Hook is a village and
community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, ...
on the
Western Cleddau
The River Cleddau ( cy, Afon Cleddau) consists of the Eastern and Western Cleddau rivers in Pembrokeshire, west Wales. They unite to form the Daugleddau estuary and the important harbour of Milford Haven.
The name of the combined estuary – ...
,
Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the ecclesiastical
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...
of
Llangwm.
Name
The name could be derived from the nearby hook-shaped peninsula.
History
Hook Woods are shown on a 1578 parish map.
An 1833 gazetteer described Hook Quay as a place for loading coal for shipping.
Although there is little or no trace of it to be found today, Hook once had a worldwide reputation as a mining village; anthracite was mined and exported across the world. Maps drawn in the 19th century show collieries.
Demography
The population of the community was 656 in
2001. Together with the communities of
Freystrop and
Llangwm, it makes up the Pembrokeshire ward of Llangwm. It rose to 838 in 2011.
Amenities
Hook has a school, two places of worship, a social club and a wide range of organisations ranging from short mat bowls to a History Society, and a long-established cricket club with trophy-winning men's, ladies' and junior teams.
Notes
External links
Hook village websitePhotographs of Hook and surrounding area on Geograph
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Villages in Pembrokeshire
Communities in Pembrokeshire