Leeswood () is a village,
community
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and
electoral ward in
Flintshire
Flintshire () is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, the Dee Estuary to the north-east, the English county of Cheshire to the east, Wrexham County Borough to the south, and Denbighshire to the west. ...
, Wales, about from the
market town
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of
Mold
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. At the
2001 census, the population was 2,143,
reducing slightly to 2,135 at the 2011 census.
It was the centre of attention during the
Mold Riot of 1869, where the owners of a local coal mine refused to allow the speaking of the Welsh language in the mines.
Around a quarter of Leeswood's resident population has some knowledge of the
Welsh language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic languages, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh c ...
, exceeding the county's average of 21.4%. In all categories of linguistic competency, the ward performs around the Flintshire average, although the proportion of those able only to understand spoken Welsh is higher than the county and national average.
The
listed White Gates of
Leeswood Hall were attributed to the
Davies brothers of Wrexham. The family of
smiths were known in the 18th century for their high-quality work using
wrought-iron.
The
Wynne baronets were later to live in Leeswood Hall around the middle of the 18th century. The family history of the baronets can be traced to the lineage of Welsh kings and princes, as well as
Owain Glyndŵr
Owain ap Gruffydd (28 May 135420 September 1415), commonly known as Owain Glyndŵr (Glyn Dŵr, , anglicised as Owen Glendower) was a Welsh people, Welsh leader, soldier and military commander in the Wales in the late Middle Ages, late Middle ...
.
References
External links
Photos of Leeswood and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk
Villages in Flintshire
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