OS grid reference SM985072 Sovereign state United Kingdom Police Dyfed-Powys Community Burton | Country Wales Postcode district SA73 Fire Mid and West Wales Principal area Pembrokeshire | |
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Houghton is a village in the parish and community of Burton in south Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Burton village.
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Map of Houghton, Milford Haven, UK
Burton Jubilee Hall
Burton Jubilee Hall in Houghton is the venue for community council meetings. The hall was established in 1908 as a reading room and was bought by the parish in 1923, becoming a charitable trust in 1963. Burton Community Council became custodian trustees in 1984.
School
Burton voluntary controlled primary school is in Houghton. It was founded in 1844 and serves a number of settlements in the parish.
Worship
John Wesley preached in the village twice, in 1771 and 1777, on his way through the county, and it may have been at one of three preaching crosses in the parish. He reported in his journal (for 1771) - "I preached at Houghton to a lovely congregation of plain artless people." There does not appear to have been a permanent place of worship in Houghton, but the schoolroom was licensed for divine service in 1865. It is reported that there was a holy well, Bishop’s Well, near Houghton, but there is no trace of the site.