Stansty
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Stansty is a populated area in Wrexham County Borough in Wales, lying to the immediate north-west of the town of Wrexham.
It is a former civil parish and township.
Stansty is also an electoral ward to Wrexham County Borough Council.
The ward population as taken at the 2011 Census was 2,114.
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"）. Stansty was one of the original townships of the Lordship of Bromfield and Yale, and was also a township of the ecclesiastical parish of Wrexham. It comprised two townships, Stansty Ucha （Upper Stansty） and Stansty Issa （Lower Stansty） which were merged into one at the time of the Commonwealth. Stansty Issa was given to the Abbot of Valle Crucis Abbey by Gruffydd ap Madoc, Prince of Powys, in 1254. Part of the township was transferred to the new parish of Gwersyllt in 1851, and other parts were transferred to the parishes of Southsea and Bersham in 1921 and 1934 respectively. The civil parish of Stansty was split in 1935 between Gwersyllt and Wrexham Regis. Much of the area was farmland until the 20th century and belonged to an estat...