Lixwm

Lixwm
Welsh: *Licswm*
Lixwm Welsh: Licswm;
	Capel y Berthen, a Welsh Presbyterian chapel, in Lixwm
	Lixwm Location within Flintshire
Population	910 (2021)
OS grid reference	SJ167714
Community	Ysceifiog;
Principal area	Flintshire;
Preserved county	Clwyd;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HOLYWELL
Postcode district	CH8
Dialling code	01352
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Delyn;
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Delyn;
	List of places UK Wales Flintshire 53°13′59″N 3°14′49″W / 53.233°N 3.247°W

Lixwm (Welsh: Licswm) is a small village in Flintshire, Wales. It is part of the community of Ysceifiog.

Lixwm was formerly a mining village, and one explanation of its unusual name was that it was given to it by miners who moved to the area from Derbyshire: in their dialect "likesome", or "licksome", was an adjective meaning "pleasant".^[3] It may have been referred to as Lixwm Green, or Lixum Green, for a period in the 19th century.^[4]

Samuel Lewis's 1843 Topographical Dictionary of Wales noted that at that time the majority of the population of Ysceifiog parish lived in Lixwm and were mainly employed in mines in the neighbouring parishes.^[5] Even at that time, however, the population was declining due to the closure of some mines.

References

^ in the Lixwm urban area
^ "Lixwm". UK Census Data 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
^ What's in a name – Licswm, BBC Wales
^ The bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, University of Wales, v.9 (1939) 37–38
^ Lewis, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 1843, p.443

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[1] the Lixwm urban area

[2] "Lixwm". UK Census Data 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

[bbc-3] What's in a name – Licswm, BBC Wales

[bcs-4] The bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, University of Wales, v.9 (1939) 37–38

[lewis-5] Lewis, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 1843, p.443

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Lixwm Welsh: Licswm
Capel y Berthen, a Welsh Presbyterian chapel, in Lixwm
Lixwm Location within Flintshire
Population	910 (2021)^[1]^[2]
OS grid reference	SJ167714
Community	Ysceifiog
Principal area	Flintshire
Preserved county	Clwyd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HOLYWELL
Postcode district	CH8
Dialling code	01352

Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh

UK Parliament	Delyn
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Delyn
List of places UK Wales Flintshire 53°13′59″N 3°14′49″W / 53.233°N 3.247°W / 53.233; -3.247