the trackbed is now in use for a paint ball company.

References[edit]

^ "St. George, Conwy, Wales Genealogy".
^ Wrexham Advertiser (Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales) 12 Nov 1864, Sat - Page 7
^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – St George population 2 (W00000761)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

External links[edit]

www.geograph.co.uk : photos of St George and surrounding area

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[1] "St. George, Conwy, Wales Genealogy".

[2] Wrexham Advertiser (Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales) 12 Nov 1864, Sat - Page 7

[3] UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – St George population 2 (W00000761)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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