Whitewell, Wrexham

Whitewell
St Mary's church, Whitewell
Whitewell is located in Wrexham
Whitewell
Whitewell
Location within Wrexham
OS grid referenceSJ4949641397
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWHITCHURCH
Postcode districtSY13
Dialling code01948
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Wrexham
52°58′01″N 2°45′11″W / 52.967°N 2.753°W / 52.967; -2.753

Whitewell (Welsh pronunciation) is a dispersed rural settlement, and surrounding ecclesiastical parish, in the community of Bronington, in the east of Wrexham County Borough, Wales.

The Welsh language name of the parish, and of the area's former civil parish, is Iscoed, historically spelled as Iscoyd.[1] The name can be translated as "below wood" or "underwood".[2] The settlement itself is recommended to also use "Whitewell" in Welsh.

  1. ^ Iscoyd / Whitewell, Clwyd Family History Society
  2. ^ Davies, Flintshire Place-names, 1959, p.90