Johnstown is a village (and former
electoral ward) in
Wrexham County Borough
Wrexham County Borough ( cy, Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam) is a county borough, with city status, in the north-east of Wales. It borders England to the east and south-east, Powys to the south-west, Denbighshire to the west and Flintshire to the ...
, Wales, and forms part of the old
coal mining community of
Rhosllannerchrugog. It is thought to have been named after John Bury, a mid 19th century member of Wrexham's first Town Council, who built a number of houses in the area.
[''Transactions of the Denbighshire Historical Society'', vol 14 (1965), 182]
The disused coal mine at Hafod is situated to the east of the village and the mine's former coal tip has now been converted to a
country park,
Bonc yr Hafod. The nearby clay quarry was used as a
landfill site for waste from
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...
. It now takes waste from anywhere after the transfer to Cory's.
The village has approximately 4,000 inhabitants, living in 1,300 households which are split into three main areas, the Moreton Estate, Nant Parc and the older part of the village ''(taken from police figures)''. The ward population at the
2011 census was 3,266.
Johnstown is a located on the historic earth work of
Offa's Dyke
Offa's Dyke ( cy, Clawdd Offa) is a large linear earthwork that roughly follows the border between England and Wales. The structure is named after Offa, the Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia from AD 757 until 796, who is traditionally believed to ha ...
.
There are two schools in Johnstown: Johnstown Infants School and Johnstown Junior School.
There are three
public house
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and wa ...
s in Johnstown; the New Inn; the Moreton Inn and the Grapes
In April 2012, a planning application was submitted by developers
Capital & Centric Plc for a new supermarket on the disused Griflex industrial unit, potentially creating 300 jobs for the area.
References
External links
photos of Johnstown and surrounding area on geographWelsh Coal Mines website - research the local pit's histories
Villages in Wrexham County Borough
Former wards of Wrexham County Borough
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