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Trecwn (Welsh: Trecŵn [trɛˈkuːn]) is a village in Pembrokeshire, west Wales, 1.6 miles (2.6 km) east of the A40 (Fishguard to Haverfordwest) road in the community of Scleddau.[1] It is in the parish of Llanstinan.[2]

Trecwn Welsh: Trecŵn
Trecwn Location within Pembrokeshire
OS grid reference	SM 96691 32638
• Cardiff	107 mi (172 km)
Community	Scleddau
Principal area	Pembrokeshire
Ceremonial county	Dyfed
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HAVERFORDWEST
Postcode district	SA62
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Preseli Pembrokeshire
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Preseli Pembrokeshire
List of places UK Wales Pembrokeshire 51.954969°N 4.960174°W / 51.954969; -4.960174

History

The history of Trecwn in the 18th and 19th centuries is linked with the Barham family, who funded the building of the school in 1877. Barham Memorial School, a Grade II listed building,[3][4] closed in 2001 following the closure of the armaments depot (see below) a few years before.[5] Joseph Foster Barham (1759–1832) and his son Charles Henry Foster Barham (1808–1878) were both members of parliament, Joseph for Stockbridge, Hampshire, and Charles for Appleby.[6][7]

Trecwn was a community in its own right until 2007; however, the population had decreased significantly from 366 to 260 in the years 1980 to 2006, so it was merged into the community of Scleddau from 3 May 2012.[8]

Church

The Llanstinan parish church of St Justinian is a Grade II* listed building of mediaeval origin, rebuilt in the 19th century.[9][10]

Armaments depot

RNAD Trecwn is a decommissioned 1100-acre (450 ha) Royal Navy Armaments Depot. It was closed in 1995 with the loss of 500 jobs.[11] Omega Pacific in 1998 tentatively proposed the site could be used for storing low-level nuclear waste, a plan shelved owing to public opposition. In 2001 German company EBV suggested using the site for weapons reclamation.[12][13] In 2003 the owners announced that the tenanted homes on the site would be sold on the open market.[11]

Plans submitted by The Valley (Pembrokeshire) Ltd to build a 25-megawatt biomass energy plant on the site were conditionally approved in 2015,[14] but by August 2018 work, with the promise of 40 jobs, had not been started by current owners Manhattan Loft Corporation, leading to questions by the local councillor.[15]

References

External links

• Historical information and further sources on GENUKI

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