New_Brighton,_Flintshire

New Brighton, Flintshire

New Brighton, Flintshire

Village in Flintshire, Wales

New Brighton (Welsh: New Brighton; sometimes unofficially Pentre Cythraul, 'devil's village') is a small village in Flintshire, in north-east Wales. It lies between the towns of Mold and Buckley, in the community of Argoed.

Not to be confused with New Brighton, Wrexham or New Brighton, Merseyside.
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New Brighton lies on the A5119 road and has a hotel, the Beaufort Park Hotel.

A New Brighton electoral ward exists, formed from the northern half of the Argoed community,[1] with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 3,001.[2] It forms part of an "Argoed and New Brighton" (Welsh: Argoed a New Brighton) council electoral ward.[3][4]

Some residents refer to it by its Welsh name Pentre Cythraul, though the Welsh name was not recognised by the Welsh Language Commissioner in 2018, causing local people to ask for this to be reviewed.[5] Pentre Cythraul translates to "the devil's village", although said to have been possibly derived from Pentre Catherall, named after industrialist Josiah Catherall who built some of the village's rows of houses.[6] In their list of standardised Welsh place-names in Flintshire as of November 2023, the Commissioner states the recommended name in Welsh, for Flintshire County Council to use, is "New Brighton".[7]

References

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    Election maps, Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
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    "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 26 May 2015.
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    "Canlyniadau etholiadau ar gyfer Argoed and New Brighton / Argoed a New Brighton, 5 Mai 2022". cyfarfodyddpwyllgor.siryfflint.gov.uk. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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    "Welsh electoral ward names | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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    "New Brighton's Welsh name Pentre Cythraul 'should be recognised'". BBC News. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
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    "Residents campaign for Welsh form of Flintshire village's name to be recognised on its signs". The Leader. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  7. [7]
    "Welsh Place Names". www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales. Retrieved 18 November 2023.


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