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Haroldston West

Coordinates: 51°47′N 5°06′W / 51.79°N 5.1°W / 51.79; -5.1
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Haroldston West
St Madoc's Church
Haroldston West is located in Pembrokeshire
Haroldston West
Haroldston West
Location within Pembrokeshire
OS grid referenceSM862147
Community
  • Merlin’s Bridge
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHaverfordwest
Postcode districtSA62
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Pembrokeshire
51°47′N 5°06′W / 51.79°N 5.1°W / 51.79; -5.1

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.

History

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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

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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

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