St George, Conwy

Village in Conwy County Borough, Wales

Human settlement in Wales

St George

Location within Conwy

Population332 OS grid referenceSH9775Community

Abergele

Principal area

Conwy

Preserved county

Clwyd

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Clwyd North

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; -3.538

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.

References

^ "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.