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Pembrokeshire Parishes, Places & People; Narberth Hundred  

© Basil H J Hughes 2014

 

Table of Contents

This is a mineral and coal district;..........................................................................................................8
Coal........................................................................................................................................................10
Pre 1536..................................................................................................................................................10
1603 George Owen -Coal Mining..........................................................................................................12
Of the Several Sortes of Fuell that the Countrey yieldeth......................................................................13
1769 Description of England and Wales................................................................................................16
1841 REPORT by ROBERT HUGH FRANKS, ESQ., on the Employment of Children and..................16
Children under 13...................................................................................................................................16
Pembrokeshire........................................................................................................................................17
Windlass-women....................................................................................................................................17
Pitching veins.........................................................................................................................................17
Hours Of Work. Collieries......................................................................................................................18
Meals......................................................................................................................................................19
Treatment And Care...............................................................................................................................19
Hiring And Wages..................................................................................................................................20
Physical Condition.................................................................................................................................21
Colliers...................................................................................................................................................21
Accidents................................................................................................................................................21
Means of education................................................................................................................................22
CONCLUSION......................................................................................................................................22
1853 Pembrokeshire - coal.....................................................................................................................24
Coydrath.................................................................................................................................................24
Historical Records Coydrath from 1307................................................................................................24
1600 Coal Mining according to G Owen...............................................................................................30
Amroth...................................................................................................................................................30
Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis....................................................................................31
1846 23 Oct. Amroth Church Glynne....................................................................................................32
1846 23 Oct. Amroth Church Glynne....................................................................................................32
1915 RCAM The parish Church Amroth...............................................................................................32
Amroth St.Elidyr - Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................33
Clergy.....................................................................................................................................................33
1847 State of Education in Wales -Amroth............................................................................................34
1923 Parish of Amroth Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.....................................................35
Roman Remains acc to RCAHMW........................................................................................................37
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................................38
Colleries..................................................................................................................................................39
Some Names connected with Amroth....................................................................................................39
Begelly....................................................................................................................................................48
Coal Mining: Begelly and area Colleries...............................................................................................49
1841 REPORT by ROBERT HUGH FRANKS, ESQ., on the Employment of Children and...............49
THOMAS CHAPEL COLLIERY. Begelly St. Issell’s parish, county of Pembroke. Messrs. Thomas
Stokes and Co., proprietors....................................................................................................................50
Begelly –Broadmoor..............................................................................................................................52
Mining Complaint 1629.........................................................................................................................55
RCAHMW Survey Reports....................................................................................................................56
1847 Education – and Coal mining The State of Education in Wales....................................................56
The old Parish Churches of South West Wales by Mike Slater..............................................................58
1847 Begelly St. Mary-(Glynne Welsh Churches .)...............................................................................58
The Parish Church ( Dedication Unknown) RCAM 1921.....................................................................58
Non Conformist Begelly........................................................................................................................59
Names associated with the Parish..........................................................................................................60
1834 A topographical Dictionary of Wales - S Lewis............................................................................60
Begelly-(Pembrokeshire Parsons.).........................................................................................................61
Clergy.....................................................................................................................................................62
Bigelly Parish Hearth Tax 1670.............................................................................................................62
More Begelly names...............................................................................................................................64
Carew......................................................................................................................................................71
Carew High Cross..................................................................................................................................71
Civil War................................................................................................................................................82
Historic Houses Carew...........................................................................................................................83
Carew Church.........................................................................................................................................87
Carew Church (According to Pembrokeshire Parsons.).........................................................................92
Clergy.....................................................................................................................................................92
Church Notes..........................................................................................................................................94
Non-Conformist Churches Carew Parish...............................................................................................95
St Deiniol Manuscript............................................................................................................................97
Princess Nesta and her Family...............................................................................................................97
Sir Rice (Rhys) ap Thomas..................................................................................................................103
Sir John Perrot......................................................................................................................................104
Historic Records...................................................................................................................................111
1834 (The Topographical Dictionary of Wales S Lewis).....................................................................126
Commutation of Tithes Act 1836.........................................................................................................127
Population.............................................................................................................................................132
Coedcanlas............................................................................................................................................135
1834 Topographical Dictionary of Wales S Lewis...............................................................................136
1923 RCAM . The Parish Church (St Mary’s)??.................................................................................136
1847 Education in Wales (The Blue Book) Coedcanlas......................................................................137
Coedcanlas names for Jottings.............................................................................................................138
Quarries, St Mary's Church, Coedcanlas..............................................................................................139
Garron Quarries West...........................................................................................................................139
Garron Quarries East............................................................................................................................139
Cresselly...............................................................................................................................................140
Annals 1872..........................................................................................................................................140
Minnis Pits............................................................................................................................................141
Education in Wales (The Blue Book) 1847 Cresselley........................................................................141
Cresselly names for Jottings.................................................................................................................142
Cresswell Quay.....................................................................................................................................147
Topographical Dictionary of Wales S Lewis........................................................................................147
Coal quay, colliery and coal fold..........................................................................................................147
Crinwear...............................................................................................................................................149
1869 August 20 Notes Glynne, Arch. Camb., 1888,............................................................................150
1915 Acc. To The Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments The Parish Church St. Elidyr:...........150
According to RCAHMW......................................................................................................................150
Pembrokeshire Parsons.........................................................................................................................151
Historical Records Crunwere...............................................................................................................151
Topographical Dictionary of Wales S Lewis Crunwere.......................................................................154
Nonconformist Chapel Mountain.........................................................................................................155
Cronwere Names for Jottings...............................................................................................................155
Crunware Parish Hearth Tax 1670.......................................................................................................157
Gumfreston...........................................................................................................................................158
Parish Church Dedication to St. Lawrence..........................................................................................162
1915 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments................................................................................165
Pembrokeshire Parsons.........................................................................................................................166
Clergy...................................................................................................................................................168
The Holy Wells of Gumfreston............................................................................................................169
RCAM..................................................................................................................................................170
Historic Houses. Gumfreston...............................................................................................................170
Historic records....................................................................................................................................171
1834 A Topographical Dictionary of Wales.........................................................................................172
State of Education in Wales 1847.........................................................................................................172
The Registers Of Gumfreston Parish....................................................................................................173
Gumfreston some Names for Jottings..................................................................................................179
Jeffreyston............................................................................................................................................186
Jeffreyston............................................................................................................................................186
Jeffreston 1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839...................................................................187
The Church of St Oswald and St Geoffrey Jeffreston..........................................................................187
Pembrokeshire Parsons.........................................................................................................................188
Clergy Jeffreston..................................................................................................................................189
Coal, Culm , Cresswell Quay & Jeffreston see also Owen 1603 in Inroduction..................................190
Mining Accidents.................................................................................................................................191
RCAM Parish of Jeffreston..................................................................................................................192
Jeffreston Subsidy Roll for 1661..........................................................................................................193
Jeffreston names for Jottings................................................................................................................195
Kilgetty.................................................................................................................................................199
1841 REPORT by ROBERT HUGH FRANKS, ESQ., on the Employment of Children and................199
KILGETTY COLLIERY,.....................................................................................................................199
Mining Accidents.................................................................................................................................203
Kilgetty names for Jottings...................................................................................................................203
Lampeter Velfre....................................................................................................................................204
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lampeter-Velvrey (Llan-Bedr-Felfre)................................205
The Church of St Peter Lampeter Velfry..............................................................................................205
Visitation of the Archdeaconry of Carmarthen, 1710...........................................................................206
Parish Church dedicated to St Peter RCAM........................................................................................207
Pembrokeshire Parsons.........................................................................................................................208
Nonconformist Chapels:Lampeter Velfrey...........................................................................................208
1847 Report of the Commission on Education in Wales (The Blue Book) Lampeter Velfry..............209
Llampiter Parish Hearth Tax 1670.......................................................................................................210
Some Names connected with the Parish...............................................................................................213
Sites of Archeological Interest.............................................................................................................224
Landshipping........................................................................................................................................227
The Coal industry in Pembrokeshire....................................................................................................228
The manor of Landshipping.................................................................................................................229
Garden Pit.............................................................................................................................................231
1830 August 4th Landshipping Accident...............................................................................................233
1833 A Topographical Dictionary of Wales.........................................................................................234
1841 published 1842 CHILDREN’S EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION 1842. REPORT by ROBERT
HUGH FRANKS,..................................................................................................................................234
1841 LANDSHIPPING COLLIERIES. parish of “Mettlehog”(?), county of Pembroke....................235
Mining Accidents 1705- 1854 1844 Landshipping colliery disaster report.........................................236
1844 Garden Pit....................................................................................................................................236
Garden Pit CADW................................................................................................................................238
Old coal pits..........................................................................................................................................240
1700 Landshipping brick making.........................................................................................................241
1847 Education in Wales (The Blue Book) Landshipping...................................................................241
Big House.............................................................................................................................................241
Landshipping names for Jottings..........................................................................................................242
Lawrenny..............................................................................................................................................243
1872 Lawrenny.....................................................................................................................................245
1847 Education in Wales (The Blue Book) 1847.................................................................................245
1867 Lawrenny Church (St Caradoc ) June 29th 1867........................................................................245
The Parish Church dedicated to St Caradoc 1923................................................................................246
Pembrokeshire Parsons.........................................................................................................................246
1843 Topographical Dictionary of Wales.............................................................................................247
Clergy...................................................................................................................................................248
Sites of Historical Interest RCAM.......................................................................................................248
Lawrenny Ferry Seaplane Base;Royal Naval Air Station....................................................................249
Lawrenny Parish Hearth Tax 1670.......................................................................................................249
Lawrenny names for Jottings...............................................................................................................251
Llandewi Velfrey..................................................................................................................................260
Topographical Dictionary of Wales......................................................................................................260
Visitation of the Archdeaconry of Carmarthen, 1710...........................................................................262
The Parish Church dedicated to St David. RCAM...............................................................................263
Pembrokeshire Parsons.........................................................................................................................263
Clergy...................................................................................................................................................263
Nonconformist Chapels:Llandewi Velfrey...........................................................................................265
1847 The Commission on Education in Wales.....................................................................................265
Llandewi Velfrey Names......................................................................................................................266
1670 Hearth Tax...................................................................................................................................267
Sites of Historical Interest....................................................................................................................270
Roman coins RCAM............................................................................................................................272
Loveston...............................................................................................................................................272
Topographical Dictionary of Wales Loveston 1839 Lewis..................................................................272
Church St Leonard: Glynne Welsh Churches ......................................................................................272
Pembrokeshire Parsons.........................................................................................................................273
Loverston Nonconformist Chapels:......................................................................................................273
Clergy...................................................................................................................................................273
Loveston names for Jottings.................................................................................................................274
Coal Mining Loverston pit...................................................................................................................276
Ludchurch.............................................................................................................................................276
Topographical Dictionary of Wales Ludchurch 1839 Lewis................................................................276
A Short Guide to Ludchurch................................................................................................................277
The Parish Church of Ludchurch dedicated to St Elidyr RCAM.........................................................278
Ecclesiastical Records..........................................................................................................................278
Pembrokeshire Parsons........................................................................................................................279
Clergy...................................................................................................................................................280
Ludchurch Nonconformist Chapels:....................................................................................................280
1847 Commission on Education in Wales Ludchurch.........................................................................281
Some names in the History of Ludchurch............................................................................................282
Remains of Archaeological Interest.....................................................................................................283
Martletwy, MartleTewi Marteltwy.......................................................................................................284
Raymond son of Martin c1195.............................................................................................................284
Mines Martletwy..................................................................................................................................285
Coal pit Moor & Black wells...............................................................................................................285
Martletwy Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839...........................................................................285
The Parish church of St Marcellus?.....................................................................................................285
RCAM The church of Martletwy 1920................................................................................................285
Clergy...................................................................................................................................................287
Pembrokeshire Parsons.........................................................................................................................287
Education in Wales (The Blue Book) 1847..........................................................................................288
Martletwy Parish Hearth Tax 1670.......................................................................................................288
Martletwy Non Conformist Chapels....................................................................................................290
Other sites of Interest...........................................................................................................................290
Minwear................................................................................................................................................291
Records of The Commandeer of the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Slebech.................................291
Mynwere (Minwear)Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis.................................................291
The Parish Church Dedicated to St Womar RCAM.............................................................................291
Clergy...................................................................................................................................................292
Pembrokeshire Parsons.........................................................................................................................293
Minwer Parish Hearth Tax 1670...........................................................................................................293
Medieval Buildings..............................................................................................................................294
Nonconformist Chapels: None found...................................................................................................296
Sites of Historical interest....................................................................................................................296
Full list of Minwere properties included in the grant to the Barlows...................................................297
Education in Wales (The Blue Book) 1847 Parish of Minwere...........................................................297
Un-named Mine....................................................................................................................................297
Mounton...............................................................................................................................................298
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1833)......................................................................298
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments 1914 Mounton Chapel....................................................298
Mouneton Parish Hearth Tax 1670.......................................................................................................299
Narberth................................................................................................................................................299
Parish of Narberth ---RCAM................................................................................................................301
Narberth Castle.....................................................................................................................................302
Narberth Town history..........................................................................................................................305
1843 Narberth A Topographical Dictionary of Wales..........................................................................306
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire.........................................................................................308
Places of Interest..................................................................................................................................309
Narberth Workhouse.............................................................................................................................309
Taverns & Public Houses.....................................................................................................................311
The Parish Church................................................................................................................................312
Church Records....................................................................................................................................312
Pembrokeshire Parsons.........................................................................................................................312
Clergy Narberth....................................................................................................................................313
Other Churches and Chapels................................................................................................................314
Narberth Records..................................................................................................................................315
Narberth Education...............................................................................................................................316
1847 Commission on Education in Wales............................................................................................316
Narberth Parish Hearth Tax 1670.........................................................................................................321
Narberth associated names...................................................................................................................323
Other places of Archaeological Interest...............................................................................................342
Mining..................................................................................................................................................345
Newton Northern..................................................................................................................................345
Education in Wales 1847 Newton North..............................................................................................345
The Parish Church RCAM Newton North...........................................................................................346
Roman Coins RCAM...........................................................................................................................346
Redberth...............................................................................................................................................347
The Church dedicated to St Mary.........................................................................................................347
1653 Redbert Parliamentary Survey: Pembroke, No. 5.......................................................................347
Pembrokeshire Parsons.........................................................................................................................348
Redberth Clergy...................................................................................................................................348
1839 Redbarth Rydberth Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis...................................................349
1847 Redberth State of Education in Wales.........................................................................................349
1923 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments Parish of Redberth.................................................352
Mining Accidents.................................................................................................................................356
Reynoldston..........................................................................................................................................356
R C A M 1915 The Parish Church.......................................................................................................356
Pembrokeshire Parsons.........................................................................................................................356
Clergy...................................................................................................................................................357
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales..................................................................................................357
Nonconformist Chapel , in Reynalton village......................................................................................358
On the State of Education in Wales 1847.............................................................................................358
Mining Accidents.................................................................................................................................358
Robeston Wathen..................................................................................................................................358
Topographical Dictionary of Wales......................................................................................................358
Sites of Interest.....................................................................................................................................359
Education..............................................................................................................................................359
Pembrokeshire Churches......................................................................................................................360
St Issells (Saundersfoot).......................................................................................................................360
Hean Castle...........................................................................................................................................360
Saundersfoot.........................................................................................................................................360
1839 Issel's St Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis...................................................................361
1864 Saundersfoot................................................................................................................................362
1913 South Wales Wade.......................................................................................................................364
ST ISSELLS Church............................................................................................................................364
1923 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments St Issell Church.......................................................365
Clergy...................................................................................................................................................366
Church Records....................................................................................................................................366
East Williamson St Elidyr Church........................................................................................................367
Non Conformist Church/Chapel Saundersfoot.....................................................................................368
St. Issells Parish Hearth Tax 1670........................................................................................................368
Some Names connected with Saundersfoot and St Issell.....................................................................369
Saundersfoot old Records.....................................................................................................................371
Sites of Interest.....................................................................................................................................373
East Williamston names for Jottings....................................................................................................373
Bonville's Court (or Castle)..................................................................................................................375
Bonville Court Colliery........................................................................................................................379
St Issells Other Colleries Accident Records Records...........................................................................380
St Issells Morton mine..........................................................................................................................380
History and Heritage Saundersfoot......................................................................................................381
Yerbeston..............................................................................................................................................382
Mining..................................................................................................................................................382
Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis Yerbeston.................................................................382
Education in Wales 1847 Parish of Yerbeston......................................................................................382
The Parish Church dedicated to St Lawrence Yerbeston......................................................................383
Yerbeston clergy...................................................................................................................................383
Nonconformist Chapels: None found...................................................................................................384
Yerbeston Parish Hearth Tax 1670.......................................................................................................384

 

Pembrokeshire Places & People; central and northern area; Haverfordwest including coal mining - Rhoose Hundred

© Basil H J Hughes 2016

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Pembrokeshire Places & People; central and northern area; Haverfordwest including coal mining-
Rhoose Hundred.odt..................................................................................................................1
Speede Map...............................................................................................................................1
1847 Education Roose Hundred,..............................................................................................10
Coal and Culm Mining..............................................................................................................10
Early Records of Coal Mining...................................................................................................11
1595 George Owen Pembrokeshire (English language and spelling of the period).................12
1842 Children’s Employment Commission..............................................................................15
Pembrokeshire mining.............................................................................................................16
Camrose..................................................................................................................................24
Geraldus Cambrensis..............................................................................................................24
Acc/to South Pembrokeshire Place Names -- P Valentine Harris...........................................24
1839 Topographical Dictionary Lewis Camrhos......................................................................25
1870-72, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales John Marius Wilson................................25
1877 Arch Camb J. Romilly Allen............................................................................................25
1913 South Wales by Wade 1913............................................................................................26
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park by Dillwyn Miles......................................................26
Acc to Medieval Buildings - published by Preseli District Council............................................26
Acc to The Monastic order in South Wales 1066 -1348 F G Cowley........................................26
Church - St Ismael....................................................................................................................27
Arch Camb 4th series No 8 p 214.............................................................................................27
RCAM Pembroke 1920 No 110.................................................................................................27
Acc/to The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales by Mike Salter. (1994).........................27
1923 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments The Parish Church dedicated to St Ismael. 28
Pembrokeshire Parsons.............................................................................................................29
Church Plate of Pembrokeshire J T Evans................................................................................30
Clergy CCED............................................................................................................................30
Nonconformist Chapels:...........................................................................................................31
1653 Education.........................................................................................................................32
1847 State of Education in Wales 1847 Parish of Camrose......................................................33
Camrose Names for Jottings.....................................................................................................34
Bowen of Camrose....................................................................................................................35
Robelyn.....................................................................................................................................39
Camros Parish Hearth Tax 1670...............................................................................................41
Sites of Interest - Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments 1923 & RCAHMW...................44
Keeston....................................................................................................................................49
Freystrop...................................................................................................................................50
1839 A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis...........................................................50
Freystrop 1872 (John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales).................50
The Church Acc/to Pembrokeshire Parsons.............................................................................51
Freystrop The Parish Church. Dedication unknown.Acc to The Royal Commission on Ancient
Monuments................................................................................................................................51
Church Registers.......................................................................................................................51
Non-Comformist.......................................................................................................................52
Clareston Maenhir RCAM........................................................................................................52
Pencaer....................................................................................................................................52
Freystrop school report for 1847...............................................................................................52
Frestrop Parish Hearth Tax 1670. ( Freystrop).........................................................................55
Coal Mining..............................................................................................................................57
Haroldston St. Issels, or East Harroldston................................................................................58
Haroldstone. Acc/to South Pembrokeshire Place Names by P. Valentine Harris......................59
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales..................................................................................59
1811 Haroldston Fenton tours...................................................................................................60
1920 Haroldston St Issels RCAM.............................................................................................61
The Parish Church dedicated to St Issel RCAM.......................................................................63
Haroldston names for Jottings...................................................................................................65
Sir John Perrot 1527- 1591.......................................................................................................65
Harold of Haroldstone...............................................................................................................68
Perrot - According to Old Pembrokeshire Families --Henry Owen..........................................71
Mining Haroldston St Issells.....................................................................................................78
Haroldston West.......................................................................................................................79
Harroldston (West) A Topographical Dictionary Of Wales S. Lewis, 1833...............................79
Parish church is dedicated to St Madoc of Ferns.....................................................................79
The Church Plate of Pembrokeshire 1904................................................................................80
Nonconformist Chapels: None found.......................................................................................80
1847 The State of Education in Wales......................................................................................81
1920 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments records........................................................81
Culm Mining??Rosepool..........................................................................................................83
Haverfordwest..........................................................................................................................83
South Pembrokeshire Place Names -- P. Valentine Harris.......................................................83
1802 Barber...............................................................................................................................84
1804 The Scenery, Antiquities and Biography of South Wales - Benj. Heath Malkin...............84
1811 Fenton tours (Town).........................................................................................................85
1823 A Tour of Pembrokeshire..................................................................................................89
1895 Nooks and corners of Pembrokeshire Timmins...............................................................90
Haverfordwest Records Events and Places.............................................................................92
Coal........................................................................................................................................105
Sir John Perrot........................................................................................................................111
Grant to Haverfordwest...........................................................................................................111
1644 The Civil War and Haverfordwest (Arch Camb 1898 Rev J Phillips)............................118
1577 Haverfordwest towne and castell...................................................................................119
1811 The Castle, Fenton tours................................................................................................120
1922 The Castle Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments................................................122
1811 Lords of Haverfordwest Fenton.....................................................................................123
Haverfordwest Churches........................................................................................................124
St. Martin................................................................................................................................124
Perpetual Curates:.................................................................................................................129
1923 The Parish of St Mary's Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments............................129
1895 St Mary's Church Nooks and Corners Timmins.............................................................131
Parish of the Hamlet of St Thomas RCAM............................................................................139
The Augustinian Priory of St Mary and St Thomas the Martyr 1780's?.................................144
1811 Priory of Black Canons Fenton tours.............................................................................144
The chapel of St Mary Magdalene RCAM..............................................................................147
1811 Black Friar Preachers Fenton ( Tours)...........................................................................147
1872 The Church of St David and St. Patrick,........................................................................148
Nonconformists.......................................................................................................................148
Education................................................................................................................................151
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales – Lewis...................................................................151
1847 The State of Eduction in Wales Town and County of Haverfordwest............................152
Parish of St Martin's................................................................................................................154
Parish of St Mary's..................................................................................................................158
Parish of St Thomas................................................................................................................159
Haverfordwest prison data......................................................................................................164
The Cockhouse........................................................................................................................164
1812 The Town Goal and Bridewell.........................................................................................164
1812 Acc/to the State of Prisons in England Scotland and Wales by James Neild Esq..........165
Executions...............................................................................................................................167
Lunatic Asylum & Poor Law Union.........................................................................................169
1651 Plague...........................................................................................................................174
Other Sites of Interest............................................................................................................177
The Frolic,...............................................................................................................................177
Martyr......................................................................................................................................178
Parish of Furzy Park and Portfield..........................................................................................179
Mines and Mining...................................................................................................................180
Skomer Island (Part of the Parish of St Martin Haverfordwest)..............................................181
Names connected with Haverfordwest...................................................................................182
High Sheriff.............................................................................................................................182
Member of Parliament............................................................................................................182
County Magistrates of Pembrokeshire....................................................................................186
Other Names...........................................................................................................................187
Cromie Francis Newton Allan Captain CB DSO of Haverfordwest.......................................225
Dackfield Duffield- Duckfield David –-Hanged.....................................................................226
Gambold Family - Moravian movement in Haverfordwest....................................................249
Gibbs John Henry Morman Martyr........................................................................................255
Griffiths John – Hanged..........................................................................................................258
Gwin William corpse was seized for debt...............................................................................261
Gwyther James Henry Alexander Gwyther, Vicar of St Mary's.............................................262
Mends William Bowen Admiral..............................................................................................319
Nichol William d. l558 from Haverfordest one of the three Protestant martyrs burned in Wales
during the reign of Mary Tudor...............................................................................................333
Picton Thomas Sir Lieutenant General G.C.B........................................................................346
Stokes John Lort......................................................................................................................387
Walter Family of Haverfordwest, Roch, Dale and Rosemarket..............................................410
Yuunge John 1655-56 Haverfordwest Records 1539--1660...................................................434
Johnston................................................................................................................................435
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales --Johnston --Lewis................................................435
Culm mining...........................................................................................................................435
Acc/to The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales -- Mike Salter 1994..........................435
Acc to Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments................................................................436
1878 Pembrokeshire Churches.— Johnston. J. Romilly Allen..............................................437
1862 August Glynne..............................................................................................................441
1895 Nooks And Corners Of Pembrokeshire. Timmins.........................................................442
After restoration(RCAM 1922)...............................................................................................443
Acc/to Pembrokeshire Parsons..............................................................................................444
Clergy Johnston.....................................................................................................................444
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................445
State of Education in Wales Parish of Johnston....................................................................446
Johnston Hall Fenton tours 1811 p 200.................................................................................446
Johnston names for Jottings..................................................................................................447
Johnston Parish Hearth Tax 1670..........................................................................................451
Sites of Historical Interest......................................................................................................452
Coal Mining............................................................................................................................452
Lambston...............................................................................................................................452
Acc/to South Pembrokeshire Place Names – P. Valentine Harris..........................................452
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lambston - Lewis...................................................453
Church --Lambston, St. Ishmael RCAM., Pembroke 1920.....................................................454
The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales – Mike Salter 1994.......................................454
The Church Plate of Pembrokeshire Evans J.T.......................................................................454
Pembrokeshire Parsons..........................................................................................................455
Clergy CCED..........................................................................................................................455
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................456
Lambston names for Jottings..................................................................................................457
Lampson Parish Hearth Tax....................................................................................................460
Education................................................................................................................................462
1847 State of Education in Wales – Lambston.......................................................................462
Sites of Interest RCAM...........................................................................................................463
Llangwm (Lang Heim).............................................................................................................464
Coal Mining –..........................................................................................................................464
(Acc/to the Topographical Dictionary of Wales.).....................................................................465
Church.....................................................................................................................................466
Peregrine Phillips....................................................................................................................469
Rectors....................................................................................................................................471
Church Records.......................................................................................................................471
Non Conformist.......................................................................................................................471
Fishing.....................................................................................................................................472
Medieval Buildings.................................................................................................................474
Wreck –Elizabeth RCAHMW.................................................................................................475
Coal Mining............................................................................................................................475
Coal Mining -Topographical Dictionary of Wales --Lewis.......................................................475
Some Llangwm names from records.....................................................................................478
Marlos....................................................................................................................................486
Acc/to The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park by Dillwyn Miles.........................................486
Acc/to South Pembrokeshire Place Names - P Valentine Harris............................................486
1811 Fenton Marlos................................................................................................................486
1847 State of Education in Wales...........................................................................................487
1849 Marlais (Marloes) Topographical Dictionary of Wales...................................................488
1895 Marloes --Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire Timmins............................................489
1920 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments Church dedicated to St Peter.....................491
1994 Acc/to The old Parish Churches of South West Wales by Mike Salter ..........................491
Marloes The Church Plate Of Pembrokeshire. Evans, John Thomas, 1905...........................492
According to Pembrokeshire Parsons.....................................................................................492
Clergy Marloes........................................................................................................................493
Non Conformist.......................................................................................................................494
Marloes names for Jottings.....................................................................................................494
Marlos Parish Hearth Tax 1670..............................................................................................498
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.............................................................................499
Wrecks.....................................................................................................................................502
Nolton......................................................................................................................................503
1811 Fenton tours...................................................................................................................503
1839 Nolton Topographical Dictionary of Wales....................................................................503
1851 Aug 29 Nolton (St Madoc) Glynne................................................................................505
1921 The Parish Church Dedicated to St Madoc RCAM........................................................505
The old Parish Churches of South West Wales by Mike Salter 1994......................................507
The Church Plate of Pembrokeshire.......................................................................................507
Nolton Rectory........................................................................................................................507
Clergy Nolton..........................................................................................................................508
Pembrokeshire Parsons..........................................................................................................509
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................510
Old Manor House....................................................................................................................510
Education.................................................................................................................................511
1847 State of Education in Wales............................................................................................511
Jottings Names Nolton............................................................................................................511
Burkeley Philipps Esquire.......................................................................................................513
Nolton Parish Hearth Tax 1670...............................................................................................514
Places of Interest....................................................................................................................515
Druidston[ Drewson, Druidstown] 1811 Fenton.....................................................................515
Druidston RCAM....................................................................................................................515
Druidston farm........................................................................................................................516
Druidston Villa........................................................................................................................516
Druidston house......................................................................................................................516
Druidston Villa, Stones...........................................................................................................516
Castle Park RCAM..................................................................................................................517
Coal Mining.............................................................................................................................517
Nolton – see also 1841 Evidence Collected By Robert Hugh Franks, Esq. Collieries In
Pembrokeshire. For Mines Act 1842 above............................................................................517
Nolton Haven..........................................................................................................................519
Robeston West.......................................................................................................................520
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis......................................................................520
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer.................................................................520
Church St Andrews..................................................................................................................520
Acc/to Salter Old Parish Churches..........................................................................................521
The Parish Church Dedicated to St James – other sources say St Andrew............................521
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................521
Robeston West Clergy.............................................................................................................522
The Church Plate of Pembrokeshire - Robeston West............................................................523
Jottings Names Robeston West...............................................................................................524
Education................................................................................................................................525
Rickeston Rath - (Earth work Hill Fort) RCAM........................................................................525
Roch........................................................................................................................................525
1839 Roch - Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis...........................................................526
Roch Castle.............................................................................................................................528
1811 Fenton (Tours)................................................................................................................528
1872 From Annuls and antiquities..........................................................................................530
1898 Visit of Arch.Camb to Roch E Laws...............................................................................531
Roch Castle Chris Johnson 1996: Tony Roberts 1989............................................................533
1811 Roch Parish Church Fenton tours Published 1811........................................................534
1921 The Parish Church dedicated to St Mary RCAM...........................................................535
Church registers......................................................................................................................535
Old Parish Churches. Acc/to Salter........................................................................................536
The Church Plate of Pembrokeshire 1904..............................................................................536
St Caradoc's Chapel Trevan RCAM........................................................................................537
Hilton Chapel RCAM..............................................................................................................537
Clergy Roch............................................................................................................................538
Pembrokeshire Parsons.........................................................................................................538
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................540
1847 State of Education in Wales...........................................................................................540
Jottings Names for Roch.........................................................................................................541
Roch De Rupe de la Roche -According to Old Pembrokeshire Families Henry Owen..........541
Walter Family of Haverfordwest, Roch, Dale and Rosemarket..............................................548
Butterhill.................................................................................................................................554
Roch Parish Hearth Tax 1670.................................................................................................559
Places of Interest.....................................................................................................................561
Kyffern [ Cuffern] Fenton Tour 1811........................................................................................561
Summerhill Fenton tours 1811................................................................................................561
Hilton Fenton tours 1811........................................................................................................561
Coal Mining............................................................................................................................562
Roch Parish.............................................................................................................................562
1921 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments...................................................................563
Church Hill..............................................................................................................................565
Rosemarket............................................................................................................................566
Iron age hill fort, Celtic style Church.......................................................................................566
1839 Rhôsmarket (Rhôs-Market) Topographical Dictionary of Wales1839 Lewis..................566
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire Timmins............................................................566
Rosemarket acc to Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments..............................................567
Fenton Tours P 197..................................................................................................................568
Fenton, Dr Johnson and Miss Williams...................................................................................569
Rosemarket Church.................................................................................................................569
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................571
1920 The Parish Church dedicated to St Ismael RCAM.........................................................571
Rhos Market (St. Ismael)17 Sept. 1856. Glynne Arch Camb 1885.........................................572
Clergy and notes......................................................................................................................572
Rosemarket Arch Camb 1898 E Laws.....................................................................................574
Non Conformist Chapel...........................................................................................................575
Names for Jottings Rosemarket..............................................................................................576
Rhosmarket.............................................................................................................................576
Jenkins, Albert Edward:..........................................................................................................576
Walter Lucy.............................................................................................................................577
State of Education in Wales Rosemarket...............................................................................593
RCAM Earthwork....................................................................................................................594
St Brides.................................................................................................................................596
1811 Fenton St Brides............................................................................................................596
1849 Topographical Dictionary of Wales................................................................................597
1895 Nooks an Corners of Pembrokeshire --Timmin.............................................................597
The Parish Church Dedicated to St Bride...............................................................................599
1856 September 16 Glynne Arch Camb 1886.........................................................................599
1920 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments -.................................................................599
Acc/to Old Parish Churches – Salter......................................................................................600
St Brides -The Church Plate Of Pembrokeshire. Evans, John Thomas, 1905........................600
Pembrokeshire Parsons..........................................................................................................601
Clergy St Brides......................................................................................................................602
Nonconformist Chapels: None found.....................................................................................603
1847 The State of Education in Wales...................................................................................603
RCAM.....................................................................................................................................603
Orlandon.................................................................................................................................604
1811 Fenton Orlandon............................................................................................................604
Orlandon --Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire Timmins 1895..........................................604
De St Bride Laugharne of St Brides. Owen............................................................................605
Jottings – names St Brides.....................................................................................................609
Wrecks at St Brides Acc to Pembrokeshire Dive UK.............................................................614
Mining.....................................................................................................................................616
RCAM.....................................................................................................................................616
Talbenny –..............................................................................................................................618
de la Roche.............................................................................................................................618
Fenton Talbenny......................................................................................................................620
1849 Topographical Dictionary of Wales Telbenny, or Talbenny.............................................620
1856 The Parish Church Dedicated to St Mary --Glynne Arch Camb 1886...........................620
1920 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments...................................................................621
Church Bell.............................................................................................................................621
CADW.....................................................................................................................................621
The Church Plate Of Pembrokeshire. Evans, John Thomas, 1905.........................................622
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................623
Clergy......................................................................................................................................623
Non Conformist.......................................................................................................................624
1847 State of Education in Wales Parish of Talbenny – Village School.................................625
Jottings Names for Talbenny...................................................................................................625
RCAM.....................................................................................................................................628
Talbenny Airdrome CADW......................................................................................................629
Treffgarne...............................................................................................................................630
1811 Trefgarn –Fenton Tour...................................................................................................631
1839 Topographical dictionary of Wales – Trevgarn, Great - Lewis.......................................632
1895 Nooks and Corners - Timmins.......................................................................................634
1923 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments. The Parish Church dedication unknown. .634
1994 The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales - Mike Salter........................................635
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................635
Church Plate of Pembrokeshire Trefgarn................................................................................635
Clergy CCED..........................................................................................................................636
Nonconformist Chapels: None found.....................................................................................637
1847 State of Education in Wales - Parish of Treffgarn..........................................................637
Names for Treffgarne..............................................................................................................638
Treffgarne Parish Hearth Tax 1670.........................................................................................639
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................639
Gold Mine ?............................................................................................................................641
1924 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments....................................................................641
Walton West............................................................................................................................644
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales................................................................................644
1851 29th August Walton West Parish Church Glynne..........................................................644
1895 Nooks and corners of Pembrokeshire Timmin...............................................................645
The Parish Church Dedicated to St Davids (possibly a modern Dedication) – Royal
Commission on Ancient Monuments.......................................................................................646
Church All Saints( ?)...............................................................................................................646
The Church Plate of Pembrokeshire 1904..............................................................................646
Clergy Walton West.................................................................................................................647
Pembrokeshire Parsons.........................................................................................................647
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................648
1847 State of Education in Wales...........................................................................................648
Jottings Names for Walton West.............................................................................................649
Hearth Tax 1670. ( Walton West)............................................................................................650
Places of Interest.....................................................................................................................652
Broadhaven.............................................................................................................................652
Fenton tours 1811...................................................................................................................652
Wrecks....................................................................................................................................652
Little Haven Fenton tours 1811..............................................................................................653
Coal Mining Walton West & Talbenny Parishes.....................................................................653
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments...........................................................................656
Woodland Round Barrow........................................................................................................656
Tump Cottage, Tump Park, East Tump RCAM.....................................................................656
Mill Haven Rath; Broadmoor Rath.........................................................................................656
Walwyn's Castle.....................................................................................................................657
Barony of Walwyn's Castle.....................................................................................................657
1811 Fenton tours P157.........................................................................................................657
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments...........................................................................658
Parish of Walwyn's Castle......................................................................................................658
1839 Walwyn's Castle Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis...........................................659
Nooks and Corners 1895 Timmins.........................................................................................660
Church of St. James...............................................................................................................660
Pembrokeshire Parsons.........................................................................................................662
Grade 2 listed buildings..........................................................................................................662
Clergy......................................................................................................................................663
The Church Plate of Pembrokeshire.......................................................................................663
Jottings Names Walwyn Castle...............................................................................................664
Walwinscastle Parish Hearth Tax 1670...................................................................................671
Sites of Interest.......................................................................................................................672
RCAM......................................................................................................................................674
Mining......................................................................................................................................675

 

Pembrokeshire Parishes, Places & People - Dungleddy Hundred

© Basil H J Hughes 2014

Table of Contents

Dungleddy Hundred.............................................................................................................................1
Dungleddy Hundred –- State of Education in Wales 1847.........................................................2
Ambleston........................................................................................................................................9
1844 Ambleston Topographical dictionary of Wales Lewis.......................................................9
1923 Castle Flemish; Castle Fleming (AD Vigesimum?).........................................................10
Earthworks at Castell Fleming - "Ad Vigesimum"...................................................................10
Castle Flemish...........................................................................................................................11
"Roman Road":.........................................................................................................................11
Castle or Castell Fleming or Flemish RCAM...........................................................................11
1920 The Parish Church dedicated to St. Mary.RCAM............................................................12
Ambleston. St. Mary. -Pembrokeshire Parsons.........................................................................12
The old parish churches of South west Wales Mike Salter.......................................................13
The Church Plate Of Pembrokeshire. Evans, John Thomas, 1869...........................................13
Clergy........................................................................................................................................13
Nonconformist Chapels.............................................................................................................14
Parish of Ambleston State of Education in Wales 1847............................................................14
Farming - Pembrokeshire in Bygone Days Francis Green........................................................14
Places of interest.......................................................................................................................15
Ambleston some Names............................................................................................................17
Ambleston Parish Hearth Tax 1670..........................................................................................20
Bletherston [Trefelen]....................................................................................................................22
1834 Bletherston A Topographical Dictionary of Wales S. Lewis............................................22
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales..............................22
South Pembrokeshire Place Names - P. Valentine Harris........................................................22
Bletherston, Church dedicated to St. Mary...............................................................................22
1915 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments The Parish Church dedicated to St Mary...23
The old Parish Churches of South West Wales by Mike Slater.................................................23
Pembrokeshire Parsons.............................................................................................................24
1913 South Wales by Wade.......................................................................................................24
The Church Plate Of Pembrokeshire. Evans, John Thomas, 1869...........................................24
Nonconformist Chapels:..........................................................................................................24
1847 Parish of Bletherston State of Education in Wales...........................................................24
1670 Bletherston Parish Hearth Tax .........................................................................................25
Bletherston Names for Jottings.................................................................................................25
Sites of Interest..........................................................................................................................28
Boulston.........................................................................................................................................30
1839 Acc to Topographical Dictionary of Wales S Lewis........................................................30
1872 Annuls and Antiquities Thomas Nicholas........................................................................30
1895 Nooks And Corners Of Pembrokeshire............................................................................30
1811 A historical tour through Pembrokeshire Bolston Mansion Fenton.................................31
The Parish Church.....................................................................................................................34
Clergy Boulston........................................................................................................................34
The church plate of Pembrokeshire J T Evans 1905.................................................................36
Nonconformist Chapels:...........................................................................................................36
Sites of Archaeological and Historical interest.........................................................................36
Mines RCAHMW.....................................................................................................................38
Names connected with Boulston Wogan and Ackland..............................................................39
Other names connected with Boulston......................................................................................41
Clarbeston......................................................................................................................................44
South Pembrokeshire Place Names by P Valentine Harris........................................................44
1834 Topographical Dictionary Of Wales.................................................................................44
1870-72 John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales................................44
1887 John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles............................................................45
Clarbeston Church dedicated to St. Martin of Tours.................................................................45
1923 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments - Clarbeston Parish Church........................45
Pembrokeshire Parsons............................................................................................................45
Clarbeston Clergy – CCED clergy lists.....................................................................................46
1869 The Church Plate Of Pembrokeshire. Evans, John Thomas............................................46
Non Conformist.........................................................................................................................46
Education..................................................................................................................................47
Parish of Clarbeston State of Education in Wales 1847............................................................47
Clarbeston names for Jottings...................................................................................................47
Population.................................................................................................................................48
Sites of Interest..........................................................................................................................48
Crinow [Crynwedd].......................................................................................................................50
1849 Acc/to Topographical Dictionary of Wales - S Lewis......................................................50
Crinow, Parish Church..............................................................................................................50
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments – Crinow Parish Church dedicated to St Teilo....50
Pembrokeshire parsons............................................................................................................50
Crinow Clergy – CCED clergy lists..........................................................................................50
The Church Plate Of Pembrokeshire. Evans, John Thomas, 1869...........................................51
Nonconformist Chapels: None found.......................................................................................51
1847 Parish of Crinow State of Education in Wales................................................................51
Crinow Names for Jottings.......................................................................................................52
Crinoe Parish Hearth Tax 1670.................................................................................................53
Sites of Interest..........................................................................................................................53
Llan-Y-Cefn...................................................................................................................................55
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis......................................................................55
Llanycefn, Parish Church..........................................................................................................55
The Parish Church dedication unknown...................................................................................55
1914 RCAM Pembroke.............................................................................................................55
1944 The old Parish Churches of South West Wales................................................................55
Pembrokeshire Parsons............................................................................................................55
Llan y cefn Clergy – CCED clergy lists....................................................................................56
The Church Plate Of Pembrokeshire. Evans, John Thomas,....................................................56
Nonconformist Chapels: None found.......................................................................................57
Parish of Llanycefn –State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................57
Sites of Interest RCAM 1920....................................................................................................57
Llawhaden [Llanhuadain]..............................................................................................................58
c1720 Lawhadden Castle and Church – Samuel and Nathaniel Buck......................................58
1811 Llewhaden Fenton (Tours)...............................................................................................59
1839 Acc. to the Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lawhaden, or Llewhaden (Llanhauden)
Lewis.........................................................................................................................................62
1895 Llawhaden Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire Timmin's...........................................63
Llawhaden Castle......................................................................................................................65
1923 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments....................................................................67
Llawhaden Castle - Cadw.........................................................................................................69
Hospitium..................................................................................................................................71
1811 Parish Church Llewhaden Fenton....................................................................................72
The Church of St Aidan............................................................................................................72
Pembrokeshire Parsons.............................................................................................................75
Pembrokeshire Church Plate Evans J T 1869...........................................................................76
Non Conformist........................................................................................................................77
1847 State of Education in Wales – Parish of Lawhaden.........................................................77
Llawhadden Names for Jottings................................................................................................78
Llawhaden Parish Hearth Tax 1670..........................................................................................81
Roman Llawhadden..................................................................................................................83
Other places of Interest.............................................................................................................85
Llysyfran........................................................................................................................................90
Llys Y Vrân 1839 Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Wales...................................................90
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park by Dillwyn Miles.....................................................90
The church, dedicated to St. Meilyr,.........................................................................................91
The Parish Church dedicated to St Meilyr --Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.......91
The old Parish Churches of South West Wales by Mike Salter 1994......................................91
Pembrokeshire Parsons............................................................................................................91
Llys y Fran Clergy – CCED clergy lists..................................................................................92
Nonconformist Chapels:...........................................................................................................93
Parish of Llysyfran State of Education in Wales 1847..............................................................93
Lys-y-Fran names for Jottings...................................................................................................93
Llys-y-fran Parish Hearth Tax 1670..........................................................................................95
Sites of Interest RCAM.............................................................................................................96
New Moat [Y Mot]........................................................................................................................97
Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis.......................................................................98
New Moat. Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments..........................................................99
New Moat Castle.....................................................................................................................100
Extent of the Lands of the Bishopric of St Davids 1327 -- Pro E 152 No 16.........................100
The Church St Nicholas.........................................................................................................100
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments The Parish Church dedicated to St Nicholas....100
Pembrokeshire Parsons..........................................................................................................101
New Moat The Church Plate Of Pembrokeshire. Evans, John Thomas,................................102
New Moat clergy lists CCED.................................................................................................102
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................103
Parish of New Moat State of Education in Wales 1847–.......................................................103
Names for New Moat..............................................................................................................103
Historic Houses of Pembrokeshire. Major Francis Jones -.....................................................109
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................109
Prendergast...................................................................................................................................112
1811 Prendergast Fenton tours................................................................................................112
Prendergast Family -- Pembrokeshire Owen...........................................................................113
St David Church Prendergast..................................................................................................113
1915 The Parish Church dedicated to St David Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments 114
The Church Plate Of Pembrokeshire. Evans, John Thomas,...................................................114
Prendergast Clergy – CCED clergy lists.................................................................................115
Nonconformists.......................................................................................................................115
Stephney Family -- Prendergast..............................................................................................115
Jotting Names for Prendegast..................................................................................................118
Education................................................................................................................................125
The Parish of Prendergast 1847..............................................................................................125
Other sites of Interest..............................................................................................................126
Rudbaxton....................................................................................................................................127
1839 Rudbaxton Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis..................................................127
Church St Michael..................................................................................................................127
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire Timmins............................................................130
The Church Plate Of Pembrokeshire. Evans, John Thomas,..................................................132
Rudbaxton Clergy – CCED clergy lists..................................................................................132
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................132
1847 State of Education in Wales...........................................................................................133
Names for Jottings..................................................................................................................134
Rudbaxton Parish Hearth Tax 1670........................................................................................137
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................138
Slebech.........................................................................................................................................142
Note - With regard to to Slebech Records I am following Fenton.........................................142
Slebech 1847 Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis.......................................................142
1807 Slebitch The Scenery Antiquities of South Wales Malkin.............................................143
1811 Fenton Tours...................................................................................................................143
1909 Slebech Priory................................................................................................................144
Slebech Ruined Church...........................................................................................................144
1811 Slebech Old Church – Fenton........................................................................................145
1924 St John's Church; Slebech Old Church RCAHMW.......................................................146
Clergy Slebech Old Church....................................................................................................146
Slebech Hall RCAM...............................................................................................................147
1773 Slebech Hall...................................................................................................................149
According to Francis Jones in his article “Some Slebech notes” (1952)................................149
Pre 1811 Fenton-- Slebech Mansion.......................................................................................149
Slebech Parish.........................................................................................................................152
1811 Fenton Vill of Slebech....................................................................................................152
1923 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments The Modern Parish Church......................153
The old Church........................................................................................................................153
The church plate of Pembrokeshire J T Evans 1905...............................................................155
The Knights of St John Of Jerusalem or knights hospitallers – Fenton 1811.........................156
The Knights of St John Of Jerusalem or knights hospitallers Slebeche – Fenton 1811.........158
Schedule of Properties attached to Slebech Commandery Knights of St John 13c Arch Camb
1897 & 1898............................................................................................................................159
1100 to 1536 Knights Hospitallers of St John of Slebech and other names connected with
Slebech....................................................................................................................................166
1535 Dissolution Henry VIII..................................................................................................183
1546 Barlow of Slebech..........................................................................................................183
1535-1758 Barlow Slebech Estate, Family and other Records...............................................185
Barlow Ann widow.................................................................................................................233
1758 – 1773 Trevanion William and Anne nee Barlow..........................................................236
1773 – 1785 John Symmons married Anne Trevannion (widow) previously Anne Barlow on 2
March 1773 – On her death he inherited the Slebech estate as they had no children.............241
1783- 1796 Knox William Llanstinan and Slebech Estate and Family Record......................244
1790 -1822 Philipps &Phillips Nathaniel History and Records.............................................249
1818 -1944 De Rutzen Family tree........................................................................................256
1818 -1944 De Rutzen Miscellaneous Records......................................................................258
1560 – 1803?Barlows of Lawrenny History and Records......................................................269
1662 – 1791 Barlow of Colby history and records.................................................................271
The later Church of St John the Baptist Slebech.....................................................................274
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................275
State of Education in Wales 1847 – The Parish of Slebech....................................................276
Blackpool- Mill and Iron works..............................................................................................276
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................281
Picton Castle................................................................................................................................283
1811 A historical tour through Pembrokeshire Fenton – Picton Castle..................................284
Picton town or vill -- Fenton...................................................................................................285
1815 Beauties of Wales – Rees...............................................................................................285
1847 Topographical Dictionary of Wales................................................................................286
Picton Castle 1872 Annuls and Antiquities Thomas Nicholas................................................286
1895 Nooks and Corners Timmins..........................................................................................287
1909 Edwards, Emily Hewlett Castles and strongholds of Pembrokeshire Tenby.................289
1923 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments Picton Castle............................................289
Picton Castle Estate and Family Record......................................................................................290
1923 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments Sites of Archaelogical and Historical interest
.................................................................................................................................................299
Spittal...........................................................................................................................................302
Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis.....................................................................302
Spittal St Mary........................................................................................................................303
Spittal Parish Church dedicated to St Mary Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments......303
Inscribed Stone........................................................................................................................303
Arch Camb 1861 Early inscribed stones of Wales Spittal Pembrokeshire.............................305
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................305
The Church Plate Of Pembrokeshire. Evans, John Thomas, 1869.........................................306
Spittal Clergy – CCED clergy lists.........................................................................................306
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................306
Parish of Spittal State of Education in Wales 1847.................................................................306
Jottings Names Spittal.............................................................................................................307
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................308
Uzmaston.....................................................................................................................................311
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis....................................................................311
Uzmaston St David (or St Ishmael).........................................................................................311
1999 St Ismael's Church, Uzmaston RCAHMW....................................................................313
The Religious census of 1851 :...............................................................................................314
Clergy Uzmaston.....................................................................................................................314
The church plate of Pembrokeshire J T Evans 1905...............................................................315
State of Education in Wales 1847 - The parishes of Uzmaston and Boulston........................315
Jottings Names Uzmaston.......................................................................................................316
Places of Archaeological Interest............................................................................................319
Walton East..................................................................................................................................321
Topographical Dictionary of Wales Walton East 1839 Lewis.................................................321
The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales - Mike Salter 1994.......................................321
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments The Parish Church dedicated to St Mary..........321
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................321
The Church Plate Of Pembrokeshire. Evans, John Thomas, 1869.........................................321
Clergy Walton East CCeD.......................................................................................................322
Walton, East, Parish Church dedicated to St. Mary................................................................322
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................322
Parish of Walton East State of Education in Wales 1847........................................................323
Walton Parish Hearth Tax 1670...............................................................................................323
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................323
Wiston..........................................................................................................................................326
Roman.....................................................................................................................................326
1811 Wiston Fenton (Tours)....................................................................................................328
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales --Lewis..................................................................329
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales............................330
Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire Timmins 1895............................................................331
Wiston Church. Arch Camb 1898...........................................................................................331
Wiston St Mary. Church..........................................................................................................332
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................334
Wiston Castle.Arch Camb 1898..............................................................................................335
Wiston Castle RCAM..............................................................................................................335
Wiston Castle RCAHMW.......................................................................................................336
1847 State of Education in Wales...........................................................................................336
Some Names associated with Wiston......................................................................................337
Wiston Parish Hearth Tax 1670...............................................................................................348
Sites of Interest.......................................................................................................................349

 

Pembrokeshire Parishes, Places & People - Castlemartin Hundred

© Basil H J Hughes 2014

Table of Contents

Pembrokeshire Parishes, Places & People............................................................................................1
Angle,.................................................................................................................................................16
Angle (Nangle)..............................................................................................................................16
Earthworks and Monuments according to The Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments
(RCAM)....................................................................................................................................16
The Devil's Quoit, or Newton Cromlech:.................................................................................16
Castles Bay or Skomer Neck Camp:.........................................................................................16
West Pickard Camp:..................................................................................................................16
Roman finds – Nov. -94 -..........................................................................................................17
Historic Buildings.....................................................................................................................17
Castle:........................................................................................................................................17
East Block-house:.....................................................................................................................18
Ruined Almshouse:...................................................................................................................18
Angle The Parish Church Ded.: St. Mary.................................................................................19
Rectors......................................................................................................................................20
Vicars.........................................................................................................................................20
Registers....................................................................................................................................21
1851 Census of Religious Buildings.........................................................................................21
Non Conformist.........................................................................................................................21
Chapel:......................................................................................................................................21
Angle: St Mary Parish of Castlemartin.....................................................................................22
Chapel of St George the Martyr................................................................................................22
St Mary's Chapel and Well:.......................................................................................................22
St. Anthony's Chapel West Angle Bay:.....................................................................................22
Ellen's Well:..............................................................................................................................22
Globe Hotel:..............................................................................................................................22
Dates..........................................................................................................................................22
Historic Events and Records.....................................................................................................23
British Museum Stone Charter, XXXII. 14..............................................................................24
Angle Castle..............................................................................................................................26
Sheepe Iland,.............................................................................................................................32
Angle, The Hall of.....................................................................................................................35
Population.................................................................................................................................35
1834 Topographical Dictionary of Wales..................................................................................35
On the State of Education in Wales 1847.................................................................................36
Some names connected with Angle...........................................................................................38
Bangeston.......................................................................................................................................50
Some names connected with Bangeston...................................................................................52
Beneger of Benegerston -- Beneger. —....................................................................................52
Bangeston - Dawes, White, Lort, Campbell, names.................................................................52
Dawes of Bangeston nr Angle...................................................................................................54
Bosheston...........................................................................................................................................59
Bosheston Topographical Dictionary 1839 Lewis....................................................................59
The Parish Church Ded: St. Michael........................................................................................60
Bosheston St Michael -- Pembrokeshire Parsons.....................................................................61
The Church Plate of Pembrokeshire 1905 Bosheston (S. Michael)..........................................62
Parish records............................................................................................................................63
Rectors of Bosherston...............................................................................................................63
Non Conformist.........................................................................................................................63
St Govan's Head, Bosherston....................................................................................................63
1923 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments St. Govan's Chapel and Well......................64
The State of Education in Wales 1847 Education Parish Of Bosheston...................................65
Population.................................................................................................................................65
Bosheston Mere.........................................................................................................................65
Dates associated with Places.....................................................................................................66
1670 Hearth Tax Bosheston Parish...........................................................................................66
Bosheston Names for Jottings...................................................................................................67
Wrecks.......................................................................................................................................70
Sites of Interest..........................................................................................................................70
Castlemartin........................................................................................................................................73
Castlemartin Notes...................................................................................................................73
RCAM Brownslade Barrows....................................................................................................73
Linney Head..............................................................................................................................74
Bulliber or Warman's Hill Camp...............................................................................................74
Martine Castel..........................................................................................................................74
King's Mill Earthwork...............................................................................................................74
King's Mill.................................................................................................................................75
The Parish Church Ded. St Michael. 1922 RCAM...................................................................75
Castlemartin Church Acc to Freeman 1851 Arch Camb...........................................................76
Acc/to Pembrokeshire Parsons..................................................................................................76
Clergy........................................................................................................................................77
Cross-Incised Stone...................................................................................................................77
Ermigate Cross..........................................................................................................................78
Frainslake..................................................................................................................................78
Longstone..................................................................................................................................78
Churchways Chapel..................................................................................................................78
Apostles Park............................................................................................................................78
Kings Land; East Kings Land...................................................................................................78
Sten Bridge................................................................................................................................78
Quern.........................................................................................................................................78
Leaden tablet.............................................................................................................................78
Hammer Stones.........................................................................................................................78
Freshwater West........................................................................................................................78
Frainslake Sands,......................................................................................................................79
Historic Houses.........................................................................................................................79
Pricaston....................................................................................................................................79
Bowood.....................................................................................................................................79
Brownslade................................................................................................................................79
Bulliber......................................................................................................................................80
Flimston.........................................................................................................................................80
Flimston Chapel........................................................................................................................80
Flimston Farmhouse..................................................................................................................81
Flimston Bay Camp..................................................................................................................81
Linney........................................................................................................................................81
Moor..........................................................................................................................................81
Mining Castlemartin.................................................................................................................82
Historic Records........................................................................................................................82
Manorial Accounts 1324-33......................................................................................................82
Castlemartin Parish Hearth Tax 1670........................................................................................88
Land Tax 1791...........................................................................................................................90
1794 Pembrokeshire Company of Gentlemen and Yeoman Cavalry........................................91
French Invasion 1797................................................................................................................92
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales S Lewis.........................................................................93
State of Education in Wales 1947.............................................................................................94
Burials from Wrecks.................................................................................................................94
Some Castlemartin and Flimston Names..................................................................................95
Cosheston.........................................................................................................................................108
Cosheston -- St Michael & all Angels -..................................................................................108
Non Conformist Chapels.........................................................................................................110
Cross........................................................................................................................................110
Rectory....................................................................................................................................110
St. David's Well......................................................................................................................111
Castles, Upper-, West-, Middle-..............................................................................................111
Stone Park................................................................................................................................111
Quern Stones...........................................................................................................................111
Public Houses..........................................................................................................................111
Cosheston Hall........................................................................................................................111
Paskeston Hall.........................................................................................................................112
Land Tax 1791.........................................................................................................................112
Historical Records - Extracts...................................................................................................113
1834 Topographical Dictionary of Wales................................................................................117
Some names associated with Cosheston.................................................................................118
Education................................................................................................................................127
1847 Report on the State of Education in Wales.....................................................................127
Population...............................................................................................................................129
Hodgeston.........................................................................................................................................129
Parish Church..........................................................................................................................129
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments...........................................................................129
Church Plate of Pembrokeshire JT Evans 1905 Hodgeston....................................................130
Pembrokeshire Parsons..........................................................................................................131
Hodgeston Clergy....................................................................................................................131
Moat RCAM...........................................................................................................................132
Hogeston Hill Tumulus...........................................................................................................132
Hodgeston Hall.......................................................................................................................132
Hogeston Historic Records.....................................................................................................132
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales - Hodgeston...........................................................136
Hearth Tax 1670......................................................................................................................137
Land Tax 1791.........................................................................................................................137
Other Names in records...........................................................................................................137
Education................................................................................................................................139
1847 acc/to the State of Education in Wales report................................................................139
Population...............................................................................................................................139
Lamphey...........................................................................................................................................140
Bishop's Palace RCAM...........................................................................................................140
Lamphey St Tyfei – Parish of Lamphey RCAM.....................................................................142
Notes on the Older Churches – Lamphey Church 1845 Glynne.............................................144
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................144
Clergy......................................................................................................................................144
Mathias of Lamphey Court.....................................................................................................146
Trewent Hall............................................................................................................................146
Old Chimney...........................................................................................................................147
Population...............................................................................................................................147
Historical Records...................................................................................................................147
Extract from the Black Book of St David's 1326 Lantefey.....................................................149
Historic Records......................................................................................................................156
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales................................................................................162
Education................................................................................................................................163
According to the report on the State of education in Wales 1847...........................................163
Land Tax 1791 Parish and Property........................................................................................164
Some Other Names connected with the Parish.......................................................................166
Laws Edward...........................................................................................................................170
Mathias of Lamphey Court.....................................................................................................171
Names --Extent of the lands and rent of the Bishop of St Davids Lantefey..........................176
Freshwater East............................................................................................................................184
Promontory Fort......................................................................................................................184
Portclew Llamphey.................................................................................................................184
Porth Clew Chapel..................................................................................................................184
Wettar, Poyer Bishop Parry and Leach...................................................................................185
Manorbier.........................................................................................................................................186
Mining Manorbier...................................................................................................................186
1802 Acc to Barber.................................................................................................................186
1839 Manorbeer (Maenor-Bŷr) Lewis....................................................................................186
1848 Maenor Pyrr acc/to Rev Gilbert N Smith Gunfriedstone Rectory May 20....................188
Manorbere Acc to J R Cobb Arch Camb 1880........................................................................189
1909 Acc to Edwards, Emily Hewlett Castles and strongholds of Pembrokeshire Tenby......191
1922 Manorbier Castle. Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.....................................192
Acc/to Francis Jones...............................................................................................................195
1923 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments..................................................................196
The Parish Church Manorbier.................................................................................................199
Acc/to Pembrokeshire parsons................................................................................................200
Nonconformist Churches........................................................................................................200
Inventory of the Bishop of St David’s 1293 PRO KR E 154/1/48.........................................201
Manorbier acc/to Mrs Mary Mirehouse..................................................................................201
1837 Topographical Dictionary of Wales................................................................................201
Manorbeer -Report on Education in Wales 1837....................................................................202
Historical Records...................................................................................................................203
Land Tax..................................................................................................................................207
Manorbier Clergy....................................................................................................................209
Some Names in the History of the Parishes............................................................................210
Giraldus Cambrensis Gerald De Barri --.................................................................................218
Jameston - Parish of Manorbier...................................................................................................236
1791 Jameston Land Tax.........................................................................................................236
Lydstep.........................................................................................................................................237
Monkton...........................................................................................................................................238
Priory Farm Cave Monkton....................................................................................................238
Old Stone Age........................................................................................................................239
Priory Farm cave / Cats Hole Cave.........................................................................................239
Bronze Age Remains Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments........................................240
Corston Beacon.......................................................................................................................241
Penny Bridge...........................................................................................................................241
Bowett Wood or Quoit's (?Cott's) Mill Camp.........................................................................242
The Church of St Nicholas and St John Monkton..................................................................242
The Parish records...................................................................................................................248
Monkton Old Hall..................................................................................................................248
Priory Farm.............................................................................................................................249
Castleton..................................................................................................................................249
Corston....................................................................................................................................249
Fleet.........................................................................................................................................249
Other place names in the area.................................................................................................250
St Nicholas Well......................................................................................................................250
Monkton Independent Chapel.................................................................................................250
Education 1847.......................................................................................................................250
Monkton Mixed School..........................................................................................................251
Infants School Monkton..........................................................................................................251
Historic Records relating to Monkton.....................................................................................252
People associated in records with Monkton Parish and information on them........................259
Population...............................................................................................................................270
Industry apart from farming....................................................................................................271
Hundleton.....................................................................................................................................271
The Parish Church Hundleton.................................................................................................271
Hundleton - The Parish Hall...................................................................................................272
Hundleton Calvanistic Methodist Chapel...............................................................................272
Chapel Hill..............................................................................................................................273
Cross Park...............................................................................................................................273
Maidenwells Calvanistic Methodist Chapel-- Gilead.............................................................273
Some Hundleton names in records..........................................................................................273
Orielton............................................................................................................................................275
Names associated with Orielton..............................................................................................276
Nash..................................................................................................................................................285
Nash Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments..................................................................285
Fenton Records.......................................................................................................................286
Fenton......................................................................................................................................286
Historical Records...................................................................................................................286
Nash Clergy and other records................................................................................................288
Nash Hearth Tax 1670.............................................................................................................289
Nash Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis 1834............................................................289
Nash Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments..................................................................290
Nash Acc/to Pembrokeshire Parsons.......................................................................................290
Nash Acc/to the Land Tax Records 1791................................................................................291
Pembroke..........................................................................................................................................293
Introduction............................................................................................................................293
1100 acc/to Giraldus Cambrensis............................................................................................294
1589 George Owen’s Pembroke..............................................................................................294
1700 approx.............................................................................................................................295
1804 The Scenery, Antiquities and Biography of South Wales Benj Heath Malkin...............295
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales S Lewis..................................................................295
The Earldom............................................................................................................................296
Pembroke History Jottings......................................................................................................297
1102 1135 Gerald de Windsor & Nesta...................................................................................301
Children's family names..........................................................................................................301
Nest and her lovers..................................................................................................................302
Events and Records.................................................................................................................303
Pembroke Accounts 1330’s.....................................................................................................310
Charters of Pembroke..............................................................................................................332
Translation Of The Charter Of Richard II To Pembroke........................................................333
Municipal Corporation Act.....................................................................................................335
1534 Lawlessness in Wales.....................................................................................................335
1535 Act Of Union, S. 17.And Relevant Acts........................................................................336
1595 onward............................................................................................................................337
[1615-15.] John Phillipps Of Llanvernagh,., To The Right Honourable Ralph, Lord Eure,
Lord President And Lord Lieutenant Of The County Of Pembroke.......................................338
Elections Pembroke.................................................................................................................343
Pembroke 1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales..............................................................344
Pembroke Castle.....................................................................................................................345
Lewis in his Topographical Dictionary 1839..........................................................................353
1922 RCAM Report:-..............................................................................................................354
Finds........................................................................................................................................357
1330 Pembroke Castle contents..............................................................................................357
Pembroke Town Walls.............................................................................................................360
Mills of Pembroke...................................................................................................................361
Civil War......................................................................................................................................365
The Second Civil War..................................................................................................................373
Parishes of St Mary, St Michael and St Nicholas........................................................................382
Pembroke St Mary Parish of Pembroke..................................................................................382
St Mary’s Clergy.....................................................................................................................385
St Ann’s Church......................................................................................................................385
Pembroke St Michael’s...........................................................................................................385
St Michael’s Clergy.................................................................................................................387
St Daniels Church – Booklet I wrote in 1992.........................................................................388
St Anne's Chapel.....................................................................................................................399
Chapels....................................................................................................................................399
Baptists Mount Pleasant..........................................................................................................399
Independents Tabanacle Chapel..............................................................................................400
Primitive Methodists Castle Back...........................................................................................400
Calvanistic Methodist Westgate..............................................................................................400
Wesleyan Methodists Wesley Square Chapel.........................................................................400
Houses in the area........................................................................................................................400
Alleston...................................................................................................................................400
Bush........................................................................................................................................400
Golden. Pembroke St. Mary's.................................................................................................401
Grove. Just south of Pembroke town......................................................................................401
Holyland..................................................................................................................................401
Kingston..................................................................................................................................401
Underdown..............................................................................................................................401
1837 Poor Law Union.............................................................................................................402
Education................................................................................................................................402
Grammar School.....................................................................................................................402
1839 according to Lewis.........................................................................................................402
1847 Pembroke – State of Education in Wales......................................................................402
Union Workhouse School........................................................................................................403
William Jones's School...........................................................................................................403
Mrs. Streets School:................................................................................................................404
National School.......................................................................................................................404
Mr. William Abram's School:..................................................................................................404
Mrs Thomas's School..............................................................................................................405
Mr. George Wogan's School....................................................................................................405
Church Sunday School............................................................................................................405
Riverside.................................................................................................................................406
Fulling Mills............................................................................................................................406
Names associated with Pembroke...........................................................................................406
Haggars Cinema......................................................................................................................406
Land Tax 1791 St Mary’s Parish.............................................................................................482
Land Tax 1791 St Michael’s Parish.........................................................................................486
Bibliography............................................................................................................................493
Pembroke Dock................................................................................................................................495
Pembroke Dock. Before 1814......................................................................................................496
The very early history..................................................................................................................498
Romans....................................................................................................................................498
Pennar..........................................................................................................................................498
How old is Pennar?.................................................................................................................498
Early Pennar............................................................................................................................500
Pennar After 1814:..................................................................................................................502
Industries of Pennar.................................................................................................................504
Fishing.....................................................................................................................................504
Quarrying................................................................................................................................504
Farming...................................................................................................................................505
Shipbuilding............................................................................................................................505
Pennar Military Torpedo Store and Magazine........................................................................506
Llanreath Tank Farm...............................................................................................................507
Pennar Chapels and Churches.................................................................................................508
Gilgal Baptist Chapel Pennar..................................................................................................508
Wesley Chapel Pennar.............................................................................................................511
St Patrick's Church..................................................................................................................512
Pennar Education....................................................................................................................517
Extracts from the School Log 1874........................................................................................518
Pennar Disease and Disasters..................................................................................................522
Kyngswode..................................................................................................................................525
Kyngswode Records...............................................................................................................525
Paterchurch..................................................................................................................................527
The Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments report Paterchurch......................................528
Fortifications...........................................................................................................................532
Some names in the records of Paterchurch pre 1814..............................................................535
Old buildings and features in the area pre 1812......................................................................539
Llanion House.........................................................................................................................539
Land Tax 1786 North Hook....................................................................................................540
The Beginning..............................................................................................................................541
The Dockyard and the Town........................................................................................................550
The Ships built at Pembroke Dock.........................................................................................552
List of Ships Built (with thanks to Mrs Tucker).....................................................................555
The Cost - Dockyard deaths and injuries................................................................................562
Shirking...................................................................................................................................563
Launching................................................................................................................................564
Captain Superintendent...........................................................................................................566
Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley,......................................................................................................567
The Decline of Pembroke Dockyard.......................................................................................569
Pembroke Dockyard Today.....................................................................................................571
1975.........................................................................................................................................572
A Legend – The Haunting of H.M.S. `Asp'.............................................................................573
Pembroke Dock Town..................................................................................................................576
Early Days....................................................................................................................................576
Free Masons............................................................................................................................577
Independent Order of Rechabites Friendly Society................................................................578
Temperance Hall.....................................................................................................................579
Lodges in the early town.........................................................................................................580
Mechanics Institute.................................................................................................................581
Banks and Building Societies.................................................................................................581
Other organisations.................................................................................................................582
Pembroke Dock creation.........................................................................................................584
Park St Cemetery....................................................................................................................587
1830's Smuggling....................................................................................................................587
The Postal Service...................................................................................................................593
Law and Order........................................................................................................................594
Migration in and out................................................................................................................595
1900.........................................................................................................................................595
Kelly’s Directory 1884............................................................................................................599
Entertainment..........................................................................................................................600
Processions..............................................................................................................................601
Calamities and disasters..........................................................................................................603
Newspapers.............................................................................................................................604
Solicitors 1905........................................................................................................................605
Doctors 1905...........................................................................................................................605
Population & Census returns...................................................................................................605
Other Shipbuilding and Industries in the Area........................................................................606
Mr. William Robinson.............................................................................................................606
Jacobs Pill Pennar...................................................................................................................607
Fortifications and those Manning them.......................................................................................608
Pater Fort.................................................................................................................................608
Paterchurch Battery.................................................................................................................608
Defensible Barracks................................................................................................................609
Martello Towers......................................................................................................................609
Pennar Torpedo Stores and Magazine near Pennar Point.......................................................610
1875 Findlay records...............................................................................................................611
Royal Marines.........................................................................................................................612
The Royal Dockyard Battalion................................................................................................613
Regiments of the Line pre Crimea war...................................................................................614
Militia Men.............................................................................................................................614
Regiments of the Line post Crimea war..................................................................................614
Llanion Barracks.....................................................................................................................617
1944 General Dwight D. Eisenhower,....................................................................................618
Winston Churchill...................................................................................................................619
Davey John Lt MC..................................................................................................................619
Pater fort info from Jack Vincent............................................................................................620
Army – acc to Vernon Scott....................................................................................................621
General Gordon.......................................................................................................................621
1859 The Volunteers................................................................................................................624
Military Cemetery...................................................................................................................624
Pembroke Dock Newspaper snippets 1917.............................................................................625
Churches and Chapels..................................................................................................................626
Parish of Pembroke Dock.......................................................................................................628
Early Burial places in the Town..............................................................................................630
St John the Evangelist.............................................................................................................630
The Roll of Honour.................................................................................................................637
St Patrick’s Pennar (see under Pennar)...................................................................................640
Mission Room at Llanreath.....................................................................................................640
St Teilo’s..................................................................................................................................640
Bethany Chapel.......................................................................................................................641
Albany Square Congregational Chapel...................................................................................643
Meyrich St Congregationalists................................................................................................646
St Mary’s RC Church..............................................................................................................646
Roman Catholic St Mary's Church Meyrick St.......................................................................646
The Dockyard Chapel.............................................................................................................648
Gilgal Baptist Chapel, Pennar (see under Pennar)..................................................................650
Wesley Chapel Pennar (see under Pennar...............................................................................650
Trinity Wesley Chapel, Pembroke Ferry.................................................................................650
Gershom Calvanistic Methodist..............................................................................................651
St Andrew’s.............................................................................................................................653
Andrews Calvanistic Methodist..............................................................................................653
Primitive Methodists Gershom Chapel...................................................................................654
Llanreath Calvanistic Methodist Chapel.................................................................................654
Bethel Baptist Church.............................................................................................................654
Bethel......................................................................................................................................654
Meyrick St Chapel (Trinity)....................................................................................................657
Zion.........................................................................................................................................657
Wesleyan Chapel – Ebenezer Chapel – Barrack Hill..............................................................657
Ebenezer..................................................................................................................................658
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel -- Meyrick St.............................................................................659
St Alban's Chapel....................................................................................................................660
St Martin’s Chapel..................................................................................................................660
St Lukes Church......................................................................................................................660
Temperance Hall.....................................................................................................................660
Mormons.................................................................................................................................660
Plymouth Brethren..................................................................................................................661
Salvation Army.......................................................................................................................661
Cemetery’s..............................................................................................................................661
Education.....................................................................................................................................662
Mr. John Allan’s School..........................................................................................................662
Mr. Barclay’s School...............................................................................................................663
Miss Capplestone’s School 1847............................................................................................664
Miss Furlong’s School 1847...................................................................................................664
Miss Harrison's School 1847..................................................................................................664
George Hitchin's School.........................................................................................................665
Miss James School. 1847........................................................................................................665
Mr. Neuman's School. 1847....................................................................................................665
Miss Pearn’s School 1847......................................................................................................665
Miss Pinch's School. 1847......................................................................................................665
Miss Slocombs School. 1847.................................................................................................666
Mr. Wm. Thomas's School . 1847...........................................................................................666
Sunday Schools.-....................................................................................................................666
Bethel School. 1847................................................................................................................666
Tabernacle School 1847..........................................................................................................666
Wesleyan School. 1847...........................................................................................................667
National Schools.....................................................................................................................667
Girls School.............................................................................................................................669
Infants School.........................................................................................................................669
British School (Coronation)....................................................................................................669
Education after 1873...............................................................................................................670
County Intermediate School....................................................................................................671
Pennar School see under Pennar.............................................................................................671
Albion Square School.............................................................................................................671
Albion Square School -- extracts from the Log Book............................................................671
Llanion School........................................................................................................................683
Acc to Mrs S Peters.................................................................................................................683
Coronation Council School.....................................................................................................683
Hospitals and Sickness.................................................................................................................683
Meyrick Hospital.....................................................................................................................685
South Pembrokeshire Hospital................................................................................................685
Sickness...................................................................................................................................687
Railway........................................................................................................................................687
End of the Dockyard Era.........................................................................................................689
The New Era...........................................................................................................................691
Lord Haw Haw........................................................................................................................691
Royal Air Force............................................................................................................................691
MAS Pembroke 1916..............................................................................................................691
Military Aviation post World War 1........................................................................................692
8th September 1939................................................................................................................694
Tank Fire Memorial.................................................................................................................699
Oil Investigation Tank Fire 1940. Pembroke,.........................................................................700
VE Day....................................................................................................................................720
Peacetime................................................................................................................................720
End of the Flying boat Era...........................................................................................................722
Remnants of the past and memories........................................................................................722
End of Another Era.................................................................................................................723
Just an afterthought "U-861's" Link with Pembroke Dock.....................................................723
Names associated with Pater, Pembroke Dock and Pennar.........................................................725
Paterchurch Names.................................................................................................................725
Pembroke Dock and Pennar names.........................................................................................727
Penally..............................................................................................................................................858
Acc/to Old Parish Churches – Salter.......................................................................................858
Penally St Nicholas.................................................................................................................858
According to Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments The Parish Church......................858
Clergy......................................................................................................................................860
St Teilo’s Cross..........................................................................................................................860
Acc/to Pembrokeshire Parsons................................................................................................860
1851 Arch Camb Fragments of Crosses Penally Church........................................................861
1864 Arch Camb The Small Cross at Penally..............................................................................861
1922 RCAM Carved cross and fragments of crosses Penally.................................................861
St Deiniol’s Chapel.................................................................................................................862
Hoyles Mouth and Longbury Bank Caves..............................................................................863
RCAM Blackrock Watch Tower.............................................................................................863
RCAM Giltar Cliffs.................................................................................................................863
Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis.....................................................................864
1847 State of Education in Wales...........................................................................................865
1887 The old Quay House Arch Camb...................................................................................866
RCAM 1915 – Old Quay House.............................................................................................866
1923 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.......................................................................866
Trefloyne.................................................................................................................................866
Whitewell................................................................................................................................867
Carswell..................................................................................................................................867
1867 Domestic architecture of South Pembrokeshire Arch Camb.........................................867
Drus Selton..............................................................................................................................868
Mining Penally........................................................................................................................868
RCAM -- Finds.......................................................................................................................868
1791 Land Tax........................................................................................................................869
Some names Penally and Caldy..............................................................................................871
Abbey of St Mary at St Dogmaels Herbert M Vaughan FSA Society of Cymmrodorion Vol 27
1917.............................................................................................................................................871
Caldey..........................................................................................................................................877
Introduction..................................................................................................................................878
Abbey of St Samson - first Celtic monastery [6c]..................................................................878
1839 A Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis.................................................................879
1908 An Island of the Saints Arch Camb................................................................................880
Caldey Stone...........................................................................................................................882
Caldy Island Norman Priory...................................................................................................883
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire . H. Thornhill Timmins.....................................886
1909 The Benedictine Priory on Caldey Island......................................................................887
1922 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments Caldy and St Margarets Islands...............888
The Benedictine Priory of Caldey RCAM..............................................................................889
Ancient Church RCAM..........................................................................................................890
Ogam and Latin Inscribed stone RCAM.................................................................................890
Chapel RCAM.........................................................................................................................890
1847 Isle of Caldy Report on the State of Education in Wales...............................................891
Caldy Island Shipwrecks.........................................................................................................892
Caldy names for Jottings........................................................................................................893
Pwllcrochan.................................................................................................................................894
Fenny Coome or Popton Camp...............................................................................................894
West Pennar Rath....................................................................................................................894
West Popton Cross..................................................................................................................894
St Mary Church Pwllcrochan..................................................................................................894
Land Tax 1791.........................................................................................................................896
Hearth Tax 1670......................................................................................................................896
Clergy......................................................................................................................................897
Some Pwllcrochan names.......................................................................................................898
Rhoscrowther...............................................................................................................................900
Eastington by Rhoscrowther...................................................................................................900
History.....................................................................................................................................900
Perrots.....................................................................................................................................900
Philipps....................................................................................................................................901
Meares.....................................................................................................................................901
Mirehouse................................................................................................................................902
Arch Camb 1868 Domestic Architecture of South Pembrokeshire p79 Jestyington Prof.
Freeman...................................................................................................................................902
Eastington-Jestington names...................................................................................................903
Perrots ---Eastington Jestington..............................................................................................905
Church St Decuman.....................................................................................................................905
St Decumanus Parish of Castelmartin.....................................................................................906
Pembrokeshire life 1572 1843................................................................................................906
Some Rhoscrowther names.....................................................................................................907
White of Henllan, Rhoscrowther ............................................................................................909
Rosecrowther Parish Hearth Tax 1670....................................................................................910
St Florence........................................................................................................................................913
1923 St Florence Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments printed 1923..........................916
1896 Random Recollections George Huntington...................................................................917
1847 State of Education in Wales...........................................................................................918
1791/2 Land Tax......................................................................................................................919
1670 Pembrokeshire Hearths..................................................................................................921
Clergy:.....................................................................................................................................922
Stackpole, St Petrox & St Twynnells................................................................................................924
1839 Stackpool-Elidur Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis.........................................925
Stackpole. Edwards, Emily Hewlett 1910..............................................................................926
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire – Timmins.........................................................927
Ancient Village.......................................................................................................................928
1811 Fenton Tours...................................................................................................................928
1923 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales- Prehistoric antiquities of
Stackpole.................................................................................................................................929
Stackpole - Mrs Mary Mirehouse...........................................................................................929
Early Stackpole House............................................................................................................930
Stackpool Court (spelling according to Fenton from Ancient MS and other ancient
Documents).............................................................................................................................931
1811 Tours Fenton...................................................................................................................931
Stackpole Court -- Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments 1923...................................932
Stackpole Quay.......................................................................................................................934
Stackpole Parish Church Fenton Tours 1811..........................................................................936
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments of Wales Stackpole Elidor St James & St Elidyr
Parish of Stackpole..................................................................................................................937
The Church Plate of Pembrokeshire Evans J.T. 1905 Stackpole Elidor, alias Cheriton (S. Teilo
? S. James later),.....................................................................................................................939
Clergy......................................................................................................................................940
1293 Inventory of the Goods of the Bishop of St David’s 1293 PRO KR E154/1/48............940
Non Conformist Chapels – Non Found...................................................................................941
1847 State of Education In Wales Parish of Stackpole Elidor com St Petrox........................941
1791 Land Tax.........................................................................................................................941
Names associated with Stackpole...........................................................................................942
Stackepull Parish Hearth Tax 1670. ( Stackpole)....................................................................942
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................944
The dancing Stones of Stackpole: ,.........................................................................................944
Miscellaneous Records............................................................................................................946
St Petrox --St Pedrog...................................................................................................................947
Who was St Petrox?................................................................................................................948
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1833).........................................................948
The Church..............................................................................................................................949
Richard Fenton, 1811 Historical Tour through Pembrokeshire, states :-................................949
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments The Parish Church deicated to St Pedrog.........950
Monuments..............................................................................................................................950
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................951
Church Plate of Pembrokeshire J.T. Evans 1905 St. Petrox (S. Pebdrog)'.............................951
Clergy......................................................................................................................................952
Education – State of Education in Wales 1847.......................................................................952
Parish and property 1791........................................................................................................952
Hearth Tax 1670......................................................................................................................952
Sites of Interest RCAM...........................................................................................................953
St Twynnels St Gwynnog.............................................................................................................953
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales - Twinnel's St.-- Lewis..........................................953
The Church of St Twynnells....................................................................................................954
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments St Twynnells Church.........................................954
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................954
Clergy......................................................................................................................................956
Land Tax 1791.........................................................................................................................956
The Church Plate of Pembrokeshire – St Twynnells Evans 1905...........................................957
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................958
1847 State of Education in Wales Parish of St Twinnells.......................................................958
Hearth Tax 1670St Twynell's Parish.......................................................................................958
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................959
Tenby................................................................................................................................................959
NOTE from Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments 1923..............................................959
Introduction..................................................................................................................................959
Descriptions of Tenby 1621 May,...........................................................................................961
1769 Description of England and Wales, Tenby. Newbery and Carnan.................................961
1839 Tenby Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis..........................................................962
Arch Camb 1851.....................................................................................................................967
1844 Tenby South Wales directory.........................................................................................968
1850’S Victorian Naturalists In Tenby (Extract).....................................................................969
1860-1863 Tenby area From The Cambrian Journal..............................................................971
1883 English Towns and Districts; Freeman...........................................................................974
1895 Tenby-- Timmins Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire...............................................974
Tenby Parish Church of St Mary’s..........................................................................................976
The Castle and Town Walls.....................................................................................................978
Notes On The Fortifications Of Mediaeval Tenby.By Edward Laws, Esq., F.S.A.................979
Tenby St Mary's Church ...........................................................................................................980
1880 On Certain Monumental Effigies In Tenby Church, South Wales.................................981
St Mary’s Church Records......................................................................................................983
1906 Old Font in Tenby Church Arch Camb..........................................................................984
RCAM. Other medieval ecclesiastical buildings....................................................................984
Chapel of St Julian..................................................................................................................984
The Carmelite Friary or Convent............................................................................................984
The Hospital of St John Baptist..............................................................................................985
The Mawdlens, or Hospital for Lepers...................................................................................985
The Roman Catholic Church of the Holyrood and St Teilo....................................................985
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................986
Stone Structures Domestic RCAM.........................................................................................986
Finds RCAM..........................................................................................................................987
Roman Coins...........................................................................................................................987
Bronze Fibila...........................................................................................................................987
Parish of St Mary out Liberty ,Tenby Stone Structures -- Domestic......................................987
Scotsborought House..............................................................................................................987
The House Of Scotsborough,By Edward Laws, Esq.. F.S.A. 1906........................................989
The Owners of Scotsborough..................................................................................................991
Sites of Historical Interest.......................................................................................................994
Lady Well................................................................................................................................994
Tenby Pier...............................................................................................................................994
Prince Albert Memorial...........................................................................................................994
After the confiscation of alien priories and abbeys in 1441....................................................995
The old house - Tudor Merchants house.................................................................................997
St Catherine’s Island..............................................................................................................997
Education: The State of Education in Wales( The Blue Book) 1847......................................998
Records and Events in the History of Tenby.........................................................................1000
1857 Manners And Customs Of The People Of Tenby.........................................................1011
Some Names associated with Tenby and area.......................................................................1017
Wrecks at Tenby Acc to Pembrokeshire Dive UK.....................................................................1068
Upton..............................................................................................................................................1069
Upton Castle..........................................................................................................................1069
Upton Chapel........................................................................................................................1070
Historical Records.................................................................................................................1071
Malafaunt ,Maliphan, ap Owen & Bowen of Upton.............................................................1072
Warren............................................................................................................................................1077
Acc/to Wade - South Wales. 1913.........................................................................................1077
Acc/to Lewis - A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1834.................................................1078
Laws p57..............................................................................................................................1078
Brownslade Tumulus:...........................................................................................................1078
Brownslade Tumulus Finds:..................................................................................................1079
Churchways Chapel:.............................................................................................................1079
Crocksydam Camp................................................................................................................1079
Merrion Camp.......................................................................................................................1079
St Mary Church Warren Parish of Castlemartin....................................................................1080
Pembrokeshire parsons.........................................................................................................1080
Registers................................................................................................................................1080
Warren St Mary's August 1851 (before restoration) Arch Camb 1852 Freeman.................1081
The Parish Church Dedicated to St Mary 1920....................................................................1081
The Episcopal Register of St Davids 1397 - 1518................................................................1083
Historical records..................................................................................................................1083
1846 State of Education in Wales p393................................................................................1085
Census of religious buildings 1851.......................................................................................1085
Hearth Tax 1670....................................................................................................................1087
Clergy....................................................................................................................................1087
Land Tax 1791.......................................................................................................................1088
Names from Warren records.................................................................................................1090

 

Pembrokeshire Parishes, Places & People - Dewisland Hundred

© Basil H J Hughes 2016

Table of Contents

The Hundred of Dewisland –.........................................................................................................10
1384 wages Pembrokeshire in By-gone Days...........................................................................10
The State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................10
Brawdy...............................................................................................................................................12
Wales in the Eighteenth Century edited by Donald Moore p.37...............................................12
South Wales by Wade 1913.......................................................................................................12
Brawdy Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis 1839 Lewis......................................12
Brawdy Church and Inscribed Stones Arch Camb 1898- Haverfordwest Meeting...................13
Brawdy Church St. David.(Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments ).................................15
Church of St David Brawdy 1963 Grade II listed building......................................................16
Acc/to Wales before 1066 by Donald Gregory..........................................................................17
Acc/to The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales by Mike Salter (1994).........................17
Acc/to Protestant Dissenters in Wales 1639 - 1689 by Geraint H Jenkins...............................17
Inventory of the Goods of the Bishop of St. Davids 1293 PRO E154/1/48: Prebenda De
Breudy (Brawdy-Breudeth, Pembs.).........................................................................................17
Pembrokeshire Parsons.............................................................................................................18
Church Plate of Pembrokeshire J T Evans 1905.......................................................................19
Clergy Brawdy with Haycastle CCED......................................................................................19
Nonconformist Chapels:...........................................................................................................20
State of Education in Wales 1847 – Parish of Brawdy..............................................................21
Brawdy Names for Jottings.......................................................................................................21
Mining Brawdy.........................................................................................................................29
Sites of Interest..........................................................................................................................29
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments 1923......................................................................29
Ancient Manor Houses..............................................................................................................34
Finds..........................................................................................................................................36
R A F Brawdy (Arieal View 1944)............................................................................................37
Granston.............................................................................................................................................39
Granston Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis........................................................39
Granston Church Church in Wales site.....................................................................................40
St Catherine's Church................................................................................................................41
St Catherine's Church, Granston RCAHMW July 2013............................................................41
Pembrokeshire Parsons.............................................................................................................42
Clergy Granston with Mathry and St Nicholas CCED.............................................................43
Church Plate of Pembrokeshire................................................................................................44
Nonconformist Chapels:...........................................................................................................45
State of Education in Wales 1847..............................................................................................46
Granston names for Jottings......................................................................................................46
Sites of Interest..........................................................................................................................47
Hayscastle..........................................................................................................................................47
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.............................47
Hayscastle (Hays-Castle) Topographical Dictionary of Wales S Lewis 1839..........................48
Ford - Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis............................................................48
Church Plate of Pembrokeshire, J T Evans 1905......................................................................48
St Mary Church:........................................................................................................................48
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The Parish Church dedicated St Mary Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.................49
Pembrokeshire Parsons............................................................................................................50
Fenton's Pem., p. 331................................................................................................................51
The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales - Mike Salter 1994.........................................51
Church Plate of Pembrokeshire J T Evans 1905 Hayscastle (S. Mary). —..............................51
State of Education in Wales 1847..............................................................................................51
Clergy Brawdy with Haycastle.................................................................................................52
Nonconformist Chapels:...........................................................................................................52
Names for Jottings....................................................................................................................53
Hayscastle Parish Hearth Tax 1670..........................................................................................54
Sites of Interest..........................................................................................................................55
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments – Ford Camp.........................................................55
Ford Camp –Fenton 1811 (Tour p 333)....................................................................................55
Norman Motte...........................................................................................................................56
Jordanston...........................................................................................................................................59
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.............................59
Jordanston Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis.....................................................59
State of Education in Wales 1847..............................................................................................60
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire -Timmins..............................................................60
Church - St Cwrda:...................................................................................................................60
The Parish Church of Jordanston Royal Commission of Ancient Monuments..........................60
The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales -- Mike Salter 1994........................................62
Pembrokeshire Parsons.............................................................................................................62
Church Plate of Pembrokeshire J T Evans 1905.......................................................................62
Clergy CCED............................................................................................................................62
Nonconformist Chapels:...........................................................................................................64
Jordanston names for Jottings...................................................................................................64
Sites of Interest..........................................................................................................................66
Letterston (Treletert)...........................................................................................................................68
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.............................68
Letterson Lettardston or Letterston 1839 Lewis........................................................................69
Pembrokeshire Parsons.............................................................................................................70
The Parish Church Dedicated to St Giles --Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments 1923. 70
The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales – Mike Salter 1994........................................71
Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire -Timmins 1895.............................................................71
Church Plate of Pembrokeshire J T Evans 1905.......................................................................71
Nonconformist Chapels:...........................................................................................................73
State of Education in Wales 1847..............................................................................................73
Jottings for names.....................................................................................................................74
Sites of Interest..........................................................................................................................78
Llandeloy............................................................................................................................................80
State of Education in Wales 1847..............................................................................................80
opographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis 1839 Lewis.....................................................81
Pembrokeshire Parsons.............................................................................................................81
1851 Llandeloy or Llandeloi Parish Church.............................................................................82
Royal Commission of Ancient Monuments The Parish Church 1920........................................82
Pembrokeshire Church Plate Evans J T 1905...........................................................................82
Restored Church of St Teilo in 1924 by J. Coates Carter..........................................................82
St Teilo's church, Llandeloy RCAHMW....................................................................................83
Friends of Friendless Churches.................................................................................................83
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Architectural History of Llandeloy Church..............................................................................83
The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales - Mike Salter 1994.........................................84
Clergy Parish (Church): Llandeloy With Llanhowel................................................................84
Nonconformist Chapels:...........................................................................................................85
Llandeloy names for Jottings....................................................................................................85
Sites of Interest..........................................................................................................................87
Llanfair Nant y Gof including Tre cwn..............................................................................................87
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanfair
Nant Y Gof................................................................................................................................87
Llanvair Nant Y Gove (Llan-Fair-Nant-Y-Gôv) Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839
Lewis.........................................................................................................................................88
The Parish Church Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments................................................88
Llanfair Nant-Y-Gof Parish Church 1981.................................................................................89
Pembrokeshire Parsons............................................................................................................90
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans....................................................................................90
Clergy - Letterston with Llanfair Nant Gof..............................................................................91
Nonconformist Chapels:...........................................................................................................93
State of Education in Wales 1847..............................................................................................93
Llanfair Nantgwyn names for Jottings......................................................................................94
Tre cwn..........................................................................................................................................94
Fenton Tours through Pembrokeshire 1811 Trecwn.................................................................94
RNAD Trecwn..........................................................................................................................96
Non Conformist Chapel Trecwn...............................................................................................98
Sites of Interest..........................................................................................................................99
Llanhowel.........................................................................................................................................102
Acc to the Topographical Dictionary of Wales S Lewis 1839................................................102
State of Education in Wales 1847............................................................................................103
Church St Hywel.....................................................................................................................103
The Parish Church dedicated to St Hywel – Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments......103
Acc/to The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales by Mike Salter 1994.........................104
Acc to Pembrokeshire Parsons...............................................................................................104
The Church Plate of Pembrokeshire. J. T. Evans:...................................................................106
Clergy Parish (Church): Llandeloy With Llanhowel..............................................................107
Extracts from A History of the Church and parish of Llanhowell Richard Morvan Jenkins. .107
Nonconformist Chapels: None found......................................................................................110
Llanhowel names for Jottings.................................................................................................110
Sites Of Interest Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments..................................................113
Llanrhian...........................................................................................................................................114
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park by Dillwyn Miles..................................................115
Church St Rhian Fenton published 1811.................................................................................116
The Parish Church dedicated to St Rheamus Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.....116
.................................................................................................................................................118
Visitation of the Archdeaconry of Carmarthen, 1710..............................................................118
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans `1905........................................................................119
Clergy CCED..........................................................................................................................120
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................121
Education................................................................................................................................122
State of Education in Wales 1847............................................................................................122
National School 1851..............................................................................................................122
Llanrhian names for Jottings...................................................................................................123
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Llanrian Parish Hearth Tax 1670............................................................................................124
Sites of interest........................................................................................................................127
Quarrying -Slate and stone..........................................................................................................132
Trwynllwyd slate quarry..............................................................................................................133
Porthgain......................................................................................................................................133
Abereiddi.....................................................................................................................................140
Llanreithan........................................................................................................................................141
Extracts from Llanrheithan by Mjr Francis Jones (Wales Herald Extraordinary)..................141
The Topographical Dictionary of Wales S. Lewis 1839........................................................142
State of Education in Wales 1847............................................................................................142
The Parish Church dedicated to St Reithan Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments........142
Clergy CCED..........................................................................................................................144
Pembrokeshire Parsons..........................................................................................................144
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans 1905.........................................................................145
Nonconformist Chapels: None found.....................................................................................146
Llanreithan names for Jottings................................................................................................146
Llanrithan Parish Hearth Tax 1670.........................................................................................146
Sites Of Interest.......................................................................................................................147
Extracts from Llanrheithan by Mjr Francis Jones (Wales Herald Extraordinary)..................147
Llanrheithan House.................................................................................................................147
Royal Commission of Ancient Monuments & RCAHMW.......................................................147
Llanstinan.........................................................................................................................................148
Topographical Dictionary of Wales - S. Lewis 1839.............................................................148
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales...........................149
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments - Church St Justinian..........................................149
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans 1905.........................................................................149
The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales by Mike Salter 1994.....................................150
From Mrs Eastham's brief history of the church:...................................................................150
2006 Llanstinan Church, North Pembrokeshire......................................................................151
2014 For Sale..........................................................................................................................151
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................151
Clergy CCED..........................................................................................................................152
Education................................................................................................................................153
State of Education in Wales 1847............................................................................................153
Llanstinan names for Jottings.................................................................................................153
Mining Llanstinian..................................................................................................................156
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................157
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments...........................................................................157
Llanwnda..........................................................................................................................................157
1833 Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales....................................................................158
1847 State of Education in Wales............................................................................................160
Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire -Timmins1895 Timmins.............................................161
Church St Gwyndaf.................................................................................................................161
1921 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments 1921 The Parish Church Dedicated to St
Gwyndaf..................................................................................................................................164
Crosses....................................................................................................................................164
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................167
Clergy CCEd...........................................................................................................................169
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................170
Names for Llanwnda...............................................................................................................170
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Mining Llanwnda....................................................................................................................172
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................173
1921 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments - Parish of Llanwnda.................................174
1811 Fenton'............................................................................................................................175
Finds........................................................................................................................................187
Goodwick Moor; Battle Of Pwllgwdig; Battle Of Llanwnda, Near Fishguard......................188
Trehilyn farmhouse.................................................................................................................189
Manorowen.......................................................................................................................................189
Fenton 1811 Tours P3..............................................................................................................189
Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis 1839 Lewis.................................................190
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments Parish Church dedicated to St Mary...................191
St Marys Church RCAHMW 2005..........................................................................................191
Old Parish Churches of South West Wales - Mike Salter 1994..............................................192
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................192
Church Plate of Pembrokeshire J T Evans 1905.....................................................................192
Clergy CCED..........................................................................................................................193
Nonconformist Chapels: None found.....................................................................................194
State of Education in Wales 1847............................................................................................194
Manorowen -Manernowen Names for Jottings.......................................................................194
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................196
Mathry..............................................................................................................................................197
Fenton 1811.............................................................................................................................197
Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis.....................................................................198
South Wales - H. L. V. Fletcher 1956......................................................................................199
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park - Dillwyn Miles.....................................................199
1925 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments & RCAHMW: Mathry - Church of the Holy
Martyrs....................................................................................................................................199
2015 North Dewisland Benefice Mathry - Church of the Holy Martyrs................................200
Temporary Church Closure.....................................................................................................201
Clergy Granston with Mathry and St Nicholas CCED...........................................................201
Pembrokeshire Parsons..........................................................................................................202
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans 1905.........................................................................203
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................203
State of Education in Wales 1847............................................................................................204
Mathry Names.........................................................................................................................204
Mathrey Parish Hearth Tax 1670............................................................................................206
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................208
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments Pub 1923.............................................................208
St Davids..........................................................................................................................................212
C1600......................................................................................................................................212
1769 Description of England and Wales.................................................................................213
1838 Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis Lewis.................................................214
Cylch Y Dre - Cylch-Bychan -Cylch-Gwaelod-Y-Wlad Cylch-Mawr...................................230
St Davids Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments – Hamlets 1923..................................231
1844 St. Davids South Wales Directory..................................................................................232
1864 Cambrian Journal p341 St Davids.,Mackenzie E. C. Walcott B.D, F.R.S.L., F.S,A.,...232
1895 Timmins – Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire.........................................................233
St David Patron Saint..............................................................................................................239
St. David's Day, March 1st The Collect..................................................................................240
1327 Of The Lands Of The Bishopric Of St. David’s, PRO. E. 152. No. 16...........................240
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1997 A Short History Of The Cathedral..................................................................................240
St Davids Bishop's Palace- a Castles of Wales.......................................................................247
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments 1921....................................................................249
1811 Fenton Tours pp 59 st seqq., London 1811.....................................................................249
1848 Arch Camb St Davids Cathedral.....................................................................................267
1863 The Restoration Of St Davids Cathedral - Camb Journal 1863 Report By Geo. Gilbert
Scott........................................................................................................................................268
St Davids Cathedral RCAHMW..............................................................................................287
The Town Cross......................................................................................................................295
Features of Varying Uses and different periods......................................................................295
Clergy CCED..........................................................................................................................296
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................297
Education................................................................................................................................298
State of Education in Wales 1847 Parish of St David's...........................................................299
Wrecks St Davids Acc to Pembrokeshire Dive UK................................................................302
Mining St. Davids...................................................................................................................304
Bishops And Clerks--- RCAHMW...........................................................................................304
Some Names in the History of St David's...................................................................................305
St David’s Cathedral weekly accounts 1384-5........................................................................305
Deans......................................................................................................................................330
1844 Pigot & Co. South Wales directory................................................................................332
Other Names...........................................................................................................................335
Extinct Chapels Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments..................................................374
Hospitium................................................................................................................................381
Other Sites of Interest.............................................................................................................382
St David's Airfield, --- RCAHMW...........................................................................................393
Lifeboat Station --- RCAHMW................................................................................................394
St Dogwells......................................................................................................................................394
1811 Fenton.............................................................................................................................394
Dogwell's, St. (St. Dogfael) 1839 Lewis.................................................................................395
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales...........................396
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire -Timmins...........................................................396
St Dogwells Church (St Dogfael)...........................................................................................396
Acc/to Old Parish Churches – Salter.......................................................................................397
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................398
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans 1869?........................................................................399
Clergy CCED..........................................................................................................................400
Nonconformist Chapels: None found.....................................................................................401
Education 1847.......................................................................................................................401
Sealyham.................................................................................................................................405
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................405
St Edrins...........................................................................................................................................408
Edren's, St. (St. Edryn)1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis Lewis............408
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................408
State of Education in Wales 1847............................................................................................410
Clergy CCED..........................................................................................................................410
PLAN 1847.............................................................................................................................411
The Parish Church dedicated to Edren RCAM.......................................................................411
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans..................................................................................413
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................414
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Some Names...........................................................................................................................414
Some sites of interest..............................................................................................................415
St Elvis..............................................................................................................................................416
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis Lewis.................................................416
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales...........................416
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................416
Site of Parish Church and Graveyard RCAM.........................................................................417
Nonconformist Chapels: None found.....................................................................................418
State of Education in Wales 1847............................................................................................418
Mining St Elvis.......................................................................................................................418
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................419
St Lawrence......................................................................................................................................420
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis Lewis.................................................420
1847 State of Education in Wales 1847...................................................................................420
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales...........................420
St. Lawrence Church..............................................................................................................420
1876 St Lawrence Church Grant application..........................................................................421
1921 The Parish Church dedicated to St Lawrence –RCAM.................................................421
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................421
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans..................................................................................423
Nonconformist Chapels;.........................................................................................................424
St. Lawrence Parish Hearth Tax 1670.....................................................................................424
Other names............................................................................................................................425
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................425
Ford RCAHMW............................................................................................................................425
St Nicholas........................................................................................................................................427
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis –St Nicholas' (St.) Lewis...................427
State of Education in Wales 1847............................................................................................427
1870-72, John Marius Wilson'sImperial Gazetteer of England and Wales............................428
The Church dedicated to St Nicholas......................................................................................428
St Nicholas ( Pembrokeshire) Glynne August 3rd 1850..........................................................428
The Parish Church Dedicated to St Nicholas RCAM 1920....................................................428
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................429
Clergy Parish (Church): Granston With Mathry And St Nicholas(CCED).............................430
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans..................................................................................431
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................431
St. Nicholas Parish Hearth Tax 1670......................................................................................431
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................432
Whitchurch.......................................................................................................................................434
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales...........................434
1839 Whitchurch Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis.................................................434
State of Education in Wales 1847............................................................................................435
Pembrokeshire Parsons Whitchurch in Dewisland.................................................................435
Whitchurch–St David's Glynne October 28th 1870.................................................................436
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments...........................................................................436
The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales - Mike Salter 1994........................................436
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans..................................................................................437
Clergy CCED..........................................................................................................................438
Names Whitchurch and Solva.................................................................................................439
Solva............................................................................................................................................442
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Fenton 1811.............................................................................................................................443
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire -Timmins...........................................................445
Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis – Lewis 1839..............................................445
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans..................................................................................447
Non Conformist Chapels.........................................................................................................448
Pigot & Co. South Wales directory for 1844..........................................................................450
State of Education in Wales 1847............................................................................................453
Wrecks at Solva Acc to Pembrokeshire Dive UK...................................................................454
Solva of interest......................................................................................................................454

 

Pembrokeshire; Parishes, Places & People - Cemais Hundred


© Basil H J Hughes 2014

Table of Contents

Kemes -Cemais..............................................................................................................................19
Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales by Thomas Nicholas
1872...........................................................................................................................................19
Kemes – State of Education in Wales 1847..............................................................................19
Bayvil.................................................................................................................................................21
A topographical Dictionary of Wales - S. Lewis. 1834. Bayvill,..............................................21
The Parish Church Dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle RCAM..............................................21
St Andrew, Bayvil Church History............................................................................................21
Pembrokeshire Parsons. Church of St. Andrew the Apostle.....................................................22
Clergy........................................................................................................................................22
Pembrokeshire Church Plate Evans J T 1905...........................................................................23
Education – 1847 – The Blue Book – State of Education in Wales..........................................23
Names connected with the Parish.............................................................................................23
Nonconformist Chapels:...........................................................................................................27
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments 1923....................................................................28
Roman Find...............................................................................................................................29
RCAHMW................................................................................................................................29
Castlebythe.........................................................................................................................................31
Castlebythe, Castle-Bigh, Castle-Beith.........................................................................................31
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales S Lewis 1849................................................................31
RCAM Pembroke 1914 No 136 The Church............................................................................31
Pembrokeshire Church Plate Evans J T 1905...........................................................................31
Acc/to The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales by Mike Salter (1994)........................32
Acc/to Pembrokeshire Parsons..................................................................................................32
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Clergy........................................................................................................................................32
Castebigh Hearth Tax 1670.......................................................................................................33
Nonconformist Chapels: None found.......................................................................................34
State of Education in Wales 1847............................................................................................34
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.............................................................................35
Parc Castell Earthwork..............................................................................................................35
Dinas...................................................................................................................................................38
Topographical Dictionary of Wales Dinas 1839 Lewis.............................................................38
RCAM The old Parish Church dedicated to St Brynach...........................................................39
Pembrokeshire Parsons............................................................................................................40
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans 1905...........................................................................41
Clergy........................................................................................................................................41
Nonconformist Chapels:...........................................................................................................43
Cwm-Yr-Eglwys;Dinas Harbour..............................................................................................44
State of Education in Wales 1847.............................................................................................44
Dinas Names for Jottings..........................................................................................................45
Old Sailors Public House..........................................................................................................51
Mines Pen Dinas.......................................................................................................................51
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments RCAM.................................................................51
Dinas Island Camps..................................................................................................................53
Finds –.......................................................................................................................................56
Wrecks.......................................................................................................................................56
Eglwyswrw.........................................................................................................................................57
1811 Fenton Tours Eglwywerw................................................................................................57
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire.............................................................................58
Eglwyswrw St Cristiolis............................................................................................................58
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The parish church – St Eirw ? RCAM 1914.............................................................................59
Pembrokeshire Parsons............................................................................................................59
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans 1905...........................................................................60
Clergy........................................................................................................................................60
Nonconformist Chapels:...........................................................................................................63
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1849 S Lewis................................................................63
State of Education in Wales 1847.............................................................................................64
Eglwyswrw – Eglsorow names for Jottings..............................................................................65
Eglsorow Parish Hearth Tax 1670.............................................................................................69
Places of Historical Interest......................................................................................................72
Fishguard and Goodwick....................................................................................................................75
Fishguard (Aberwaun)..............................................................................................................76
Fishguard & Social -- The Scenery, Antiquities and Biography of South Wales - Benj Heath
Malkin 1804..............................................................................................................................76
1811 Fenton Tours Fishguard....................................................................................................76
The Fishguard Fort....................................................................................................................77
Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis 1839 Fishguard......................................................78
1844 Fishguard Pigot & Co. South Wales directory for 1844..................................................82
St Mary's Church – 1850 August 2 Glynne Arch Camb 1888..................................................83
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire 1895 Timmins.....................................................83
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.............................................................................84
Clergy.......................................................................................................................................85
Acc/to Pembrokeshire Parsons..................................................................................................86
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans1905............................................................................87
Nonconformist Chapels:...........................................................................................................88
The French Invasion..................................................................................................................94
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Acc/to Journal 1885 Vol XLI of the Congress of British Archaeological Society....................96
Fishguard names for Jottings....................................................................................................97
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................109
Sites of Interest - Fishguard.....................................................................................................111
Castle Point Old Fort; Fishguard Fort.....................................................................................116
Goodwick.....................................................................................................................................117
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire Timmins............................................................117
Henry's Moat....................................................................................................................................124
1811 Fenton Tours Henry's Moat............................................................................................124
1839 Henry's Moat Topographical Dictionary of Wales, Lewis.............................................124
The Parish Church dedicated to St Brynach Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.....124
Acc/to The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales -- Mike Salter 1994..........................125
Acc/to Pembrokeshire Parsons................................................................................................125
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans 1905.........................................................................126
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................127
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................128
Henry's Moat names for Jottings.............................................................................................128
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................132
Little Newcastle................................................................................................................................135
1811 Fenton Tours Little Newcastle.......................................................................................135
1839 Little Newcastle Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis..........................................135
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire Timmins............................................................135
The Parish Church Dedicated to St David? Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments......136
The Parish Church dedicated to St Peter?...............................................................................136
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans 1905.........................................................................137
Clergy from the Clergy of the C of E database.......................................................................137
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Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................138
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................138
Little Newcastle Names for Jottings.......................................................................................139
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................144
Sites of Interest ---- Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments...........................................145
Llandilo (Llandeilo)..........................................................................................................................147
1834 Acc/to the Topographical Dictionary of Wales - S. Lewis.............................................147
1847 State of Education in Wales...........................................................................................147
Acc/to Pembrokeshire Parsons................................................................................................147
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire 1895 Timmins...................................................148
The Parish Church Dedicated to St Teilo................................................................................149
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans..................................................................................149
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................150
Landilo Hearth Tax 1670.........................................................................................................150
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................151
St Teilo's well and skull RCAM..............................................................................................151
According to information from Llandeilo Llwydiarth - The Well and the Skull by Kemmis
Buckley MBE, DL, MA..........................................................................................................152
The Prescelly Group Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.........................................153
Llanfair Nant Gwyn..........................................................................................................................155
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................155
1839 Llanvair Nantgwyn (Llan-Fair-Y-Nant-Gwyn)Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis
.................................................................................................................................................155
Church St Mary's....................................................................................................................155
Mining Llanfair nant gwyn.....................................................................................................156
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................156
Llanfyrnach.......................................................................................................................................158
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1811 Fenton Tours Llanvyrnach..............................................................................................158
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire Timmins............................................................159
Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis 1833.....................................................................159
Parish Church dedicated to St Brynach Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments............160
Pembrokeshire Parsons..........................................................................................................161
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park by Dillwyn Miles..................................................161
Non Conformist......................................................................................................................162
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................163
Mining Llanfyrnach................................................................................................................163
Llanfyrnach names for Jottings...............................................................................................165
Llanvirnach Hearth Tax 1670..................................................................................................166
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................168
Llangolman.......................................................................................................................................172
1839 Llangolman (Llan-Golman) Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis.......................172
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire Timmins............................................................172
Quakers...................................................................................................................................172
Pembrokeshire Parsons..........................................................................................................172
The Parish Church dedicated to St Colman............................................................................173
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments..........................................................................173
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans..................................................................................173
Nonconformist Chapel............................................................................................................174
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................174
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................176
Llangolman Slate Quarries......................................................................................................178
Llanllawer (Llanhawer)....................................................................................................................179
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................179
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Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis.....................................................................179
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales............................179
Church St David......................................................................................................................179
Parish Church dedicated to St David Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments................180
The old Parish Churches of South West Wales by Mike Salter 1994....................................181
Redundant Church Church of St David, Llanllawer...............................................................181
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................181
Clergy CCEd Llanchlwydog with Llanllawer........................................................................182
Nonconformist Chapels: None found.....................................................................................183
Llanllawer Names for Jottings................................................................................................183
Hearth Tax...............................................................................................................................184
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................186
Llanwnda..........................................................................................................................................188
1833 Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales....................................................................188
1847 State of Education in Wales...........................................................................................190
Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire 1895 Timmins............................................................190
Church St Gwyndaf.................................................................................................................191
1921 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments 1921 The Parish Church Dedicated to St
Gwyndaf..................................................................................................................................192
Crosses....................................................................................................................................192
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................194
Clergy CCEd...........................................................................................................................196
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................197
Names for Llanwnda...............................................................................................................198
Mining Llanwnda....................................................................................................................200
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................200
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1921 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments - Parish of Llanwnda................................201
1811 Fenton'............................................................................................................................202
Finds........................................................................................................................................212
RCAHMW..............................................................................................................................213
Goodwick Moor; Battle Of Pwllgwdig; Battle Of Llanwnda, Near Fishguard......................213
Trehilyn farmhouse.................................................................................................................214
Llanychaer,.......................................................................................................................................214
1872 Parish church of St David's Llanchaer Glynne July 9th 1872 Arch Camb....................214
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments The Parish Church dedicated to St David.........216
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................217
Clergy......................................................................................................................................217
Non Conformist.......................................................................................................................218
Llanychaer names for Jottings................................................................................................218
Llanychaeth Parish Hearth Tax 1670......................................................................................219
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................220
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................222
School Building, St David's Church, Llanychaer....................................................................222
Llanychlwydog.................................................................................................................................225
1811 Llanchlwydog Fenton Tours...........................................................................................225
Clergy CCEd...........................................................................................................................225
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................227
Llanichloydog Hearth Tax 1670..............................................................................................227
Pembrokeshire Church Plalate J T Evans...............................................................................228
Maenclochog....................................................................................................................................229
1811 Fenton Tours Manclochog..............................................................................................229
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire Timmins............................................................229
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The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park by Dillwyn Miles..................................................230
History of Maenclochog..........................................................................................................230
The Castle site.........................................................................................................................232
1839 Mary's St otherwise Maenclochog (Maen-Clochog) Lewis Topographical dictionary of
Wales.......................................................................................................................................233
Vorlan,..........................................................................................................................................234
Rosebush......................................................................................................................................234
The Parish Church Dedicated to St Mary - Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.......238
Pembrokeshire Parsons..........................................................................................................239
Clergy......................................................................................................................................240
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans..................................................................................241
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................241
Education................................................................................................................................241
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................241
Railway...................................................................................................................................242
Maenclochog names from Jottings..........................................................................................243
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................245
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments 1915 & 1920.....................................................246
RCAHMW..............................................................................................................................247
Meline...............................................................................................................................................252
1839 Topographical Dictionry of Wales.................................................................................252
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Meline:
.................................................................................................................................................252
The Parish Church dedicated to St Dogmael – Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.252
Pembrokeshire Parsons..........................................................................................................253
Clergy......................................................................................................................................253
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans..................................................................................254
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Meline Hearth Tax 1670..........................................................................................................254
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................257
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................257
RCAM.....................................................................................................................................257
Finds........................................................................................................................................259
RCAHMW..............................................................................................................................260
Monington........................................................................................................................................261
1811 Fenton Tours Monington................................................................................................261
1839 Monington Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Wales..................................................261
The Parish Church dedicated to St Nicholas Royal Commission of Ancient Monuments.....261
1994 The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales - Mike Salter.......................................261
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................262
Pembrokeshire Church plate J T Evans...................................................................................262
Moninton Parish Hearth Tax 1670..........................................................................................262
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................263
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................263
Sites of interest – Royal Commission of Ancient Monuments...............................................263
Morfil- Morvil..................................................................................................................................265
1847 State of Education in Wales...........................................................................................265
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................265
The Parish Church Dedicated to St John the Baptist..............................................................266
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J.T. Evans.................................................................................266
Clergy......................................................................................................................................267
The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales - Mike Salter 1994.......................................268
Nonconformist Chapels: None found.....................................................................................268
Some names associated with Morvil.......................................................................................268
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Morvil Hearth Tax 1670..........................................................................................................269
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................269
Moylegrove.......................................................................................................................................272
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................272
1603 George Owen (original spelling)....................................................................................272
1839 Moylgrove Topographical Dictionary ofWales Lewis...................................................272
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park by Dillwyn Miles..................................................273
Pembrokeshire Parsons..........................................................................................................273
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans..................................................................................274
Clergy Moylgrove Parish Church, with Bayvil.......................................................................275
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................276
Moilgrove Parish Hearth Tax 1670........................................................................................276
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................277
Moylegrove Mining................................................................................................................278
Mynachlogddu..................................................................................................................................279
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire Timmins............................................................279
1839 Mynachlogdû (Monachlog-Dû Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis...................279
1291 The Monastic Order in South Wales 1066 -1348 F G Cowley.....................................279
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park by Dillwyn Miles..................................................280
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Walesdescribed
Mynachlog Ddu.......................................................................................................................280
The Parish Church dedicated to St Dogmael. Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments...280
Pembrokeshire Parsons..........................................................................................................281
Clergy......................................................................................................................................282
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans..................................................................................283
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................283
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Monachlogddy Hearth Tax......................................................................................................283
Education................................................................................................................................285
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................285
Industry...................................................................................................................................286
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................287
Carn Menyn 'BLUESTONE' Outcrops Of Spotted Dolerite;Carn Meini RCAHMW............291
Nevern..............................................................................................................................................294
Nevin, or Nevy........................................................................................................................294
1603 George Owen (Spelling as per)......................................................................................294
1811 Fenton Tours Nevern......................................................................................................295
1839 Nevern – Topographical Dictionary of Wales................................................................296
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales............................297
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire 1895 Timmins...................................................298
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................300
1859 Parish Church of Nevern (St Brynach) August 3rd Glynne...........................................301
The Parish Church Dedicated to St Brynach-- Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments..302
The old Parish Churches of South West Wales by Mike Salter 1994.....................................303
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................303
Clergy CCED..........................................................................................................................305
Extract for Nevern Parish Church The Religious census of 1851..........................................305
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans..................................................................................306
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................307
Inscribed Crosses....................................................................................................................309
1859 The great cross in Nevern Churchyard --Arch Camb 1860 p 58 J.O. Westwood..........309
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments 1923 St Brynach's Cross...................................311
1603 Nevern Castle George Owen..........................................................................................314
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Nevern Castle Owen 1603 Laws 1895....................................................................................314
1803 Fenton 1914 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments Castell Nanhyfer, Nevern
Castle.......................................................................................................................................314
Castell Nanhyfer; Nevern Castle.............................................................................................315
BBC Report 2011 October 4th................................................................................................316
Names for Jottings Nevern......................................................................................................317
Names Nevern Parish Hearth Tax 1670..................................................................................324
Nevern mining.........................................................................................................................331
Sites of interest........................................................................................................................331
RCAM 1914............................................................................................................................331
Nevern – Trefael 12th February 2014.....................................................................................336
Houses.....................................................................................................................................341
Finds........................................................................................................................................343
Newport............................................................................................................................................351
1811 Fenton Tours Newport....................................................................................................351
1839 Newport Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis......................................................352
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire Timmins............................................................354
Charter Of The Town Of Newport, A.D. 1215........................................................................357
Burgages and the town............................................................................................................357
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments –Newport Castle...............................................358
1909 Edwards, Emily Hewlett Castles and strongholds of Pembrokeshire Tenby.................359
Newport Castle - Tony Roberts 1989......................................................................................359
Church St Marys.....................................................................................................................360
1810 R. Fenton Pembrokeshire edition 1903 p 299................................................................360
1914 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments..................................................................361
1994 Acc/to The old Parish Churches of South West Wales by Mike Salter..........................362
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Pembrokeshire Parsons..........................................................................................................362
Clergy......................................................................................................................................363
Pembrokeshire Church Plate...................................................................................................365
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................365
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................366
People of the town...................................................................................................................367
Records of Newport 1434 & 1594 B G Charles –NLW Cyf rh 2(gaeaf1951)........................367
Records of the Borough of Newport B G Charles NLW Journal Vol VII...............................399
Newport Names from Jottings................................................................................................409
Newport Parish Hearth Tax 1670............................................................................................418
1844 Newport Pigot & Co. South Wales directory.................................................................421
Parrog......................................................................................................................................427
Sites of interest........................................................................................................................428
Mining Newport......................................................................................................................434
Pontfaen............................................................................................................................................435
1839 Pontvaen (Pont-Faen) Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis.................................435
Pembrokeshire Antiquities Arch Camb 1865 St Brynach Church Pontfaen...........................435
The Parish Church dedicated to St Brynach Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.....437
Old Parish Churches – Salter..................................................................................................438
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................438
Grants......................................................................................................................................438
1406 Episcopal Registers p 369..............................................................................................439
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans..................................................................................439
Clergy CCED..........................................................................................................................439
Nonconformist Chapels: None found.....................................................................................441
Incised Crosses RCAM...........................................................................................................441
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State of Education in Wales 1847 No Report..........................................................................441
Pontvain Hearth Tax 1670.......................................................................................................441
Pontfaen. Major Francis Jones - late Wales Herald Extraordinary..........................................442
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................445
Puncheston........................................................................................................................................447
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis.....................................................................447
The Parish Church dedicated to St Mary. Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.........447
The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales -- Mike Salter 1994......................................448
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................449
Pembrokeshire Church Plate...................................................................................................450
Clergy......................................................................................................................................450
Smyrna Welsh Baptist Chapel, Puncheston............................................................................451
Bethel Welsh Calvinist Methodist Chapel, Puncheston.........................................................452
Quakers Burial Ground & Meeting House, Puncheston.........................................................453
Royal Commission of Ancient Monuments Quakers Burial Ground Puncheston..................453
Some Quaker Records.............................................................................................................454
Poncheston Parish,Hearth Tax 1670........................................................................................456
Education................................................................................................................................457
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................457
Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................457
St Dogmaels......................................................................................................................................459
Notes............................................................................................................................................459
Western Mail April 2002:.......................................................................................................459
1091 The battle of Llandudoch (St. Dogmaels)......................................................................459
1604 St Dogmells Owen.........................................................................................................460
1802 Barber.............................................................................................................................460
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1811 Fenton Tours St Dogmaels.............................................................................................461
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales -Dogmael's, St. (St. Dogfael) Lewis.....................462
1895 Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire Timmins............................................................463
1923 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments St Dogmaels.............................................463
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments Church of St Thomas St Dogmaels...................467
Pembrokeshire Parsons...........................................................................................................468
Pembrokeshire Church Plate J T Evans..................................................................................469
Clergy......................................................................................................................................469
1994 The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales - Mike Salter.......................................470
Nonconformist Chapels:.........................................................................................................470
Inscribed and Carved Stones. RCAM.....................................................................................472
1859 St Dogmaels Abbey -Visit by Archaeology Cambrensis Association Report................473
St Dogmael’s Abbey. RCAM..................................................................................................474
1914 St Dogmaels Abbey Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.................................476
1917 The Benedictine Abbey of St Mary at St Dogmaels – H M Vaughan F.S.A..................477
1402 St Dogmells Abbey........................................................................................................483
Abbey of St Mary at St Dogmaels PRO.Ministers Accounts 27-28 Henry VIII no 5287
Society of Cymmrodorion Vol 27 1917..................................................................................485
State of Education in Wales 1847...........................................................................................492
St Dogmell,s Parish Hearth Tax 1670....................................................................................493
Other Names St Dogmael's.....................................................................................................496
Pigot & Co. South Wales directory for 1830.........................................................................506
1864 Caerau In The Parish Of St Dogmells Arch Camb1864................................................508
Mining

Sites of Interest........................................................................................................................519
Whitechurch.....................................................................................................................................520

Pembrokeshire - the Milford Haven - Rhoose Hundred     

©Basil Hughes  2016

Table of Contents


Pembrokeshire - the Milford Haven Rhoose Hundred .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1
Roose Hundred .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 6
1847 Education Roose Hundred, . . . . . 6
Introduction .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The Milford Haven .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 8
Milford origin of the name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Milford Haven (The Haven) . . . . . 8
1854 Milford Haven Cambrian Journal – Shakespeare’s and Drayton's description of it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Milford Haven Its maritime capacities... . . ...........10
A pamphlet conteyning the definition of Milford Haven wherein is particularlie sett forth all or most of the Roades Creeks Points Harborowes Riding George Owen 1595 . . . . .12
Captain John Laws answers to a Select Committee of the House of Commons, in 1853 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1860 Handbook for Travellers -- . . . ...............................21
Pembrokeshire sea trade before 1900 B J George .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Description of Mylford Haven for fortifications :George Owen, writing in 1595 . . . . . . . . . . .  23
854 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
1405 , .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
1485 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Fortifications and the manning . . . . . . 27
1643 Civil War Pill Fort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Civil War Pwllcrochan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
1758 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
1800's Fortifications Milford Haven (acc to Victorian forts with other information added) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
1852 Gordon of Khartoum . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
1859 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
1858 West block House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
1850/1858 Dale Fort .34
1858 South Hook Fortifications . . . . 35
1850/1860 Stack Rock Fortifications ... . . . . 36
1860 Fort Hubberston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
1861 Fort Scoverston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
1891 Chapel Bay Fort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
1858 Fort Popton – .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Tudor East block-house: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
East blockhouse Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
1852 Thorn Island Fort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Pembroke Dock Fortifications . . . . . . . 43
1814 Royal Naval Dockyard Pembroke Dock .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
1813/ 1830 Pater Fort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
1840 Paterchurch Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Pater Battery Findley1875 . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
1850 Martello Towers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
1848 “Martello” Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
1848 East “Martello” Tower . . . . . . . . . . 47
1848 Defensible Barracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
1875 Pennar Torpedo Stores and Magazine near Pennar Point .. . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Pennar Barracks .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 51
1850's The Hut Encampment Pembroke Dock .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Haven Garrison .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 52
1875 Findlay records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Royal Marines .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 53
The Royal Dockyard Battalion . . . . . ............... 53
Regiments of the Line pre Crimea war ... . ...... 54
Militia Men .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Regiments of the Line post Crimea war ... 54
1899 Llanion Barracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Wrecks in the Haven .............57
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .66
Burton .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Hanging Stone , .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 66
Benton Avenue .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 67
Hill forts .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
CHURCH .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
The Rectory RCAM .69
Baptism well .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 69
Causeway Meadow .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 70
Noncomformist Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Baptists .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Calvinistic Methodists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Wesleyan Methodists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Rhoos Ferry .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Main Road .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Benton Castle .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 72
Dumpledale -Ashdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Milton.(Burton) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 74
Williamston. (Burton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
The Cleddeau Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
1834 - Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
1847 State of Education in Wales – Parish Of Burton .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Population .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Some names associated with Burton ... . . . . . 78
Dale .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
According to South Pembrokeshire Place Names by P. V. Harris .. . . . . . . . 88
1595 George Owen's Description of Milford Haven , .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
C1800 C Norris St Ann's Chapel and Lighthouse Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments . . . . . . . . . 88
1811 Fenton Dale .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 89
1849 According to Topographical Dictionary of Wales - S Lewis .. . . . . . . 90
1895 Dale -- Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire Timmins .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
1905 According to G. Mason Pembroke Dock: Royal Dockyard and neighbourhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
1913 South Wales by Wade . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
1920 RCAM Lighthouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
1956 According to South Wales - H L V Fletcher .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Dale Fort - The Western Blockhouse ... . . . . . 94
The Parish Church Dedicated to St James - Royal Commission of Ancient Monuments. . . . . . . . . . . . 95
According to Pembrokeshire Parson ... . . . . . 95
Clergy Dale .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Non Conformist .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 96
Dale Castle - Tony Roberts 1989 . . 96
The Martyr Stone .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 98
1847 State of Education in Wales Parish of Dale .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Dale names for Jottings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Lloyd -Philipps of Dale Castle . . . . 104
Wrecks Dale Acc to Pembrokeshire Dive UK .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Mines .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments – Other sites .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Rnas Dale RCAHMW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Hasguard .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Hasguard – 1849 - Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis .. . . . . . . . . . . . 115
1920 Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments. , .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Acc/to The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales -- Mike Salter 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Hasguard - The Church Plate Of Pembrokeshire . Evans, John Thomas, 1905 . . . . . . . . . .  116
Pembrokeshire Parsons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Clergy Hasguard .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 117
Nonconformist Chapels: None found ... . . 118
1847 State of Education in Wales Hasguard .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Hasguard Names for Jottings . . . . . . . 119
Haskard Parish Hearth Tax 1670 . 120
Herbrandston .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 121
Mining Herbrandston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
1811 Fenton Tours .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales Herbrandston Lewis .. . . . . . . . . 122
Church St Mary's .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 122
1920 Royal Commission On Ancient Monuments The Parish Church Dedicated to St Mary . . .  . 123
Rectors .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

The Church Plate of Pembrokeshire 1905 Evans .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Nonconformist Chapels: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Parish Hearth Tax 1670 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Education .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
RCAM .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
South Hook .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 127
Mines 1740 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 128
George Owen .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 128
South Hook Fort Herbrandston Grade 2 listed buildings .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
1858 South Hook Fortifications see description under “the Milford Have Fortifications” . . . . . . . ..129
Hubberston .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 129
Hubberston- Hakin .129
Hubberston 1839 Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Wales .. . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Church of St David’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Hubberston Church dedicated to St David RCAM .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Clergy .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Nonconformist Chapels: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
On the State of Education in Wales – Hubberston 1847 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
On the State of Education in Wales – Hakin 1847 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Hubberston names for Jottings . . . 133
RCAM .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Llanstadwell .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 143
Llanstadwell (Llan-Studwal) Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1839 Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Before the Normans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Camp Park , .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 145
Camp Meadow .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 145
1841 Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Wales .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Longstone, Longstone Park, Longstone Meadow near Waterston .. . . . . 146
Llanstadwell .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 146
1748 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
1623/4 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Churches & Chapels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
The Parish Church Dedicated to St Tudwell .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Of The Lives of the British Saints by S. Baring-Gould and John Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Llanstadwell (ST. Tudwal).July 8th, 1858. Glynne ( Arch Camb 1885) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Acc to Giraldus Cambrensis., De Jure (R.S.), Vol. III pp153 - 4 .. . . . . . . . 149
According to the Taxatio of 1291 ... . . . . . . . . 149
According to the Census of Religious Buildings 1851 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Clergy .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Francis Green and T. W. Barker in "Pembrokeshire Parsons" list the Vicars who have served the parish .. . . . . . . 151
St Clement's Church , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Non Conformist Churches and chapels ..153
Population, People & Events . . . . . . . 162
Names for Jottings - Neyland . . . . . . 163
Names Llanstadwell Parish . . . . . . . . . 174
Hunts Directory 1851 included in the list of Nobility, Gentry and Clergy for Pembroke &c are:- 180
1884 Kelly's directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Education .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
1847 State of Education in Wales Parish of Llanstadwell ( including Neyland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Miscellaneous Jottings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Milford Haven Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
1811 Fenton Tour Milford Haven ... . . . . . . . . 193

1839 Milford -Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Wales .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
1860 Handbook for Travellers . . . . . 199
1913 South Wales – Milford Haven acc. to Wade .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Milford Haven Acc/to Pembrokeshire notes .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Acc/to Western Telegraph Then & Now Wed July 10 1991 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Milford Haven - Mrs Mary Mirehouse ... 201
Pilla or Pille Priory .202
1922 The Benedictine Priory of Pill or Pull RCAM .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
1811 A Historical Tour Through Pembrokeshire –Richard Fenton Pill Priory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  205
Brother Walter - Prior of the Benedictine priory of Pill near Milford.206
Barlow's and Pill .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 213
Old Skeleton found .215
Pille Priory—research 1996 Extracts from report compiled by N D Ludlow, R S F Ramsey and D E Schlee .. . . . . . . . .216
Old Castle Head RCAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Finds RCAM .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 217
Milford Haven Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
The Parish Church dedicated to St Catherine RCAM .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Non Conformist .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 220
Friends' Meeting House;Religious Society Of Friends;Quakers, Priory Road, Milford Haven . . . . . . 221
Milford ----HMS Prize --- WW1 .......... 223
Milford Haven names for Jottings ... . . . . . . . 229
Milford RCAHMW , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
St Ishmaels .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 250
1849 St Ishmaels Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
1856 September16 th Glynne Arch Camb 1886 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
1920 The Parish Church Dedicated to St Ishmael RCAM .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Carved and Incised Crosses . . . . . . . . . 252
Acc/to Old Parish Churches – Salter ... . . .252
St Ishmael's The Church Plate Of Pembrokeshire . Evans, John Thomas, 1905 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Pembrokeshire Parsons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Clergy St Ishmaels .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
Nonconformist Chapels: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
1847 State of Education in Wales ... . . . . . . . . 255
Jottings Names St Ishmael's . . . . . . . . 255
Musslewick ( St Ishmaels) 1811 Fenton .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Mullock Bridge-- Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire Timmins 1895 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
1895 Hoaton – Nooks and Corners of Pembrokesh ire Timmins .. . . . . . . . 261
Royal Commission on Ancient Monument s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Promontory Fort .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 262
Wrecks RCAHMW .263
Steynton .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Steynton Or Stainton 1839 Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Parish Church St Peter & St Cewydd ... . . 266
Ogam Inscribed Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Clergy Steynton with Johnston . . . . 269
Stainton Parish Hearth Tax 1670 . 274
Names for Jottings .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Wales , , .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
State of Education in Wales 1847 Parish of Steynton (including Milford) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Sunday Schools .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 286
Coal Mining .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 288
RCAM .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288