Stansty

Coordinates: 53°03′32″N 3°00′14″W / 53.059°N 3.004°W / 53.059; -3.004

Stansty is a ward in Wrexham County Borough in Wales, lying to the immediate north-west of the town of Wrexham. The ward population as taken at the 2011 Census was 2,114.

Geography, name

Stansty consists of Higher Stansty and Lower Stansty; Higher Stansty lies near to Summerhill and Moss Valley within the community of Gwersyllt and is north of the A483 road. Lower Stansty, or Plas Coch as it is now more commonly referred to, is partly within the neighbouring community of Rhosddu, south of the A483. The division between Higher and Lower Stansty is an ancient one, as Stansty Issa (i.e. Lower Stansty), also called Stansty Abbatis, was originally a part of the manor of Wrexham Abbott belonging to Valle Crucis Abbey.

Along with those of some other places in this area of north-east Wales, the name of Stansty may have an Old English rather than Welsh root, perhaps from stan ("stone") with another element, possibly -stig or -stigu ("path, or "sty").