| Sesswick | |
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| Community | |
 Bridleway in the largely rural community of Sesswick | |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
 Map of the community | |
Sesswick is acommunity inWrexham County Borough,Wales. It lies south-east ofWrexham nearMarchwiel. The population of the community at the2011 Census was 609.[1]
The area was historically part ofDenbighshire, where it was one of thetownships of the parish of Bangor Monachorum (Bangor-on-Dee). The neighbouring township of Royton was incorporated in it in 1935.
The name Sesswick, recorded asSesewyke in 1286, is one of the names indicating an early English presence in this part of north-east Wales; it is possibly derived from theOld English personal name "Seassa", along with-wic, meaning "settlement".[2] However, the Wrexham historianAlfred Neobard Palmer, noting that the name was recorded asChespric (actuallyChespuic) in theDomesday of Cheshire, speculated that it may have come from "Chadswick" in reference to land in the township being owned bySt. Chad, the first bishop ofMercia.[3]
The community's only village isCross Lanes: it also includes several small hamlets (though no settlement itself having the name of Sesswick). In the 2001 census Sesswick had a total population of 591 in 236 households.[4]
The area gave its name to a rural station,Sesswick Halt railway station, on the formerCambrian Railways'Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway; the line and station closed in 1962.
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