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Cefn Mawr

The Flexys chemical works at Cefn mawr - geograph.org.uk - 658214.jpg
The former chemical works at Cefn Mawr, with the village on the hillside above


Cefn Mawr is located in Wrexham

Cefn Mawr

Cefn Mawr



Cefn Mawr shown within Wrexham

Population6,669 (2001 Census, includes the villages Acrefair, Rhosymedre and Newbridge)
OS grid referenceSJ277423
Community
  • Cefn
Principal area
  • Wrexham
Ceremonial county
  • Clwyd
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWREXHAM
Postcode districtLL14
Dialling code01978
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh

EU ParliamentWales
UK Parliament
  • Clwyd South
Welsh Assembly
  • Wrexham

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Wales

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52°58′23″N 3°04′34″W / 52.973°N 3.076°W / 52.973; -3.076Coordinates: 52°58′23″N 3°04′34″W / 52.973°N 3.076°W / 52.973; -3.076

Cefn Mawr is a large village in the community of Cefn within the County Borough of Wrexham, Wales. Its name translates as "big ridge".[1]
The population in 2001 was 6669, increasing to 7051 in 2011.


The community of Cefn comprises the villages of Cefn Mawr, Cefn-bychan ("little ridge"), Acrefair, Penybryn, Newbridge, Plasmadoc and Rhosymedre and is situated on the northern slopes of the Dee Valley.




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Industry


  • 3 Notable residents


  • 4 Leisure and education


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




History


Cefn Mawr was part of the ancient parish of Ruabon and the area was known as Cristionydd Cynrig (or Cristioneth Kenrick in English). In 1844, most of Cristionydd Cynrig, together with the neighbouring township of Coed Cristionydd became part of the new parish of Rhosymedre.[2]


Cefn railway station served the village from 1848 to 1960.



Industry




The former bakery of the Cefn & District Co-operative Society


Cefn Mawr was formerly heavily industrialised, with large deposits of iron and coal and sandstone, and heavy industry dominated the area in the 18th and 19th centuries. Iron was worked at several blast furnaces and forges throughout the area and coal was mined at pits in Cefn, Plas Kynaston and Dolydd. Stone was cut at quarries above Cefn Mawr. Much of the mineral wealth of the area was exported by canal over the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Shropshire Union Canal, until the railway reached Ruabon in 1855.


In 1867 Robert Ferdinand Graesser, an industrial chemist from Obermosel in Saxony, Germany, established a chemical works at Plas Kynaston to extract paraffin oil and paraffin wax from the local shale. The company later expanded into the production of coal tar, and carbolic acid (phenol). The site soon became the world's leading producer of phenol. In 1919 the US chemical company Monsanto entered into a partnership with Graesser's chemical works to produce vanillin, salicylic acid, aspirin, and later rubber processing chemicals. The site was later operated by Flexsys, a subsidiary of Solutia, but production ceased in 2010.
With the closure of the nearby Air Products site at Acrefair, manufacturing in the village has almost disappeared. The village still has a supermarket, which has changed hands from Kwik Save to Somerfield to the Co-Op. A large Tesco store was opened in March 2012 on the former site of the village football team, Cefn Druids. After buying this land, Tesco agreed to contribute to the construction of the new football ground located half a mile (1 km) away near the neighbouring village of Rhosymedre.




Notable residents



  • Miles Thomas Chairman of BOAC was born here.


  • Andy Radford (1962-2011) Journalist and author of 6 books lived here until his death on 18 November 2011.


  • Peter Halliday (1924-2012) Actor well known for various appearances in British television series Doctor Who was born here.


  • Gareth Valentine (1956-) Musical Director, Composer in London's West End and worldwide lived here 1956-1975.


Leisure and education


Tŷ Mawr Country Park is located in the area, and features the Cefn Viaduct, built by Thomas Brassey in 1848 to carry the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway across the valley of the River Dee. The village has two primary schools: an English, Cefn Mawr County Primary School, and a Welsh, Ysgol Min Y Ddol. There is also a public library.


The community is home to football club Cefn Druids A.F.C. of the Welsh Premier League.



References




  1. ^ Mills, D. A Dictionary of British Place Names, OUP, p.104


  2. ^ Rhosymedre, St John, GENUKI




External links




  • BBC mini-site for Cefn Mawr


  • 180 Degree Panoramic View of Tŷ Mawr Country Park (BBC) (Java Applet Required)

  • Historical recollections of Cefn Mawr

  • Monsanto website

  • NEWI Cefn Druids F.C.

  • photos of Cefn Mawr and surrounding area on geograph

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