Horseman's Green

Horseman's Green

The former Mission Room at Horseman's Green
Horseman's Green
 Horseman's Green shown within Wrexham
OS grid referenceSJ445411
CommunityHanmer
Principal areaWrexham
Ceremonial countyClwyd
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town WHITCHURCH
Postcode district SY13
Dialling code 01948
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK ParliamentClwyd South
Welsh AssemblyClwyd South
List of places
UK
Wales
Wrexham

Coordinates: 52°57′54″N 2°49′37″W / 52.965°N 2.827°W / 52.965; -2.827

Horseman's Green is a village in the County Borough of Wrexham, Wales. The village, also simply called the Green, is in the rural southeast of the borough in the community of Hanmer, close to the border with Shropshire.

A small hamlet outside the village is known as Little Arowry (to distinguish it from the nearby village of Arowry).

History

Horseman's Green is one of a number of villages in the Maelor Saesneg containing the element "Green" in their names, indicating that they came into existence in relatively modern times with the enclosure of former common land. The name Horseman's Green is first recorded at the very end of the 17th century in the form "Horse Math's Green", likely derived from the obsolete dialect word "math", meaning "a mowing" (i.e. meadow land).[1]

Most notable for its proximity to Hanmer (the birthplace of Lorna Sage and the setting for the autobiography Bad Blood), the village was also an evacuation area in the Second World War. The neighbouring village of Penley is well known for its Polish residents and hospital, which still housed Polish war evacuees until very recent years. Horseman's Green was used less commonly by those looking to avoid Nazi German Luftwaffe bombing raids from the Crosby area of Liverpool.[2]

Important buildings

References

  1. ↑ Maelor Saesneg: the Settlement Landscape, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust
  2. ↑ "WW2 People's War - A Young Family in Wartime at Crosby by David Huxley". BBC.
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