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

Lixwm
Capel y Berthen, a Welsh Presbyterian chapel, in Lixwm
Lixwm is located in Flintshire
Lixwm
Lixwm
Location within Flintshire
Population910 (2021)[1][2]
OS grid referenceSJ167714
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHOLYWELL
Postcode districtCH8
Dialling code01352
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AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Flintshire
53°13′59″N 3°14′49″W / 53.233°N 3.247°W / 53.233; -3.247

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

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