St George, Conwy

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St George
Llan San Sior, Sir Conwy, Cymru St George, North Wales 16.JPG
St George
St George is located in Conwy
St George
St George
Location within Conwy
Population332 
OS grid referenceSH9775
Community
Principal area
  • Conwy
Ceremonial county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townABERGELE
Postcode districtLL22
Dialling code01745
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
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 / 53.267; -3.538Coordinates: 53°16′01″N 3°32′17″W / 53.267°N 3.538°W / 53.267; -3.538

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[]

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.

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  • Tu fewn i Eglwys Llan San Sior - inside St George, Abergele, North Wales 06.JPG
  • Tu fewn i Eglwys Llan San Sior - inside St George, Abergele, North Wales 19.JPG
  • Mausoleum in Churchyard of the Church of St George Grade II Llan San Sior, Sir Conwy, Cymru St George, North Wales 30.JPG
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  • Llan San Sior, Sir Conwy, Cymru St George, North Wales 35.JPG
  • Llan San Sior, Sir Conwy, Cymru St George, North Wales 49.JPG
  • Llan San Sior, Sir Conwy, Cymru St George, North Wales 46.JPG

References[]

  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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