Editing Mostyn

{{Short description|Village and community in Flintshire, Wales}}
{{other uses|Mostyn (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}
{{infobox UK place
| country                     = Wales
| type = Village and [[Community (Wales)|community]]
| welsh_name                  =
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Delyn (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Delyn]]
| coordinates                 = {{coord|53.314|-3.269|display=inline,title}}
| official_name               = Mostyn
| static_image_name           = St Margarets Rhewl Mostyn - geograph.org.uk - 128342.jpg
| static_image_caption        = St. Margaret's Church, Mostyn
| unitary_wales               = [[Flintshire]]
| lieutenancy_wales           = [[Clwyd]]
| constituency_westminster    = [[Clwyd East (UK Parliament constituency)|Clwyd East]]
| population                  = 1,844
| population_ref              = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/mostyn-w05000222#sthash.JSrsWdTz.dpbs|title=Community/Ward population 2011|access-date=26 May 2015}}</ref>
| post_town                   = HOLYWELL
| postcode_district           = CH8
| postcode_area               = CH
| dial_code                   = 01745
| os_grid_reference           = SJ155805 
| website                     = [http://mostyn-council.wales/ Council website]
| module= [[File:2024 Wales Flintshire Community Mostyn map.svg|240px]]<br />Map of the community
}}

'''Mostyn''' is a village and [[Community (Wales)|community]] in [[Flintshire]], Wales, and [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] lying on the estuary of the [[River Dee, Wales|River Dee]], located near the town of [[Holywell, Flintshire|Holywell]]. It has a privately owned port that has in the past had a [[Mostyn Colliery|colliery]] and ironworks and was involved in the export of commodities, and in present times services the offshore wind industry and shipped the wings for the [[Airbus A380]] which were manufactured at [[Broughton, Flintshire|Broughton]].

==History==
Mostyn was mentioned in the [[Doomsday Book]] of 1086. [[Henry Bolingbroke]] (later Henry IV) landed here in 1399 before attacking [[Richard II]] at [[Flint Castle]]. Coal was mined at [[Mostyn Colliery]] and iron production started in the mid nineteenth century. The combination of a colliery, iron works and the docks made this a profitable enterprise. Nineteen hundred people were employed at one time. The coal eventually became exhausted and the ironworks closed in 1965. 
Between 1848 and 1966 there was a [[Mostyn railway station|railway station]] in the village on the [[North Wales Coast Line|Chester to Holyhead line]]. Mostyn once served as a port from which ferries used to sail (until 2004) to [[Dublin]] on the Liverpool-Dublin route. Today, manufactured wings for the [[Airbus A380]] aircraft leave Mostyn on the ship ''[[Ville de Bordeaux]]'', after travelling down the River Dee by barge from the Airbus wing factory at [[Broughton, Flintshire]]. See [[Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit]] for more details of the transportation. Mostyn's port area is home to the headquarters of Warwick International Group Limited, manufacturers of bleach activators for detergent applications.
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portofmostyn.co.uk/about.php?title=Overview- |title=History |publisher=The Port of Mostyn Ltd. |access-date=25 April 2016}}</ref>

==Port of Mostyn==
The Port of Mostyn is privately owned and is one of the oldest ports in the country; in the past, it handled cargoes including steel, coal, timber, woodpulp, animal feedstuffs and fertilizers. Nowadays, it specialises in the assembly and installation of wind turbines. It has been involved in the construction of [[North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm|North Hoyle]] (constructed 2003–2004), [[Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm|Burbo Bank]] (2006–2007), [[Rhyl Flats]] (2008–2009) and [[Gwynt y Môr]] (2012–2015); it was involved in part of the work building [[Robin Rigg Wind Farm|Robin Rigg]] and [[Walney Wind Farm|Walney]] windfarms.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portofmostyn.co.uk/about.php?title=Overview- |title=Overview of the port |publisher=The Port of Mostyn Ltd. |access-date=25 April 2016}}</ref>

In early 2023, the Port of Mostyn applied to [[Natural Resources Wales]] (NRW) for a marine licence. This was to build a new 350 metre-long quay wall and reclaim 4.5 hectares of land behind it to create new berths for ships, as well as deepening existing berths and re-dredging the approach channel.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nation.cymru/news/north-wales-port-reveals-major-expansion-plans/ | title=North Wales port reveals major expansion plans | date=February 2023 }}</ref>

==Mostyn Hall==
[[Mostyn Hall]] is a large [[Listed building|Grade I listed]]  country house, set in extensive gardens; it lies around half a mile to the north-west of the village. It is surrounded by gardens and parkland, and is approached from the south driveway. The former gatehouse, ''Porth Mawr'', lies to the south-west and a complex of farm buildings to the west.<ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=21517|desc=Mostyn Hall|grade=I |access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref>

==The village==
Just down the [[A548 road]] from Mostyn at Llanerch-y-Mor is the now closed Mostyn Fun Ship. The ship started life as the ''[[TSS Duke of Lancaster (1955)|Duke of Lancaster]]'', a car ferry and cruise ship. After it was permanently dry-docked in Mostyn, it earned its later name from its new operation as an arcade and bar.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/panoramics/pages/ship.shtml|title=Mostyn's Fun Ship|publisher=BBC Wales|access-date=13 November 2007}}</ref>

==Governance==
Mostyn is also an [[electoral ward]], coterminous with the community. It elects one county councillor to [[Flintshire County Council]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The County of Flintshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 |date=1998 |publisher=Statutory Instruments|website=legislation.gov.uk |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3140/made |access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref> A by-election was held on 31 July 2014 after the disqualification of the longstanding [[Independent politician|Independent]] councillor, Patrick Heesom,<ref>{{cite news|author=Rory Sheehan| url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/mostyn-by-election-four-running-county-7442755 |title=Mostyn by-election: Four running for county council seat |work=Daily Post |place=North Wales |date=17 July 2014 |access-date=20 December 2018 }}</ref>

On the 5th May 2022, as part of the most recent [[2022 Welsh local elections]], Mostyn elected Pamela Banks who was represented as an [[Independent politician|Independent]], by a 26% majority as former councillor Patrick Heesom saw defeat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://committeemeetings.flintshire.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=653&RPID=16615381&LLL=0|title=Election results for Mostyn / Mostyn|website=Flintshire.gov.uk|access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref>

== Demographics ==

=== Languages ===
According to the [[2021 United Kingdom census|United Kingdom Census 2021]], 14.9 per cent of all usual residents aged 3+ in Mostyn can speak Welsh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Welsh Language Change in the percentage of people aged three years or older able to speak Welsh by LSOA 2011 to 2021 {{!}} DataMapWales |url=https://datamap.gov.wales/layers/geonode:welsh_language_change_2021 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=datamap.gov.wales |language=en}}</ref> 22.5 per cent of the population noted that they could speak, read, write or understand Welsh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welsh language skills (detailed) - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS032/editions/2021/versions/1 |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref> The [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]] noted 18.2 per cent of all usual residents aged 3 years and older in the village could speak Welsh.<ref name=":0" />

=== Country of Birth ===
The 2011 Census noted that 98.0 per cent of the population was born in the United Kingdom; 64.0 per cent of the population was born in Wales and 33.1 per cent of the population was born in England.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KS204EW (Country of birth) - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks204ew |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Emlyn Williams]], [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[dramatist]] and actor

==See also==
* [[Mostyn Baronets]]
* [[Mostyn Dragons F.C.|Mostyn Dragons]]

==References==
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== External links ==
{{commons category|Mostyn}}
*[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=6600396 Photos of Mostyn and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk]

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[[Category:Villages in Flintshire]]
[[Category:Ports and harbours of Wales]]
[[Category:Communities in Flintshire]]
[[Category:Wards of Flintshire]]