Johnston is a village,

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and

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in the former

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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, and a

in the diocese of

Diocese of St David's The Diocese of St Davids is a diocese of the Church in Wales, a church of the Anglican Communion. The diocese covers the historic extent of Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, together with a small part of western Glamorgan. The episcop ...

. It lies on the A4076 road approximately midway between

Haverfordwest Haverfordwest (, ; cy, Hwlffordd ) is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales, and the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire with a population of 14,596 in 2011. It is also a community, being the second most populous community in the county, ...

and the port of

Milford Haven Milford Haven ( cy, Aberdaugleddau, meaning "mouth of the two Rivers Cleddau") is both a town and a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, an estuary forming a natural harbour that has ...

and is served by

Johnston railway station Johnston railway station is an unstaffed railway station in the village of Johnston in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It opened in 1856 as part of the final section of the South Wales Railway main line from to . It has gone by various names and is ...

. Until the end of the 19th century,

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was mined here. The village is now a dormitory for Haverfordwest and Milford Haven. The

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has the typical tall, slim castellated tower of churches in the largely English-speaking south of Pembrokeshire, sometimes known as "

Little England beyond Wales Little England beyond Wales is a name that has been applied to an area of southern Pembrokeshire and southwestern Carmarthenshire in Wales, which has been English in language and culture for many centuries despite its remoteness from England. ...

". The village is just over 1 mile long and almost a mile wide from the furthest main points.

History

Johnston was founded as a small farming and mining village sometime before 1801 when 99 people lived in the village. Maps from 1579 show Johnston as an already established village. The population steadily grew to 600 in 1951 and almost doubled in the next 10 years to 1,133. Since then Johnston has had a steady population growth.

Demographics

Religion

Johnston is a majority Christian village with 62.4 per cent of people identifying as Christian, 0.2 per cent as Buddhist, 0.4 per cent as Muslim, 0.5 per cent as "Other" and 26.5 per cent as having no religion. 9.7 per cent of people did not state a religion.

Origin

The majority of people, 72.8 per cent, were born in Wales. 23.5 per cent were born elsewhere in the United Kingdom (22 per cent in

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, 1.3 per cent in

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and 0.2 per cent in

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). 0.3 per cent were born in

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; 1.2 per cent were born in countries that were members of the EU before 2001 while 0.4 per cent were born in EU countries that joined after 2001. 1.9 per cent were born in 'other countries'.

Identity

Johnston is not an ethnically diverse village with 99.55 per cent of the population identifying as White; 59.8 per cent identify only as

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and 6.7 per cent as Welsh and

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. 12.7 per cent identify only as

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while 1.2 per cent identify as English and British and 1 per cent identify as English and "other". 0.8 per cent identify as Scottish only while 0.2 per cent identify as Scottish and British, and 0.2 per cent as Scottish and "other". 0.2 er cent identified as

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only. 15.5 per cent identify only as British, while 8.7 per cent identify as British and "other". 75.8 per cent have no British identity while 32.5 per cent have no Welsh identity, and 1 per cent identify as Welsh and "other".

Language

In 2011 11.4 per cent of inhabitants could speak Welsh, down from 13.81 per cent in 2001, but 18.5 per cent had some Welsh language ability. This is lower than the overall percentage for Pembrokeshire and Wales, which are 19.2 and 19.0 respectively.

Governance

Johnston Community Council, has limited control over aspects of the running of the village. On a county level, an

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in the same name also exists, this ward stretches to and includes

Tiers Cross Tiers Cross is a village, community and electoral ward containing the community in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. It includes the areas of Thornton and Dreenhill, and falls within Steynton parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christ ...

. The current County Councillor is Aled Thomas.

Education

Johnston CP School is a primary school with year groups, Nursery to Year 6. It has over 150 pupils. In 2017 it moved into a newly built building, previously it had been on its former site for approximately 30–35 years. Before then it was at another site in the north of Johnston.

Transport

serves as a railway link. Trains run in both directions every 2 hours, with two main termini being Milford Haven railway station and

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. The station itself is unmanned and is a request stop.

Worship

The places of worship are all located at the southern end of the village. The Anglican church of St Peter, in the Diocese of St David's is a grade II* listed building dating from C15. The nearby Baptist chapel was built in the first half of C20 in a modern style. A meetinghouse for

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...

(LDS Church) was opened in December 2012 and is home to the Milford Haven Branch.

Sport

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track existed in the village. It opened in August 1934 and was trading in 1948 but the regularity of the racing in unknown. In 1948 and 1949 the Licensing Authorities listed the track as having a attendance capacity of just 200 which is the smallest known attendance of any track. The racing was independent which means unaffiliated to the sports governing body at the time (the

National Greyhound Racing Club The National Greyhound Racing Club was an organisation that governed Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom. History The National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC) was formed in 1928 and this body would be responsible for regulation, licensing and the ...

). Johnston A.F.C. is the villages football team. They currently play in the

Pembrokeshire League The Pembrokeshire League (currently the ''Manderwood Pembrokeshire League'') is a football league in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, running from levels five to nine of the Welsh football league system. Teams promoted from Division One may enter th ...

Division Two.

References

External links

Historical information and sources on GENUKIPhotographs of Johnston and surrounding area on Geograph
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