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Coedpoeth ((:kɔidpɔiθ)) is a village and community within Wrexham County Borough in Wales. ==History== The etymology of the placename is from Welsh ''coed'' "wood" with ''poeth'' meaning, in its original sense, "burnt",〔Palmer, A. N. ''A History of Ancient Tenures of Land in North Wales and The Marches'', 1910, p.88〕 although the modern Welsh word translates as "hot". The name therefore translates roughly as "burnt wood", perhaps referring to the charcoal burning heritage in the village and local woods. In its early history the area known as Coedpoeth was not a settlement, but was described (in 1411) as a "waste" - an uncultivated area - and later as a "common", presumably a wood with rights of common, in the upper part of the township of Bersham.〔 Even as recently as 1832, the village of Coedpoeth did not yet exist as it currently does, and was instead four small hamlets. The Nant (from the Welsh word ''nant'', a stream or brook) to the south possessed two mills on the River Clywedog: Adwy'r Clawdd (literally "the gap in the dyke") to the north-east was named after a gap in Offa's Dyke. The Talwrn (from Welsh ''talwrn'', a cockpit) in the valley of the River Gwenfro to the north, was home to several small-scale coal mines, and the name of the Smelt, to the west, referred to smelting of lead in the area. These four hamlets became areas of Coedpoeth which grew, due to increasing industrial development of the area, around the inns and market hall on the ridge that became the high street of the village. The changes in population were reflected by a new church opening in 1875, with a replacement stone-built church, dedicated to St. Tudfyl, being opened in 1895 as a "chapel of ease" within the ecclesiastical parish of Minera.〔(Coedpoeth, St. Tudfyl ), GENUKI〕 By the 1860s, the village was named Coed Poeth, and this form of the name remained up until the 1940s at the latest. The majority of 18th to early 20th century buildings in the village are constructed from local sandstone quarried at Penygelli quarries, with later examples being built with Ruabon red brick. In civil administrative terms, Coedpoeth remained within the civil parish of Bersham. Later reorganisations, notably the 1974 changes subsequent to the 1972 Local Government Act, saw Coedpoeth included in its own local government community, with Bersham village placed in the community of Esclusham. A traditionally Welsh speaking village, the use of Welsh has declined rapidly in the last two decades. Traditional methods of employment included the areas many coal mines, lead mining and smelting at Minera Lead Mines and the Smelt, and quarrying, in the nearby Penygelli, Berwig, and Minera quarries, all served directly by local railways. The late 20th century, however saw a decline in the area's traditional industries, and all have now disappeared. Today Coedpoeth is a dormitory village supporting people who work in Wrexham, and a point of sale for goods used by local farms and hamlets. There are still many small businesses in the village centre along the high street; However, these small shops face fierce competition from large retail chain stores in Wrexham. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coedpoeth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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