Scoveston is a small village near

Llanstadwell Llanstadwell ( cy, Llanudwal) is a small village, parish and community in south Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the north bank of the River Cleddau between Milford Haven and Neyland. The community of Llanstadwell includes the settlements of Hazelbeach ...

and lies between

Neyland Neyland is a town and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, lying on the River Cleddau and the upstream end of the Milford Haven estuary. The Cleddau Bridge carrying the A477 links Pembroke Dock with Neyland. Etymology The name of the town is ...

and Steynton in the Welsh county of Pembrokeshire. Scoveston is a relatively new village, and the first recording of the name was in the 15th century. It is in the

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 o ...

and

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of Llanstadwell.

History

The earliest-known record of Scoveston is from the 15th century, with some other settlements in the immediate area dating from the 16th to 18th centuries. In 1644–45, Thomas Butler of Scoveston was

High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire This is a list of High Sheriffs of Pembrokeshire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilitie ...

. By 1863, the house had been rebuilt and was occupied by William Rees, another High Sheriff. Scoveston and Upper Scoveston appear on a pre-1850 parish map of Llanstadwell, but were not mentioned in 19th century gazetteers.

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 his 1811 Pembrokeshire tour, noted the mansion at Scoveston as being a venerable building transmuted into a farm-house, and having been owned by the Mordaunt family, one which was poorly documented. Upper Scoveston (also referred to as Scoveston Park or Scoveston Manor) was noted by the 1911 Royal Commission as including a boathouse, possible isolated geometric copses, sundial, well, walled garden and lake. On modern maps, the name is applied to the road passing through the settlement, as well as Upper Scoveston, Lower Scoveston, Middle Scoveston and Scoveston Grove. In 1985, Scoveston Manor was the scene of a double murder and extensive fire. John Cooper was later convicted of this and other crimes. The following year, the house was sold and repurposed.

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