Haroldston West | |
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![]() St Madoc's Church | |
Location within
Pembrokeshire | |
OS grid reference | SM862147 |
Community |
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Principal area | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Haverfordwest |
Postcode district | SA62 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
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.
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]
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]
Haroldston West | |
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![]() St Madoc's Church | |
Location within
Pembrokeshire | |
OS grid reference | SM862147 |
Community |
|
Principal area | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Haverfordwest |
Postcode district | SA62 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
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.
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]
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]