Monington ( cy, Eglwys Wythwr) is a small settlement and

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

in the

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Nevern Nevern ( cy, Nanhyfer) is both a parish and a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The community includes the settlements of Felindre Farchog, Monington, Moylgrove and Bayvil. The small village lies in the Nevern valley near the Preseli Hills of t ...

, north

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. It is on the Nant Ceibwr (''Ceibwr Stream'') that flows through

Moylegrove Moylgrove ( cy, Trewyddel), also spelled Moylegrove, is a village and parish in north Pembrokeshire, Wales, about from Cardigan, in the community of Nevern. Description The placename "Moylegrove" means "Matilda's Grove"; "Matilda" may have b ...

and into

Ceibwr Bay Ceibwr Bay ( cy, Bae Ceibwr) is a bay opening into the Irish Sea in Pembrokeshire, west Wales. It is about 7 km west of Cardigan, and 3 km south of the headland of Cemaes Head. It is owned by the National Trust, within the Pembrokesh ...

. Part of the parish lies within the

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Pembrokeshire Coast National Park ( cy, Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro) is a national park along the Pembrokeshire coast in west Wales. It was established as a National Park in 1952. It is one of three national parks in Wales, the others bei ...

Name

Monington's Welsh name translates into English as the ''"church of eight men"'', reflecting the fact that there were eight freeholders in the parish when it was founded. The origin of the English name is obscure.

Description

Monington is a rural parish in the community of Nevern, close to the source of Nant Ceibwr, the stream that flows through Moylegrove and into Ceibwr Bay. The parish is 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 ...

and the parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas. The present church, built in 1860, is a Grade II

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, built in 1860 in high-Victorian Gothic style. There are 11 other listed buildings or structures in the parish, including several at Pantsaeson in the north of the parish.

History

Dyfed Archaeological Trust records suggest that a battle took place at Pantsaeson in the early medieval period. The earliest-known written records of Monington are from the 13th century when knight's fees were contributing to the manor of Maenclochog. Parishioners of Monington in the 16th century held ancient grazing rights in the Preseli Mountains resulting from an historic association with St Dogmael's Abbey. From 1536 Monington was in the

Hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...

of Cemais, and it is marked as ''Egloiswither'' on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire. An 1838 tithe map of Monington shows named buildings, mills, mill leat, mill pond, gardens (with paths), farmyards, fences, orchard, parkland, woods, quarry (gravel), hill-drawing, footpath and/or bridleway, waterbodies, springs, well and a kiln. The quarry referred to in the tithe map, ''Cware Trefigin'', was still in operation in 2019 and contains significant deposits of sand and gravel.

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