Boulston is a small settlement and former
parish on the left bank of the
Western Cleddau river in
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 count ...
, Wales, in the
community of
Uzmaston, Boulston and Slebech
Uzmaston, Boulston and Slebech is a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, which includes the villages of Uzmaston, Boulston and Slebech, and the Haverfordwest suburb of Cartlett (an area in the western part of Haverfordwest, no longer marked on m ...
.
History
Boulston Manor
The parish was in the ancient
hundred of
Dungleddy
200px, Ancient Dyfed showing Deugleddyf Cantref and its "commotes"
200px, Pembrokeshire showing Dungleddy Hundred
The Hundred of Dungleddy was a hundred in the centre of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It had its origins in the pre- Norman cantref of Deug ...
. It was marked on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire. Boulston Manor was occupied from the 15th to 18th centuries by the Wogan family. When the estate was sold in 1797 the new owner, Major Dudley Acland, abandoned the old site, and built Boulston Lodge (now re-named Boulston Manor) a short distance to the northwest, described by the
Royal Commission. A detailed survey of the old manor was carried out in 2012, and the site was determined to be at risk from river erosion. An outline history of the estate was published by the Royal Commission in 2000. The "new" Boulston Manor is a Grade II
listed building, and currently serves as a bed and breakfast and a wedding venue.
The title formerly associated with the property, the Lordship of the Manor of Boulston, was bought at auction in 2016 by the retired hotelier John Heaney for £5750.
Demographics
In the mid-1800s there were 319 inhabitants in the small, rural parish. In the 1870s, the parish was quoted as , of which 160 were water. The population was 254, in 54 houses, most occupied in agriculture.
Church
The parish church, dedicated to St Ismael and originally the private chapel to the Wogans, was abandoned in the 20th century. Church records are held either by the National Library of Wales, or Pembrokeshire Records Office.
References
External links
Tithe maps at National Library of Wales
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Villages in Pembrokeshire