St Elvis | |
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![]() The Dinas Fawr headlands beside the site of St Elvis | |
Location within
Pembrokeshire | |
OS grid reference | SM811240 |
Principal area | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HAVERFORDWEST |
Postcode district | SA62 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
St Elvis ( Welsh: Llaneilfyw, [ɬanəilvəu]) is a parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, about 4 miles (6 km) east of St David's. At 200 acres (81 ha) it is one of the smallest parishes in Wales [1] but its rector was previously the superior of the vicar of the church at Solva [2] (today dependent upon nearby Whitchurch instead). [3] The parish of Whitchurch and St Elvis together form the community of Solva.
The name is a Latinized form of the Welsh saint Eilfyw, also well known by his Gaelic name Ailbe. Former forms of the name include Llanelvewe and Llanailfyw. According to Rhyddferch's 11th-century Life of Saint David, Elvis baptized Saint David [4] in AD 454 at Porth Clais in Dyfed. [5] (Note, however, that this dating seems unlikely.) [6]
A 5000-year-old cromlech—including two early British tombs—lies nearby, [7] although they were damaged by a tenant farmer in the 19th century who removed two of the stones.
GENUKI notes church and chapel records dating from the 19th century, with two farms. [8] There is still a St Elvis farm [9] (Vagwr Eilw [7]) and the ruins of the earlier monastery and church, covered with blackthorn. [7] St Elvis's Well is also nearby and continued to produce 360 gallons an hour amid the 1976 drought. [7]
There is a shrine to St Elvis, located at 51°52′12.7″N 5°10′43.2″W / 51.870194°N 5.178667°W.
St Elvis | |
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![]() The Dinas Fawr headlands beside the site of St Elvis | |
Location within
Pembrokeshire | |
OS grid reference | SM811240 |
Principal area | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HAVERFORDWEST |
Postcode district | SA62 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
St Elvis ( Welsh: Llaneilfyw, [ɬanəilvəu]) is a parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, about 4 miles (6 km) east of St David's. At 200 acres (81 ha) it is one of the smallest parishes in Wales [1] but its rector was previously the superior of the vicar of the church at Solva [2] (today dependent upon nearby Whitchurch instead). [3] The parish of Whitchurch and St Elvis together form the community of Solva.
The name is a Latinized form of the Welsh saint Eilfyw, also well known by his Gaelic name Ailbe. Former forms of the name include Llanelvewe and Llanailfyw. According to Rhyddferch's 11th-century Life of Saint David, Elvis baptized Saint David [4] in AD 454 at Porth Clais in Dyfed. [5] (Note, however, that this dating seems unlikely.) [6]
A 5000-year-old cromlech—including two early British tombs—lies nearby, [7] although they were damaged by a tenant farmer in the 19th century who removed two of the stones.
GENUKI notes church and chapel records dating from the 19th century, with two farms. [8] There is still a St Elvis farm [9] (Vagwr Eilw [7]) and the ruins of the earlier monastery and church, covered with blackthorn. [7] St Elvis's Well is also nearby and continued to produce 360 gallons an hour amid the 1976 drought. [7]
There is a shrine to St Elvis, located at 51°52′12.7″N 5°10′43.2″W / 51.870194°N 5.178667°W.