Llanstinan is a rural

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in the

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Scleddau Scleddau is a village and a community in the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales, and is south of Fishguard on the main A40 road. The Western Cleddau river which lends its name to the village flows under the main road. There are several springs in th ...

, north

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, Wales, south of

Fishguard Fishguard ( cy, Abergwaun, meaning "Mouth of the River Gwaun") is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with a population of 3,419 in 2011; the community of Fishguard and Goodwick had a population of 5,407. Modern Fishguard consists of two pa ...

History

Parish

Originally in the ancient

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Dewisland 250px, The cantref of Pebidiog in ancient Dyfed The Hundred of Dewisland (often written "Dewsland") was a hundred in northwest Pembrokeshire, Wales. Formerly the pre-Norman cantref of Pebidiog, it included the city and the peninsula of St Davids. ...

, formerly a pre-Norman

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, the parish is bordered in the west by the

Western Cleddau The River Cleddau ( cy, Afon Cleddau) consists of the Eastern and Western Cleddau rivers in Pembrokeshire, west Wales. They unite to form the Daugleddau estuary and the important harbour of Milford Haven. The name of the combined estuary – ...

river and in the east by Nant y Bugail; it is entirely rural. Decayed but distinct prehistoric earthworks exist. A 1578 map in the British Library shows the parish as ''Llannastynan''. A village named Llanstinan does not appear to have ever existed; the nearby villages of

Trecwn Trecwn ( cy, Trecŵn ) is a village in Pembrokeshire, west Wales, east of the A40 (Fishguard to Haverfordwest) road in the community of Scleddau. It is in the parish of Llanstinan. History The history of Trecwn in the 18th and 19th centuries ...

in the east and Scleddau in the west have gained more prominence. The population in 1801 was 114.

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''Topographical Dictionary'' of 1833 gives the population as 168. The 1849 edition expands the population to 170, and notes that there is a small slate quarry in the parish and a Calvinist Methodist place of worship. By the 1870s the population was 174, in 36 houses. The parish is now part of the Benefice of Llanwnda (St Gwyndaf) and Goodwick (St Peter) with Manorowen and Llanstinan in the

Diocese of St David's The Diocese of St Davids is a diocese of the Church in Wales, a church of the Anglican Communion. The diocese covers the historic extent of Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, together with a small part of western Glamorgan. The episcop ...

Parish church

The parish church of

St Justinian St Justinian (or St Justinian's or St Justinians; Welsh language, Welsh: ''Porth Stinan'') is a coastal location of indeterminate area in the extreme northwest of Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the community (Wales), community of St Davids and the Cat ...

, isolated in farmland, is mediaeval or Norman in origin, but was substantially rebuilt in the 19th century. It is a Grade II*

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Notable people

Sir William Wogan (politician) was a member of the influential Wogan family of Llanstinan who died in 1710, leaving his estate to a Symmons relative. The Reverend Dr

Charles Symmons Charles Symmons (1749 – 27 April 1826) was a Welsh poet and priest. Life Symmons was the younger son of John Symmons, the MP for Cardigan. He was born in Cardigan in 1749 and educated at Westminster School, joining the school in 1765; he w ...

(17491826) was a grandson of John Symmons (1701–64) of Llanstinan. The Symmons family was a significant one in the area, and beyond. Their seat was Llanstinan House, which was acquired by a member of another significant local family, Sir Hugh Owen (1803–91), in the 19th century. The Royal Commission in about 2003 published a paper on the status and history of the house, whose origins are thought to date back to the 16th century, and since then has seen luxurious times to more recent decay.

Richard Fenton Richard Fenton (January 1747 – November 1821) was a Welsh lawyer, topographer and poet. Biography Fenton was born in January 1747 in St David's, Pembrokeshire, and was baptised in St David's Cathedral on 20 February 1747, "being then a month ...

in 1811 referred to Llanstinan as ''"...a place I shall ever remember, with an affection that I want words to express..."''

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