Human settlement in Wales
Trecwn
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  TrecwnLocation within Pembrokeshire | |
| OS grid reference | SM 96691 32638 |
| • Cardiff | 107 mi (172 km) |
| Community | |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HAVERFORDWEST |
| Postcode district | SA62 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
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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. It is in the parish of Llanstinan.
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, closed in 2001 following the closure of the armaments depot (see below) a few years before. Joseph Foster Barham (1759–1832) and his son Charles Henry Foster Barham (1808–1878) were both members of parliament, Joseph for Stockbridge, Hampshire, and Charles for Appleby.
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 from 3 May 2012.
Church
The Llanstinan parish church of St Justinian is a Grade II* listed building of mediaeval origin, rebuilt in the 19th century.
Armaments depot
Main article: RNAD TrecwnRNAD Trecwn is a decommissioned 1100-acre (450 ha) Royal Navy Armaments Depot. It was closed in 1995 with the loss of 500 jobs. 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. In 2003 the owners announced that the tenanted homes on the site would be sold on the open market.
Plans submitted by The Valley (Pembrokeshire) Ltd to build a 25-megawatt biomass energy plant on the site were conditionally approved in 2015, but by August 2018 work, with the promise of 40 jobs, had not been started by current owners Manhattan Loft Corporation, leading to questions by the local councillor.
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.
- "GENUKI: Llanstinan". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- "British Listed Buildings: Barham Memorial School". Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- Cadw. "Barham Memorial School (Grade II) (15876)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- "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.
- "WELSH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2011 No. 683 (W.101) LOCAL GOVERNMENT,WALES The Pembrokeshire(Communities)Order 2011" (PDF). Legislation.gov.uk. UK Stationery Office. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- "Listed Buildings in Scleddau, Pembrokeshire, Wales". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- Cadw. "Church of St Justinian (Grade II*) (20818)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "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.
- "Talks call over future of Trecwn's 'secret' arms depot". BBC News. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
