OS grid reference SM862147 Sovereign state United Kingdom Police Dyfed-Powys Community Merlin's Bridge | Country Wales Postcode district SA61 Fire Mid and West Wales Principal area Pembrokeshire | |
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Haroldston West is a rural coastal parish in west Pembrokeshire, Wales, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west of Haverfordwest. It is in the community of Merlin's Bridge.
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Map of Haroldston West, Haverfordwest, UK
History
A number of prehistoric remains exist in the parish.
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.
In 1872 the population was 149, living in 28 houses in an area of 1,718 acres (6.95 km2).
Church
The parish church is dedicated to St Madoc of Ferns. 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.
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Haroldston West Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA