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Haverfordwest
Haverfordwest ( , ; ) 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 (Wales), community consisting of 12,042 people, making it the second most populous community in the county after Milford Haven. The suburbs include the former parish of Prendergast, Pembrokeshire, Prendergast, Albert Town and the residential and industrial areas of Withybush (housing, retail parks, Withybush General Hospital, hospital, Withybush Airport, airport and showground). Haverfordwest has a strategic location: it was the lowest bridging point of the Western Cleddau before the Cleddau Bridge opened in 1975. Topography Haverfordwest is a market town, the county town of Pembrokeshire and an important road network hub between Milford Haven, Pembroke Dock, Fishguard and St David's as a result of its position at the tidal limit of the River Cleddau, Western Cleddau. The majority of the town, compris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and otherwise by the sea. Haverfordwest is the largest town and administrative headquarters of Pembrokeshire County Council. The county is generally sparsely populated and rural, with an area of and a population of 123,400. After Haverfordwest, the largest settlements are Milford Haven (13,907), Pembroke Dock (9,753), and Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Pembroke (7,552). St Davids (1,841) is a city, the smallest by population in the UK. Welsh language, Welsh is spoken by 17.2 percent of the population, and for Landsker Line, historic reasons is more widely spoken in the north of the county than in the south. Pembrokeshire's coast is its most dramatic geographic feature, created by the complex geology of the area. It is a varied landscape which includes high sea cliffs, wide sandy beaches, the large natural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Withybush Airport
Haverfordwest Airport () , also known as Withybush Airport, is a minor airport located north of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. It is on the site of the former RAF Haverfordwest, which was operational between 1943 and 1945. Pembrokeshire County Council bought the site in the 1950s, and it has been a civil airfield since, with a number of other organisations also using it. Operations Haverfordwest Airport has been licensed by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), since 1974. It has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P595) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction, as authorised by the licensee, Pembrokeshire County Council. On 4 April 2025, the Council granted a lease to Haverfordwest Airport Limited to manage and operate the airport. Outside CAA-licensed opening hours, Haverfordwest operates unlicensed. Fixed wing light aircraft experience flights and flying lessons are conducted bFly Wales The airport has two runways: 03/21 and 09/27. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haverfordwest Castle
Haverfordwest Castle () is a castle located in the town centre at Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, south Wales, in a naturally defensive position at the end of a strong, isolated ridge. The castle was established during Norman times in 1120 but much of the architecture remaining today dates from 1290. For centuries the castle was an English stronghold. There are several other notable castles in area: Wiston Castle lies to the northeast and Pembroke Castle lies to the south. History Iron Age hill fort Pembrokeshire records indicate that there was an Iron Age hill fort on the site of the castle, although there is no physical evidence to suggest this at the present location. Haverfordwest is believed to have been a Danish settlement prior to the Norman conquest of West Wales in 1093–94. The Flemish settlement in Pembrokeshire, Flemish settled in the area in 1108 to protect the main Norman stronghold at Pembroke Castle from Welsh raiders from the north. Construction of the Norman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haverfordwest Priory
Haverfordwest Priory () was a house of Augustinian Canons Regular on the banks of the Western Cleddau at Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Dedicated to St. Mary and St. Thomas the Martyr and situated on land given by Robert fitz-Richard, castellan of Haverford Castle and second cousin of Gerald of Wales. The priory was first mentioned around 1200. According to William Latham Bevan, “It owned the three churches in Haverfordwest, Haroldston St. Issell's, adjacent to it, Llanstadwell, Dale, Lambston, Camrose, Llanwynio, St. Ishmael's (Milford Haven), Reynalton, and a chapel now extinct named Cristiswell, probably situated at Cresswell Quay, near Cresselly. At the time of Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries (1536–1541), it was acquired by Roger and Thomas Barlow, brothers of William Barlow, bishop of St David's. From 1983 to 1996, the site (now under control of Cadw) was excavated and the outlines of the buildings are visible. Much architectural material ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Hall, Haverfordwest
The County Hall () is a municipal building on Freemens Way in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was built in 1999 and serves as the offices and meeting place of Pembrokeshire County Council. History An earlier Pembrokeshire County Council, 1889–1974, Pembrokeshire County Council had existed from 1889 until 1974, when local government reorganisation abolished the administrative county of Pembrokeshire, splitting the area into two districts called Preseli Pembrokeshire, Preseli (renamed Preseli Pembrokeshire in 1987) and South Pembrokeshire, both of which were within a new county of Dyfed. That first county council had met at Shire Hall, Haverfordwest, and from 1923 had its main administrative offices at a converted hospital on St Thomas's Green, Haverfordwest, called County Offices. Further local government reorganisation in 1996 abolished Dyfed County Council and its constituent districts. A unitary authority called Pembrokeshire was created covering the combined area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prendergast, Pembrokeshire
Prendergast is a former village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, now a suburb of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire's county town. The name survives as an electoral ward of Haverfordwest. The Western Cleddau forms the parish's western boundary, and the Hiog, a tributary of the Cleddau, the eastern boundary. Name The origin of the village's name is possibly linked to a family named Prendergast, whose earliest-known ancestor was Maurice, who was possibly a Cambro-Norman. However it is thought he himself may be named for the town, especially as the surname carries the affix of ''De''. The name could also very likely be Welsh in origin and either poorly rendered from its original form over time, or if originating as a surname; it may have been Anglicised in later records. Examples are a potentially Anglicised form of ''Bryn y Gest'' from the Welsh ''bryn'' meaning hill and ''gest'', a lenition of ''cest'' which means ''belly'' or ''swelling'' or ''a deep glen between two mountains havi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid And South Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Mid and South Pembrokeshire () is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies The 2023 review of Westminster constituencies was the most recent cycle of the process to redraw the constituency map for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The new constituency boundaries were approved by the Privy Council on 15 Nov .... It is currently represented by Henry Tufnell of the Labour Party. Boundaries Under the 2023 review, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following wards of the County of Pembrokeshire, as they existed on 1 December 2020: * Amroth; Burton; Camrose; Carew; East Williamston; Haverfordwest: Castle; Haverfordwest: Garth; Haverfordwest: Portfield; Haverfordwest: Prendergast; Haverfordwest: Priory; Hundleton; Johnston; Kilgetty/Begelly; Lampeter Velfrey; Lamphey; Letterston; Llangwm; Manorbier; Martletwy; Mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mary's Church, Haverfordwest
St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, prominently visible at the top of the town's High Street. The church dates from the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building History The nave, main body of the church was built in the late 12th century and was probably rebuilt in the 1240s, including a tower, porches and north aisle, after being damaged by Llewelyn the Great in 1220. An upper level of clerestory windows was added during the 15th century. The tower originally had a timber spire clad in lead, though it was removed in 1802 after becoming dangerous. The church's interior has a fine timber panelled ceiling with moulded beams, rafters and ribs, and carves bosses at the intersections. It dates to c. 1500. The church organ dates from 1737, by Harris & Byfield, with two keyboards. Of the three main churches in the town, St Mary's was originally the church for the merchants. St Martin of Tours Church, Haverfordwest, St Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St David's
St Davids or St David's (, , "Saint David, David's Welsh toponymy, house”) is a St David's Cathedral, cathedral City status in the United Kingdom, city in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It lies on the River Alun, Pembrokeshire, River Alun and is part of the community (Wales), community of St Davids and the Cathedral Close. It is the resting place of Saint David, Wales's patron saint, and named after him. St Davids is the United Kingdom's List of smallest cities in the United Kingdom, smallest city by population (number of residents within the wider community was 1,751 in 2021) and Urban area#United Kingdom, urban area, however it is not the smallest city by Local government#United Kingdom, local authority boundary area (which is the City of London). St Davids was given City status in the United Kingdom, city status in the 12th century. This does not derive automatically, but in England and Wales was traditionally given to cathedral towns under practices laid down in the early 154 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milford Haven
Milford Haven ( ) is a town and community (Wales), community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, an estuary forming a natural harbour that has been used as a port since the Middle Ages. The town was founded in 1790 by William Hamilton (diplomat), Sir William Hamilton, who designed a grid street pattern. He intended it to be a whaling centre, but by 1800 it was developing as a Royal Navy dockyard which it remained until the dockyard was transferred to Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Pembroke in 1814. It then became a commercial dock, with the focus moving in the 1960s, after the construction of an oil refinery built by Esso, to logistics for fuel oil and liquid gas. By 2010, the town's port had become the fourth largest in the United Kingdom in terms of tonnage, and continues its important role in the United Kingdom's energy sector with several oil refineries and one of the biggest Liquefied natural gas, LNG terminals in the world. Milford Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Cleddau
The River Cleddau () consists of the Eastern and Western Cleddau rivers in Pembrokeshire, west Wales. They unite to form the Daugleddau estuary and the harbour of Milford Haven Waterway. The name of the combined estuary – the Daugleddau – means “the two Cleddaus”. The name Cleddau, whilst seeming to be a plural ('-au' generally denotes plurality in Welsh) comes from the Welsh word ''cleddyf'' meaning 'sword' and refers perhaps to the manner in which both rivers are incised into the landscape of Pembrokeshire. A number of former Anglican parishes in the area have been combined to form the modern Church in Wales parish of Daugleddau in the Diocese of St Davids. Eastern Cleddau The Eastern Cleddau (Welsh: ''Cleddau Ddu'' meaning 'black') rises in the foothills of Mynydd Preseli at Blaencleddau in the parish of Mynachlog-ddu. It flows southwest through a broad moorland valley to Gelli Hill, where the River Syfynwy joins it. It then flows south through a deep valley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Cleddau
The River Cleddau () consists of the Eastern and Western Cleddau rivers in Pembrokeshire, west Wales. They unite to form the Daugleddau estuary and the harbour of Milford Haven Waterway. The name of the combined estuary – the Daugleddau – means “the two Cleddaus”. The name Cleddau, whilst seeming to be a plural ('-au' generally denotes plurality in Welsh language, Welsh) comes from the Welsh word ''cleddyf'' meaning 'sword' and refers perhaps to the manner in which both rivers are incised into the landscape of Pembrokeshire. A number of former Anglican parishes in the area have been combined to form the modern Church in Wales parish of Daugleddau in the Diocese of St Davids. Eastern Cleddau The Eastern Cleddau (Welsh: ''Cleddau Ddu'' meaning 'black') rises in the foothills of Preseli Hills, Mynydd Preseli at Blaencleddau in the parish of Mynachlog-ddu. It flows southwest through a broad moorland valley to Gelli Hill, where the River Syfynwy joins it. It then flows sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
