East Williamston ( cy, Tregwilym Ddwyrain) is a village and

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Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a county in the south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and the rest by sea. The county is home to Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The Park oc ...

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

. The community includes the villages of Pentlepoir, Cold Inn and Broadmoor, Wooden and Moreton. The community had a population of 1,787 in

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, increasing to 1,844 at the 2011 Census.

Governance

With the community of

Jeffreyston Jeffreyston (also known as Jeffreston) is a village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire. Jeffreyston lies on the B4586 road about northwest of the main A477 St Clears to Pembroke road; the nearest town is Tenby about to the southeast. Co ...

, it makes up the Pembrokeshire

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of East Williamston, which had a population of 2,327 in 2001, with 11 per cent Welsh speakers. The ward population had increased to 2,418 at the 2011 Census.

Worship

It was originally a

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of the parish of Begelly.

Demography

Its

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populations were: 341 (1801), 551 (1851), 397 (1901), 387 (1951), 473 (1981). The percentage of Welsh speakers was 5% cent (1891), 12% (1931), 3% (1971), 11% (2011).

Education

The nearest schools are
t Oswalds VC School

Sageston CP School

Ysgol Greenhill School Ysgol Greenhill School is a secondary school in the coastal town of Tenby, Pembrokeshire. With approximately 1200 pupils on roll, it is one of the largest secondary schools in Wales. History The school was originally a grammar school and was sit ...

, Ysgol Glan y Môr,

Ysgol y Preseli Ysgol Bro Preseli is a Welsh 3-18 school in the village of Crymych, Pembrokeshire, Wales. History Prior to the school's opening, pupils from the villages in the north of the county that passed the eleven-plus exam attended schools in either N ...

and Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin.

References

External links

Historical information and further sources on GENUKIPhotos of East Williamston and surrounding area on GeographEast Williamston Community Association
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