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List Of Places In Pembrokeshire
This is a list of cities and towns (and former towns) and villages in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Most places in blue have their own article; those in red do not. Some (annotated (r)) are currently redirected to their parent parish (for which see GENUKI) or community (see list at the foot of this page) and may be sufficiently notable for their own article. Coordinates can usually be found in List of United Kingdom locations. GENUKI also has a list of Pembrokeshire place names extracted from Lewis's 1833-44 ''A Topographical Dictionary of Wales'', which link to further sources and historical information. Some are stub articles that need expanding; for a list, see :Pembrokeshire geography stubs. For other principal areas in Wales, see List of places in Wales. A *Abercych, Abereiddy, Abercastle, Albert Town(r), Ambleston, Amroth, Angle, Axton Hill(r) B * Bateman's Hill(r), Bayvil, Begelly, Bentlass, Bethlehem(r), Blackpool, Blaenffos, Boncath, Bosherston, Boulston, Braw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and the rest by sea. The county is home to Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The Park occupies more than a third of the area of the county and includes the Preseli Hills in the north as well as the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. Historically, mining and fishing were important activities, while industry nowadays is focused on agriculture (86 per cent of land use), oil and gas, and tourism; Pembrokeshire's beaches have won many awards. The county has a diverse geography with a wide range of geological features, habitats and wildlife. Its prehistory and modern history have been extensively studied, from tribal occupation, through Roman times, to Welsh, Irish, Norman, English, Scandinavian and Flemish influences. Pembrokeshire County Council's headquarters are in the county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Community (Wales)
A community ( cy, cymuned) is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales. Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England. There are 878 communities in Wales. History Until 1974 Wales was divided into civil parishes. These were abolished by section 20 (6) of the Local Government Act 1972, and replaced by communities by section 27 of the same Act. The principal areas of Wales are divided entirely into communities. Unlike in England, where unparished areas exist, no part of Wales is outside a community, even in urban areas. Most, but not all, communities are administered by community councils, which are equivalent to English parish councils in terms of their powers and the way they operate. Welsh community councils may call themselves town councils unilaterally and may have city status granted by the Crown. In Wales, all town councils are community councils. There are now three communities with city status: Bangor, St Asaph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayvil
Bayvil ( cy, Y Beifil) is a hamlet and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated in the north of the county, east of Newport. It is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The parish includes most of the village of Felindre Farchog. Together with the parishes of Monington, Moylgrove and most of Nevern, it constitutes the community of Nevern. History The name may derive from Norman-French ''Beauvil'', a "pleasant settlement". It is in the heart of Welsh-speaking Pembrokeshire, in the Welsh cantref of Cemais. The parish appears on a 1578 map of Pembrokeshire. It had, in 1844, a population of 130 in an area of . It included the more developed village of Felindre Farchog and part of the estate of Cwmgloyne, owned by the Lloyd family, and which gave its name to the former ''Cwmgloyne Arms'' in the nearby settlement of Crosswell. The estate was broken up to be sold in 1899 and part was sold for a total of £17,000. In 1909 the remainder, including the Bayvil portion, 356 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bateman's Hill
Cosheston is a village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated on an inlet of the Daugleddau estuary, 3 km north-east of Pembroke. The parish includes the settlement of Bateman's Hill. The northern part of the community is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Together with Upton and Nash, it constitutes the community of Cosheston, which had a population of 713 in 2001, increasing to 828 at the 2011 Census. Name The placename means "Constantine's farm". Parish The parish had an area of 813 Ha. Its census populations were: 401 (1801): 551 (1851): 556 (1901): 381 (1951): 593 (1981): 828 (2011). The parish church is dedicated to St Michael and had a spire in the 19th century. The percentage of Welsh speakers was 4.9 (1891): 4.3 (1931): 2.6 (1971): 10.7 (2011). Governance Cosheston, together with Lamphey, forms an electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axton Hill
Hundleton is a village and a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the parish of Monkton. The community covers the adjacent settlements of West Orielton, Brownslate, Corston and Pwllcrochan. Amenities Hundleton village contains a chapel, a restaurant, a public house and several bed and breakfast houses. Amenities include a park, playing area and football and cricket area and a mother and toddler group. Governance An electoral ward in the same name also exists. This ward covers the whole peninsula with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 1,877. Orielton Orielton is a historic country house dating from the 18th century. From 1963 until 2022 it was used as a field studies centre by the Field Studies Council Field Studies Council is an educational charity based in the UK, which offers opportunities for people to learn about and engage with the outdoors. History It was established as the Council for the Promotion of Field Studies in 1943 with the .... The house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angle, Pembrokeshire
Angle ( cy, Angl) is a village, parish and community on the southern side of the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village school has closed, as have one of the two pubs, the village shop (with a post office) and St Mary's church. There is a bus link to Pembroke railway station. The Sailors' Chapel, a Grade I listed building, is in the church graveyard.The Benefice Rev. Jones, accessed 30 August 2008 At Castle Farm, there is a and above Castle Bay there are the remains of an fort. On the headland there are visible remains of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amroth, Pembrokeshire
Amroth is both a village, a parish and a community northeast of Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Located on Carmarthen Bay, Amroth is noted for its long sandy beach which stretches the length of the village. It regularly earns a Blue Flag award. and is the south-to-north start of the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. Amroth is within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The name is Welsh, and probably means "on (the brook called) Rhath". History The beach stretches the whole length of the village and at extreme low tide, the petrified forest, destroyed when sea levels rose 7,000 years ago, can still be seen. Fossilised antlers, nuts and animal bones and Neolithic flints have been discovered. The parish, which appeared as ''Amrath'' on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire, was an important anthracite coal mining area until the end of the 19th century. Slight remains of mines and tramways are still visible. Ruins of Amroth Castle still remain, and one mile inland is the Anglican parish chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambleston
Ambleston ( cy, Treamlod) is a village, parish, and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, lying seven miles (11 km) north-north-east of Haverfordwest. The parish includes the hamlets of Wallis and Woodstock ( cy, Wstog). Name The English and Welsh placenames both mean "Amlot's farm", Amlot being a Norman-French personal name. Location and demographics The northern border of the parish is an ancient trackway leading towards St David's, which crosses through a Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ... farmstead called "Castell Fflemish". This line is also the northern boundary of the cantref of Daugleddau, and was described by George Owen in 1602 as the language frontier, placing Ambleston in Little England beyond Wales. Ambleston was one of the parishes Owen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Town, Pembrokeshire
Haverfordwest (, ; cy, Hwlffordd ) is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales, and the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire with a population of 14,596 in 2011. It is also a community, being the second most populous community in the county, with 12,042 people, after Milford Haven. The suburbs include the former parish of Prendergast, Albert Town and the residential and industrial areas of Withybush (housing, retail parks, hospital, airport and showground). Haverfordwest is located in a strategic position, being at the lowest bridging point of the Western Cleddau prior to the opening of the Cleddau Bridge in 1975. Topography Haverfordwest is a market town, the county town of Pembrokeshire and an important road network hub between Milford Haven, Pembroke Dock, Fishguard and St David's as a result of its position at the tidal limit of the Western Cleddau. The majority of the town, comprising the old parishes of St. Mary, St. Martin and St. Thomas, lies on the right (west) ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abercastle
Abercastle ( cy, Abercastell) is a village in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Abercastle has a working harbour which is managed by Abercastle Boat Owners Association. In 1876, The harbour was the landing-site of the first Atlantic Ocean single-handed sailing, west-to-east, starting from Gloucester, Massachusetts, by Alfred "Centennial" Johnson. History Abercastle is an old trading harbour which exported local slate and grain, limestone, butter, honey, corn, and some coal. There are also the remains of nineteenth century limekilns. Alfred Johnson memorial Alfred Johnson landed at Abercastle on Saturday, August 12, 1876, after 66 days sailing from Gloucester, Massachusetts, becoming the first person to make the single-handed Atlantic crossing. Johnson, a Danish born fisherman used a small dory named 'Centennial'. He managed an average pace of about 70 miles (110 km) a day, quite respectable for such a small boat in the open sea, and survived a gale which capsized the boat. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abereiddy
Abereiddy ( cy, Abereddi) is a hamlet in the county of Pembrokeshire, in west Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the .... It has a small beach which was awarded the Blue Flag beach, Blue flag rural beach award in 2005. A large car park adjoins the beach, where in the summer an ice cream van can usually be found. The beach also has public toilets which are open from Easter to October half-term. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path gives fine walking in both directions. The Common which runs inland behind the beach lies within the Manor of Llanrhian. It is home to the now famous Blue Lagoon, where the “Red Bull Diving” championships have been held. The Blue Lagoon was created when the wall of an old slate mine was blasted to let the sea in. It is also popular for “coast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abercych
Abercych (or Abercuch, ) is a small village in the community of Manordeifi, northeast Pembrokeshire in South West Wales, located approximately from the tripoint of the counties of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion. The village developed from a number of small settlements along the west bank of Afon Cych, which flows into the River Teifi nearby, giving the village its name, meaning "mouth of the Cych". The village has two pubs, one of which brews its own beer, two chapels and a care farm. Description Abercych is a village in the parish and community of Manordeifi, Pembrokeshire, of fewer than 100 houses scattered mostly along the sides of a small lane that runs along the western slopes of the Cych valley. It is from the nearest town, Newcastle Emlyn. The village is rural with no industry except for a timber sawmill at the western end of the village. It has a village hall which hosts the Manordeifi Community Council meetings every other month, and two public houses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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