Editing Onchan (section)

==Early history==
In the 1890s, a 5,000-year-old stone age axe was found in the Cassa Field by Onchan wetlands. In the Viking reign Onchan became part of Middle sheading.<ref name="Oncanhistory-intro">{{cite news
  | title = A Short History of Onchan - Introduction
  | publisher = Onchan Online
  | url = http://www.onchanorg.im/onchan_history/short_history/introduction.php
  | access-date = 2008-10-01
  }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The name of the village is identified with St Connachan who was [[Bishop of Sodor and Man]] in 540 and the church named after him, Kirk Coonachan.<ref name="IOMG-Onchan">
{{cite news
  | title = Onchan
  | publisher = Isle of Man Guide
  | url = http://www.iomguide.com/onchan.php
  | access-date = 2008-10-01}}</ref><ref name="IOMT-Onchan"/> An early name for the village is {{langx|gv|Kiondroghad}} which literally translated means "bridgehead". The earliest written record of Kiondroghad was in the 1643 Manorial Roll, when it was very small. The name Kiondroghad appeared on the 1841 census but not the one in 1851.<ref name="Oncanhistory-village">{{cite news
  | title = A Short History of Onchan - The Village of Onchan
  | publisher = Onchan Online
  | url = http://www.onchanorg.im/onchan_history/short_history/village_onchan.php
  | access-date = 2008-10-01
  }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>