East Williamston ( cy, Tregwilym Ddwyrain) is a village and

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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 ...

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. The community includes the villages of

Pentlepoir Pentlepoir is a village in Pembrokeshire, Wales, approximately south of Kilgetty and west of Saundersfoot. The A478 passes through the village. Governance The village is part of the East Williamston community A community is a social un ...

, Cold Inn and Broadmoor, Wooden and Moreton. The community had a population of 1,787 in

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, increasing to 1,844 at the 2011 Census.

Governance

With the community of

Jeffreyston Jeffreyston (also known as Jeffreston) is a village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire. Jeffreyston lies on the B4586 road about northwest of the main A477 St Clears to Pembroke road; the nearest town is Tenby about to the southeast. Co ...

, it makes up the Pembrokeshire

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of East Williamston, which had a population of 2,327 in 2001, with 11 per cent Welsh speakers. The ward population had increased to 2,418 at the 2011 Census.

Worship

It was originally a

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of the parish of

Begelly Begelly ( cy, Begeli) is a village and parish in south Pembrokeshire, Wales, north of Tenby on the A478 road. The parish includes the hamlets of Thomas Chapel and Broom and has a web of small settlements associated with the 19th century anthra ...

Demography

Its

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populations were: 341 (1801), 551 (1851), 397 (1901), 387 (1951), 473 (1981). The percentage of Welsh speakers was 5% cent (1891), 12% (1931), 3% (1971), 11% (2011).

Education

The nearest schools are
t Oswalds VC School

Sageston CP School

Ysgol Greenhill School Ysgol Greenhill School is a secondary school in the coastal town of Tenby, Pembrokeshire. With approximately 1200 pupils on roll, it is one of the largest secondary schools in Wales. History The school was originally a grammar school and was s ...

Ysgol Glan y Môr Ysgol Glan y Môr is a bilingual comprehensive school in the market town of Pwllheli in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The school serves a large part of the Llŷn Peninsula ( cy, Penrhyn Llŷn). As of 2022, there were 495 pupils on roll at the s ...

Ysgol y Preseli Ysgol Bro Preseli is a Wales, Welsh 3-18 school in the village of Crymych, Pembrokeshire, Wales. History Prior to the school's opening, pupils from the villages in the north of the county that passed the eleven-plus exam attended schools in eith ...

and Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin.

References

External links

Historical information and further sources on GENUKIPhotos of East Williamston and surrounding area on GeographEast Williamston Community Association
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