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Haroldston West

Haroldston West

Parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales

Haroldston West is a rural coastal parish in west Pembrokeshire, Wales,[1][2] 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west of Haverfordwest. It is in the community of Merlin's Bridge.

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History

A number of prehistoric remains exist in the parish.[3]

Haroldston West parish was in the ancient Hundred of Rhos, Pembrokeshire, and in 1833 had a population of 155. Its name is taken from that of an Anglo-Norman who held local lands.[1]

In 1872 the population was 149, living in 28 houses in an area of 1,718 acres (6.95 km2).[4]

During the Second World War there was a Relief Landing Ground (RLG) for RAF Withybush called Haroldston airfield which was never used for emergency landings.[5]

Church

The parish church is dedicated to St Madoc of Ferns.[6] Before the 1880s the church was a "barn-like old church of nave and chancel with big sash windows and a makeshift roof of salvaged ships' timbers" but had become derelict. It was rebuilt in 1885.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "GENUKI: Haroldston West". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. [2]
    "GENUKI: Parish map". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  3. [3]
    Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. HMSO. 1925. p. 107. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. [4]
    "A Vision of Britain:Haroldston West". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  5. [5]
    RCAHMW. "HAROLDSTONE AIRFIELD". Coflein. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  6. [6]
    "St Madoc of Ferns". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  7. [7]
    Lloyd, Orbach & Scourfield (2004). Pembrokeshire. Yale University Press. p. 200. ISBN 0300101783. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
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