| Hanmer | |
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 Hanmer village shops | |
  Hanmer Location withinWrexham | |
| Population | 665 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SJ455396 |
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| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WREXHAM |
| Postcode district | LL13 |
| Post town | WHITCHURCH |
| Postcode district | SY13 |
| Dialling code | 01948 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
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52°57′04″N2°48′43″W / 52.951°N 2.812°W /52.951; -2.812  Map of the community | |
Hanmer is a village andcommunity inWrexham County Borough,Wales. At the2001 Census the population of the Hanmer community area, which includes Hanmer village itself,Horseman's Green,Halghton andArowry along with a number of small hamlets, was recorded at 726,[2] reducing to 665 at the 2011 Census.
The village of Hanmer lies at the northern end ofHanmer Mere, part of the 'Shropshire lake district' ofmeres which was formed during the last ice-age. By the time of the Roman invasion (47 AD), the area was part of the lands occupied by theCornovii, one of the tribes of ancient Britain who had their principal settlement at theWrekin. It later became part of theMercian region known as Wreocansaete. The name is thought to have either originally been "Handmere",[3] or "Hagenamere", taking its name from aMercian lord.[4]
At the time of the Norman invasion the area was part of ancientCheshire, within theHundred of Duddeston,[5] and it later became the estate of (and gave its name to) the prominentHanmer family, who were descended from Sir Thomas de Macclesfield, an officer ofEdward I.[6] Sir Thomas settled inEnglish Maelor (Welsh:Maelor Saesneg) and his family consolidated their possessions in the area through a series of marriages to heiresses of important Welsh families.
The oldest recorded reference to a church in Hanmer dates from 1110, though this building was destroyed in 1463 during theWars of the Roses.[3] It was rebuilt in 1490, destroyed again by fire in 1889 along with many irreplaceable architectural features, and rebuilt between 1892 and 1936, when thechancel was finally reconstructed. It is dedicated to St Chad.
Until the reorganisation of Welsh local government on 1 April 1974, Hanmer was in the detached part of the historic county ofFlintshire known asEnglish Maelor. Its local speech was recorded in depth in theSurvey of English Dialects; Hanmer was the only site in North Wales to be included in the survey, and so it was grouped together with the sites inCheshire.
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