Trecwn
| Trecwn | |
| Welsh: Trecŵn | |
  Trecwn |
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| OS grid reference | SM 96691 32638 |
|---|---|
| – Cardiff | 107 mi (172 km) |
| Community | Scleddau |
| Principal area | Pembrokeshire |
| Ceremonial county | Dyfed |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HAVERFORDWEST |
| Postcode district | SA62 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Pembrokeshire |
| Welsh Assembly | Pembrokeshire |
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Coordinates: 51°57′18″N 4°57′37″W / 51.954969°N 4.960174°W
Trecwn (Welsh: Trecŵn [trɛˈkuːn]) is a village in Pembrokeshire, west Wales, 1.6 miles (2.6 km) east of the A40 (Fishguard to Haverfordwest) road in the community of Scleddau.[1]
History
The history of Trecwn in the 18th and 19th centuries is linked with the Barham family, who funded the building of the school in 1877. Barham Memorial School, a Grade II listed building,[2] closed in 2001 following the closure of the armaments depot (see below) a few years before.[3] Joseph Foster Barham (1759–1832)[4] and his son Charles Henry (1808–1878)[5] were both members of parliament for Stockbridge, Hampshire.
Trecwn was a community in its own right until 2007; however, the population had decreased significantly from 366 to 260 in the years 1980 to 2006, so it was merged into the community of Scleddau.[6]
Church
The church of St Justinian is a Grade II* listed building of mediaeval origin, rebuilt in the 19th century.[7]
Armaments depot
RNAD Trecwn is a decommissioned 1100-acre (450 ha) Royal Navy Armaments Depot. It was closed in 1995 with the loss of 500 jobs.[8] Omega Pacific in 1998 tentatively proposed the site could be used for storing low-level nuclear waste, a plan shelved owing to public opposition. In 2001 German company EBV suggested using the site for weapons reclamation.[9][10] In 2003 the owners announced that the tenanted homes on the site would be sold on the open market.[8]
Plans submitted by The Valley (Pembrokeshire) Ltd to build a 25-megawatt biomass energy plant on the site were conditionally approved in 2015.[11]
References
- ↑ "Welsh Statutory Instruments 2011 No. 683 (W.101) Local Government, Wales The Pembrokeshire (Communities) Order 2011" (PDF). UK Stationery Office. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ "British Listed Buildings: Barham Memorial School". Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "Barham Primary School". Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "History of Parliament: Joseph Foster Barham". Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "History of Parliament: Charles Henry Foster Barham". Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ Pembrokeshire County Council (2007). Review of Communities.
- ↑ "Listed Buildings in Scleddau, Pembrokeshire, Wales". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- 1 2 "Trecwn family homes to be sold". BBC. 23 December 2003. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ↑ "Germans plan depot takeover". BBC. 1 July 2001. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "Plans for power station at ex-armaments depot approved". BBC. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "Planners say yes to £80m biomass project at Trecwn former armament depot". Western Telegraph. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
