Brawdy ( cy, Breudeth) is a village and

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in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Etymology

The

Welsh language Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has ...

name appears to be an archaic form of "Bridget" and the parish may originally have been Llanfreudeth. The English name is a corruption of the Welsh.

Location

Brawdy is situated at the northeast corner of St Brides Bay. The southern half of the

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is in the

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. The parish has 4 km of coastline accessible throughout by the

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St David's Church, Brawdy, Pembrokeshire - geograph

The parish includes the villages of Penycwm and Newgale ( cy, Niwgwl) , and the hamlets of Eweston ( cy, Treŵen) , Tancredston ( cy, Trebwrnallt) and Trefgarn Owen . The parish church of St David is a Grade II* listed building. Together with the parishes of Llandeloy and Llanreithan, it constitutes the

of Brawdy, which had a census population of 611 in

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, increasing to 1,012 at the 2011 census. With the community of Solva, it makes up the Pembrokeshire ward of Solva. The parish had an area of 2240

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s. Its census populations were: 572 (1801): 753 (1851): 467 (1901): 425 (1951): 798 (1981, of which around 400 were military). The percentage of Welsh speakers was 88% (1891): 72% (1931): 36% (1971). The Pembrokeshire language frontier, known as the Landsker Line, corresponds roughly with the southern boundary of the parish, and it has historically been more Welsh-speaking (excluding military personnel from the

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Regiment who are based in the former RN and RAF Station). This is less so today, the 2011 census showed 19.1% of the population could speak

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, a fall from 32.2% in 2001. During the second half of the 20th century, it was home to RAF Station Brawdy, then the large

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base then back to

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, later RAF Station and Army Barracks.

Climate

References

External links

Historical information and sources on GENUKIDetails of the men on the Brawdy War Memorial, inside St David's ChurchMilitary Burials at St David's Church, Brawdy
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